Author Archives: James Rudd

About James Rudd

Network Administrator at Sydney Boys High School

VideoLAN VLC

Posted on December 2, 2007 by James Rudd

VideoLAN VLC is a great cross platform media player ideal for networks. CODECs for most formats are included with the player so it can be easily deployed without needing extra installers. As it is self contained it is very easy … Continue reading →

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EZ GPO

Posted on December 1, 2007 by James Rudd

EZ GPO is small utility that allows central power policy management through Group Policies. Saving energy, money and the environment. Ideal for school computer labs and staff rooms, as well as business. EZ GPO can be deployed by MSI across … Continue reading →

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Moodle and Gallery 2.1.2

Posted on November 30, 2007 by James Rudd

The Gallery module for Moodle is a very useful addon that allows you to upload images and view them in an easy accessible format. You can upload a directory structure in a zip file and have it recreate that structure … Continue reading →

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AD Explorer

Posted on November 20, 2007 by James Rudd

An LDAP browser for Active Directory. Makes it easy to see all attributes of objects and assists in configuring web applications that authenticate using LDAP. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Networking/AdExplorer.mspx You can connect to your AD server without knowing any LDAP paths, just use … Continue reading →

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