Exchange 2007 uninstall stops responding at “remove Exchange files”
I came across this today when decomissioning an Exchange 2007 in a 2007-2010 migration. After uninstalling the primary roles, it moves to removing the “Exchange files”, which are the Exchange Management files. At this point it will get stuck indefinitely and the timer will keep going. This is because a powershell commandlet gets stuck open. […]
Croydon Cyclone 2011
This weekend saw the Croydon Cyclone disc golf tournament. It was the biggest UK tour event for a long time, and the Croydon club created a tough course. Here’s the analysis of each hole’s results. As you can see, it was a tough event. Click on the holes in the upper chart to see score […]
Panel Charts in Tableau
Over on the forum, Jeremy asked about making trellis charts. For more info on trellis/panel charts, John Peltier has a great article about them. Consider a case where you want to visualise two measures (eg sales and time) for a Dimension with many members, such as State. There’s no pretty way to do this in […]
Excel 2003 hangs when opening a network file
I came across this issue today where opening a network file caused Excel 2003 to hang or crash. Opening the file locally worked normally. Removing security updates KB2541025 and KB2502789 immediately resolved the issue. Credit Technet: Link
Steve Jobs’ Resignation & Linux’s 20th Anniversary
We here at InterWorks love our tech – just in case you couldn’t tell. Just about anything we can learn, tinker with, or take apart and put back together (most of the time anyway) are all fair game. So with a couple of recent milestones, we here at InterWorks are feeling a bit nostalgic. Our […]
InterWorks, Inc. Ranks No. 1809 on the 2011 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies List
August 23, 2011 – Inc. Magazine revealed its fifth annual Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies List giving InterWorks, Inc. a spot at No. 1809 among the 5000 honorees. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the growing I.T. services company has claimed a place on the prestigious Inc. list. The 2011 Inc. 5000 list […]
Failed Tableau Server Install: Three Possible Solutions
99.9% of the time, Tableau Server installation will be smooth sailing. The wizard is simple and easy, and Tableau’s online help is a wonderful guide. However, if you do have the misfortune of seeing the error message “Tableau Server initialization failed. See install log at C:Program FilesTableauTableau Serverlogstabadmin.log”, go ahead an open up the log […]
How to enable windows installer while in safe mode
Recently I came across a computer that was getting a bluescreen every time it booted up unless it was booted into safe mode. I traced the problem to a particular program but when I tried to uninstall it in safe mode, I was unabe to because the windows installer service is unavailable in safe mode […]
Critiquing Other People’s Tableau Cisualisations
Tableau’s sample files wouldn’t look so good if they weren’t well designed Alistair Knock posted a great question by Moose Peterson on Google+ about feedback on user photographs on the web:why do most people just make anodyne comments along the lines of “Nice!” when they probably have some constructive criticism they are holding back? This […]
Is your football team giving you value for money?
BBC Sport have just published their Price of Football survey where they looked at the cost of tickets, programmes and old-school refreshments. The following visualisation compares the BBC headline cost ‘Cheapest Day Out’ (the total cost of the cheapest ticket, a programme, a pie and a cup of tea) to both goals scored and points […]
