Recent content by Andy Inman

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    Need my cloud scrubbed of malware

    Found https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-9C7E997D-28F8-4605-8583-09606610F26D - it appears there's a significant rage of potential attack vectors related to AutoCAD. Examining the file system from a separate OS is a viable approach. Some kind of rootkit may have been...
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    Need my cloud scrubbed of malware

    @gpietersz Good points! Maybe this one: https://ualinux.com/en/download/ubuntu-pack/ualinux-rescue-pack. I guess there will be others. Also, a way to create a bootable USB stick from a downloaded ISO image, run on a separate Windows machine. I've used Balena Etcher (free) successfully for that...
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    Need my cloud scrubbed of malware

    I would say: Boot the PC under Linux -- I don't think I'm able to post links here - search for something like "Remove Windows viruses using a live Linux USB". Running Linux, the files can be accessed safely - Linux can read Windows file systems, but there absolutely no way any Windows cr*p...
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    Personal tax reclaim - is it normal for advisor to a percentage?

    It's cut and dried in that it should be a full refund, specific amount. Nonetheless, what form to fill in, where to get, it where to send it, etc - I don't know and am happy to pay a reasonable fee to someone who does. There's a value in knowing where to hit with the hammer. I was expecting a...
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    Personal tax reclaim - is it normal for advisor to a percentage?

    I'm been quoted by a local accounting firm to handle a personal tax reclaim on my behalf. It is, I believe, a relatively cut and dry case (and they indicated that they thought so too). But, their quote is based on a percentage of amount recovered, uncapped. While I can see there's a potential...
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    Are you still using Drupal 7? Going to upgrade to Drupal 8 or do something else?

    Agreed, although Drupal is very flexible - it's possible throw together a simple application with literally zero custom code, a do quite a lot more with relatively little custom code. One big issue is maintenance costs, especially installing security updates and other updates, because that...
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    Are you still using Drupal 7? Going to upgrade to Drupal 8 or do something else?

    That figures, and I think I may be getting to that point myself. By the way, I love your blog post why your website should be ugly - great points, just FYI you have a typo near the top in easthetically
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    Are you still using Drupal 7? Going to upgrade to Drupal 8 or do something else?

    Here's the graph I referred to in my original post:
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    Choosing a non-English domain name for your website

    Just on that part - has somebody else got the same name without the hyphen, and does that affect you at all? On the rest, accepted, especially that the domain name isn't really that important. For native English speakers, a hyphen is acceptable. Not so true in some other languages, relevant to...
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    Join here or the FSB or ... ?

    I don't think I was expecting any, other than perhaps than making occasional contacts that might lead to something. Good question, hadn't really thought about it. Made one contact today: we might need their services, they might need ours, so that's all well and good. More of the same perhaps...
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    Choosing a non-English domain name for your website

    Hi The Byre and thanks for your input. The first point doesn't bother me so much. Any company that's seriously going to address foreign markets will need to be of a reasonable size anyway. On the second point, easy to find such people, agreed. To find one that knows about brand image, SEO...
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    Choosing a non-English domain name for your website

    Haha, ok. Without getting much into the topic of whether it's ok or not to use hyphens in domain names, here's what others said: Using hyphens makes domain names seem untrustworthy and less credible. Hyphenated domains are difficult to remember and talk about. When a user is told about your...
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    We're not looking for alternatives / we are not interested?

    Yes, I think that could well catch on :) How about: selling excuses to a Conservative?
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    Choosing a non-English domain name for your website

    This is about a service that I've sometimes wondered about offering and I would love to here experiences from anybody who has actually done this and how they went about it: Here's a (fake) scenario: A small Spanish company who market an excellent DTP software package want to choose a domain...
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    We're not looking for alternatives / we are not interested?

    Ok. I'm now thinking maybe we're not talking about the same kind of cold call. I was referring to when you've done the homework and identified a valid potential client. For example, they're the main competitor to one of your customers who is very happy with your product/service and have shown a...
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