We have taken the excellent work done by Safe Exam Browser, distributed in German (and hence with German error messages) and customised it into English and a single downloadable installation file for Microsoft Windows systems (XP or later) to avoid those installation instructions and to give the professional installation process that you would expect from any software.

This allows you to distribute a single file that automatically points to the right Internet location for all your users.  You can download an example here (12MB).

If you would like your own English, packaged and branded version, for a small fee we will produce one for you which you can use as many times as you wish – you would not be paying for the Safe Exam Browser – this is freely available (currently) – just the expertise in preparing the installation package.  We will need you to supply your target URL and a logo in JPEG or PNG format.  You can order online here.

We offer a full hosting, installation and customisation / development service for the latest stable release of Moodle onto any server meeting Moodle’s installation requirements.

Our dedicated moodle hosting services include installation, however if you need Moodle installing onto a different server, we can do this, given proper remote access, for £450 + VAT and hand over the administration to you.

We offer dedicated Moodle installation and hosting services at excellent prices – all you need to get up and running quickly and efficiently.

Moodle requires a robust infrastructure and we have designed the following packages to meet the needs of normal production systems:

100 Concurrent User System:

Domain registration, Moodle (latest stable version) installation, Dual Core Xeon 2.33Ghz Dedicated Linux CentOS Server with 160GB of hard drive space, 2GB RAM, cPanel, backups and unlimited bandwidth and service.  12 month contract £2,500 + VAT, no setup fees.  Rolling monthly contract £225 + VAT per month, one off setup fee of £225 + VAT.

200 Concurrent User System:

Domain registration, Moodle (latest stable version) installation, Quad Core Xeon 2.5Ghz Dedicated Linux CentOS Server with 250GB of hard drive space, 4GB RAM, cPanel, backups and unlimited bandwidth and service.  12 month contract £3,500 + VAT, no setup fees.  Rolling monthly contract £325 + VAT per month, one off setup fee of £325 + VAT.

For either of the above if you wish to arrange your own backup system, the price will reduce by £500 + VAT per annum or £40 + VAT per month.

You can access any email hosted by us at:

http://mail.yortech.net

You will need your email address (login name), email password and the name of the mail server (mail.yourdomain.com).

We offer completely free and unlimited web and pop/imap email hosting for UK registered charities (such as York Guardian Angels: Children’s Unit) and non-for-profit organisations (such as York Lokomotive Rugby League Team).  All we ask is a web site credit and link in return.

For certain projects, as with the two examples given above, we also offer our services to design and manage things completely free.

For more information, contact us.

As long as your issues are not affecting one browser or your internet connection we can remove any virus, spyware or malware infection without you having to take your machine anywhere or have anyone visit your machine.

We always apply a no fix, no fee guarantee and whilst in session we will clean and speed up your system (if possible) as a part of our normal service.  We usually respond in a few minutes during office hours.

This service costs £50 (inc. taxes) by PayPal or on credit account for existing approved clients.

To start the process, open a new ticket and select “Remote Session Request” and we will send further instructions as soon as possible.

We operate an online support ticketing system, this ensures that you get the fastest response possible as the system automatically sends you request to the pople with the right skills to help, all you have to do is create a support ticket.

You may, of course, get in touch with your yortech contact directly, however this is often not the fastest way to gain attention if they are away from their machines for any reason (out of hours, breaks, meetings, holidays, etc.).

New clients can either contact us or use the support ticketing system to get in touch with the right person to deal with your enquiry.  We no longer publish contact phone numbers as all of us yortech practice what we preech; mobile working from anywhere.

I’ve been a diehard ThinkPad fan for as long as I could choose my own laptop (around 14 years).  They are not cheap, they don’t necessairly look good by today’s standards and IBM sold the brand to Lenovo a while back.

I’ve been courted to try others (Sony, Acer, Mac) by promises of faster, lighter, better looking, etc. machines and, despite Lenovo now owning the brand, I’ve always found myself returning to the fold and being happy with that choice.  For around 18 months now I’ve been using a ThinkPad X300 (6478-15G to be precise) and have never regretted it, small, light, reliable, SSD and with 4Gb of RAM (yes I know it is not all available to Windows before the comments begin), power a plenty for my type of work.

There comes a point in every so often that in an IT person’s career that you have to plunge into a new technology to understand it before clients start asking about it.  Now I am not going to harp on about how bad vista is, there’s plenty on the web if you are interested – apart from networking and the speed of file copying I liked it after a while (still had an XP machine just case) – I decided to take the plunge and ordered a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade and have now been using it for a while.

I must say that the upgrade on my machine was uneventful, in a good way.  The upgrade advisor said everything would be OK except a few programs would need reinstalling (such as iTunes) after the process was complete but seeing as I do not keep any data on my machine (hurray for USB keys and reliable, cheap RAID5 network attached storage) I went for it.  I chose to install a clean copy of Windows 7 (and have the process put the old windows into a windows.old directory just in case) and everyting worked right out of the box except the finger print reader, which was cured by a download from Lenovo.  All in all, very pleased and Windows 7, certainly speed wise, is a vast improvement on this machine.

Suppose a communication line is being used to transmit data serially at 14,400 bps.  If a burst of interference lasts .01 second, how many data bits would be affected?

Suppose a machine has 20GB of storage space available on a hard disk and receives data over a telephone connection at the rate of 14,400 bps. At this rate, how long would it take to fill the available storage space?