How to Transfer Infrastructure Master FSMO Role to a Different Server

If you want to transfer your Infrastructure Master FSMO Role to a different server then you can follow the steps below to carry this out. You should first logon to your Domain Controller using an Enterprise Administrator account and then launch an elevated command prompt. You should then enter the following commands within the command prompt: ntdsutil roles connections connect …

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Uninstall Windows and Office Updates using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Following on from our recent posts about dodgy Microsoft updates, we thought we should post about how to uninstall Windows and Office Updates using WSUS. A lot of the issues people fast with dodgy Microsoft updates are when they are automatically or accidentally released through WSUS to your end users machines meaning that on their next “Check for Updates” cycle, …

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Skype 7.0 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

Skype version 7.0 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the installer is packaged as …

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Windows Update Causing Internet Explorer to Crash – KB3008923

After Microsoft released a bunch of updates this week that broke Excel, today we ran into issues with their updates breaking Internet Explorer! After some more updates were released through our WSUS server to client machines, users started to experience Internet Explorer crashes on load up making the browser virtually unusable. So, having to then spend more hours searching for …

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Windows Update Causes ActiveX/VBScript to stop working in Excel – KB2553154

So Microsoft have done it again! They have released a “critical” update that has broken everyone’s Excel! We have had a large number of issues today in relation to VBScripting in Excel and it happened at 10am – the exact time our WSUS updates are collected by end users machines. So, having spent most of the day searching for the …

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Run as Administrator – Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer

There seems to be some confusion lately over how to make our Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer utility work correctly. We have had a few reports of people who are trying to use the program getting the following error message when clicking on the Import button: This is because although you may be logged into your computer as an administrator, …

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