Skype v7.27 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

Skype version 7.27 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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900th Post

This is our 900th blog post. When we first started this blog about four years ago, it was simply a place for us to pretty much store guides for ourselves to refer back to. Over the years it has grown and grown and we are on average now seeing around 6000 visitors a day as well as over 2000 likes on …

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SCCM – How to Create a DCM Item to Detect If the Firewall Is Off

We recently came across a great guide on how to setup a DCM item to detect if any users machines had the Windows Firewall turned off and how to report on it. So, we thought we would share this guide with our visitors, so head on over to MyITForum to check out how to carry this out. SCCM – DCM …

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SCCM Task Sequence Error – Can’t find script engine VBScript

We have recently started to have problems with running a CScript command in one of our SCCM task sequences where we send the local computer description to Active Directory to automatically set the Active Directory computer name description. It has always worked fine but seemed to have stopped working after the latest hotfix. So, after many hours of Googling, we …

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WSUS Installation Errors on Microsoft Server 2012

We have recently been installing WSUS on a rebuilt Microsoft Server 2012 and found that although the role would install without any issue, when we tried to run the configuration wizard we were getting an error and in the log file it stated: “Config file did not contain a value “ContentDirectory”” So, first of all, we needed to fix this …

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Windows 10 Upgrade still available for free

Although the public cut off for getting your free Windows 10 upgrade was 29th July 2016, there is still a way you can get this free upgrade. Microsoft will still allow the free upgrade to happen for Windows 10 customers who use assistive technologies. The official line from Microsoft is: “We are not restricting the free upgrade offer to specific assistive technologies. …

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Downloads Error

As you may have noticed, we are currently experiencing some issues with our downloads using the “Twitter Follow” option. We are looking into this and hopefully will have it fixed soon, but in the meantime, please use either one of the other options or email us directly on downloads@techygeekshome.info and we will send you a direct link. Please check back …

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