We recently had a requirement to restart a single service on multiple devices across a single network. At first, it was going to be the job of the helpdesk to logon to each device and manually restart this service. However, as usual, there is always a way of using Powershell to speed up such tasks….
So it’s the start of a new month and Xbox Live Gold members can again download some free games! Not too bad a month this time with Assassin’s Creed and Crazy Taxi available, both pretty good games and worth a free download at least. The full set of available games in November are as below:…
There are two methods to deploying Java Clients, using MSI or Offline Installation files. This guide will step you through the process of gathering and using both. Offline EXE Silent Installation Instructions You will need to use the Offline Installer that is available from our Java MSI Archive and then add on the parameters that you require for…
Google have now released a new version of their Chrome browser, version 64.0.3282.140. If you are looking at deploying Google Chrome using systems like Configuration Manager, WDS, SCUP or Group Policy, you will want to use their MSI installer to make it much easier. You can now download the Google Chrome MSI installer direct from…
We are delighted to announce that we are now a part of SlideShare and you can start to download our free PDF ebooks immediately from our SlideShare profile. We will be adding many, many more to our profile over the next few months, so please feel free to pop along from time to time to…
We recently built a new Configuration Manager system for a client who wanted user collections for all departments and companies within their corporate group. We were going to set these up manually which is a fairly simple, but time consuming, job to do. But this was a time restricted installation so we had a quick…
Following on from our recent posts for Configuration Manager collection queries, we have another one here for all devices that are Microsoft Exchange servers. Go ahead and create a new device collection and then use this query: select * from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SERVICE on SMS_G_System_SERVICE.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_SERVICE.Name like “Microsoft Exchange%” Save the…
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Missing files is a huge hassle regardless if they are connected to your personal life or your professional one. As losing an important piece of a document could cost you a great deal in both cases. To help you out we are offering you a free data recovery software by that will help you recover…
If you are using Windows Server 2012 or newer, or if you are just using Windows Server Core, then this Powershell script will help you out by enabling Remote Desktop and setting the correct firewall inbound rules. Simply open up an elevated Powershell command box, or use Powershell ISE and use the two scripts below,…
We have another WQL query here for you today to enable you to create a Configuration Manager collection based on whether a device is used as a domain controller. Go ahead and create a new device collection and then use this query: Save the query and you should now see a collection of all your…
We have now uploaded to our Filestore microsite the MSI installers and Offline Installers for the latest Java version release. The versions that have been added are: Java 8 Update 161 x86 MSI Installer Java 8 Update 161 x64 MSI Installer Java 8 Update 161 x86 Offline Installer Java 8 Update 161 x64 Offline Installer…
If you are looking for a SQL query to pull back hardware inventory information and the SCCM client version, then you can use the below to pull all this information together. SELECT S.Name0 as Name, S.Client_Version0 as [Cient Version], OS.Caption0 as [Operating System], CS.Manufacturer0 as Manufacturer, CS.Model0 as Model, PB.SMBIOSBIOSVersion0 as BIOS, PR.Name0 as CPU,…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 28.0.0.137. As always, you can download the executable file but if you want the MSI files so that you can load it into your Configuration Manager Software Catalog, you can get that here. The update is also…
If you are looking for an SCCM SQL query to create a report to search for machines which do not have a particular software installed, you can use the following: Then you can use the variable @displayname to choose from a drop down of software that is in the SCCM database pulled from client machines….
We also have written guides for the different versions of Windows available here: Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows 7 Alternative Method Feedback We would love to hear your feedback on whether any of these methods helped you at all. If they have, please feel free to go ahead and leave us a message below using…
There is an ever-growing number of dashcams now being purchased due to the very low cost of them along with the YouTubers out there that want to stick you making the tiniest of driving errors, on the internet for all to see! This has been the case for sat navs over the last 10 years…
We would like to wish all of our visitors a very Happy New Year. 2017 was a great year for us and we hope that 2018 will be happy and prosperous for you all. Happy New Year!
We had seen a few posts around the internet where people are asking the differences between the various Add_Remove_Programs data within the System Center Configuration Manager database. So we thought we would post a quick reference here to confirm which table of data means what. There are five different tables of data available to you…
If you are using Power BI and a personal gateway, you may want to ensure that your report data is updated regularly during working hours. Power BI is an excellent tool that can be utilised in many ways including the power bi jira combination as an effective solution for specialists dealing with numerous administrative tasks. Well, you…
If you are looking for an SQL query to use against your System Center Configuration Manager database to give you the ability to report on server CPU information, this is the query for you! You can use the below to get various information on the CPU or you can use SELECT * to bring back…
We would like to wish all our of visitors a very Merry Christmas today and we hope you got everything that you wished for and spent the day with the people you care about the most! Merry Christmas from all at TechyGeeksHome.
We are delighted to announce our new filestore microsite which we have now launched and is available at https://filestore.techygeekshome.info All our new downloads will now be uploaded to this microsite and we have so far uploaded our most popular downloads already and will continue to migrate all of our existing downloads over the next few…
If you are going to install a different anti-malware program onto your corporate computers, you may want to disable the built in Windows Defender from Windows 10 machines. Although you cannot uninstall Windows Defender as such, you can disable it which is as good as carrying out an uninstall. To do this, you should create…
