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What To Do If Windows 10 Update Failed

What To Do If Windows 10 Update Failed

Windows 10 is Microsoft’s latest operating system and many people use it on their computers, whether they are laptops or desktops. Even though it has been praised by lots of users, this OS has its own problems and the biggest one seems to be related to updates. Lots of people complain on forums that the […]

Start a stopped service on multiple devices using Powershell

Start a stopped service on multiple devices using Powershell

Following on from our recent guide about restarting a service on multiple devices, we were also asked about starting a stopped service using a similar method. This is pretty simple and can be carried out in almost exactly the same way. Powershell Script So to carry this out, you should create a txt file with […]

How to create correct partitions to deploy a Windows image to a UEFI based device

How to create correct partitions to deploy a Windows image to a UEFI based device

We have recently come across an issue when trying to deploy a test virtual machine using Hyper-V (Generation 2 – UEFI) that once you have selected your task sequence, you get an error and the task sequence bombs out. This is because we had not setup the correct drive partitions to be able to deploy […]

Restart a service on multiple devices using Powershell

Restart a service on multiple devices using Powershell

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. […]

Xbox Live Gold Free Games for February 2018

Xbox Live Gold Free Games for February 2018

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: […]

SCCM – Create user collections based on Active Directory department attribute with Powershell

SCCM – Create user collections based on Active Directory department attribute with Powershell

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 […]

SCCM – Create a device collection based on Exchange Server role

SCCM – Create a device collection based on Exchange Server role

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 […]

Technical Support Videos

Technical Support Videos

Take a look through our range of technical support videos. Many more also available on our YouTube channel. Windows Updates Stuck on Shut Down or Reboot VMWare ESX Serial Number Activation How to Fix Bluetooth Issues in Windows 8.1 Create a capture boot image in Windows Deployment Services WDS How to elevate a program – […]

Enable Windows Remote Desktop Protocol and Set Firewall Rules using PowerShell

Enable Windows Remote Desktop Protocol and Set Firewall Rules using PowerShell

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, […]

SCCM – Create a device collection based on Domain Controller role

SCCM – Create a device collection based on Domain Controller role

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 […]

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