We recently came across issues where our Configuration Manager Operating System Deployments (OSD) where running extremely slowly and we could not figure out why. After some investigation, we found out that one of our remote Distribution Points (DP) was not working correctly and that rebuilds on one of the sites where actually pulling the image…
We have been trying to set up a new virtual host using VMWare ESXi 5.5.0 Update 1 with an Atheros AR8161 network card. As this is one of the unsupported network cards, it kept failing upon the bootup setup process – as expected of course. As most of you will know, you can “inject” network…
If you need to download the Windows 8.1 recovery media for your OEM version of your operating system, then you can do so by clicking the link below and entering the details from your licence sticker (COA). Windows 8.1 Recovery Software You can download the media to a USB stick or ISO file to burn…
Adobe have now released version 12.1.8.158 of their Shockwave Player software 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. Adobe do provide a direct download link for…
Microsoft have now released the preview version of their upcoming Office 2016 release and you can now download a trial version from the list of choices below: Download Get Office 2016 Preview (32 bit) Get Office 2016 Preview (64 bit) Use the product key provided below to activate your trial: NKGG6-WBPCC-HXWMY-6DQGJ-CPQVG Once the trial period…
We recently had an issue where a Domain Controller was giving us this error when we were trying to remote (RDP) on to it: The user profile service failed the logon. no more threads can be created in the system The server itself was on a different site to us many miles away (different country!)…
We are pleased to announce the release of Ultimate Settings Panel version 2.7. This release has some redesign and also has had a number of code changes to try and enhance the look and feel of the utility. It still has 10 different configuration tabs including Windows 8.1 and a total of 224 configuration items…
If you need to download the Windows 7 recovery media for your OEM version of your operating system, then you can do so by clicking the link below and entering the details from your licence sticker (COA). Windows 7 Recovery Software You can download the media to a USB stick or ISO file to burn…
If you are looking for any Dell drivers and you cannot find them on the standard Dell support website, then you should take a look at their FTP site. This site has a huge amount of drivers on there that are not readily available on the standard support website. For example, Windows Vista x64 drivers…
You may have recently noticed that if you are a Google Chrome user – your plugins have started to not work in certain situations. This can be for flash, silverlight or shockwave amongst others. This is the start of the end for NPAPI. Well, there is a reason for this…. On the Chromium blog there…
Adobe have now released a completely new version of their Acrobat Reader software and are now calling it Adobe Reader DC. This is to fit in with their new more cloud based systems that they now use and they have added some neat little features and tidied up the user interface, but at the end…
You may have noticed with the batch of Windows updates on 14th April that your Lync Online client has now been automatically updated to Skype for Business 2013. So what are the changes? below is the official Microsoft line… Changes are coming to Lync Online in Office 365. Lync is joining the Skype family, so…
Following on from our popular guide on how to fix your machine if you get corrupt Windows Updates and your machine is stuck on “Installing Updates..” shut down screen like the one below, we have been asked by a number of people to create a quick demo video – so we have. Below you will…
In some of our previous guides we have shown you how to extract the MSI and CAB files for the easy deployment of the Java Client. Well, it seems that this method no longer works with the newer versions so we thought we would update you with how to install silently with all the options that…
Skype version 7.4 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…
This is a re-post of a guide that we posted about two years ago, but this happened to us again thisweek so thought it would be good to share again… We ran into an issue where our newly created folders and runbooks in Orchestrator were not showing up in our SCCM (MDT) Execute Runbooks task…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 17.0.0.169. As always, you can download the executable file or get the MSI file so that you can load it into your Configuration Manager Software Catalog. The update is also now available to import through System Center…
Java have now released update 45 of version 8 of their Java Client software. The update is available as an offline installer and using our guide below, you can extract the MSI from it and use it for deployment by using Windows Updates to update current machines or add to your Configuration Manager Application Catalog…
You can now download the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for both Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. This allows you to manage your servers for options like DHCP, Active Directory and DNS amongst many others. To download the RSAT installation files, simply click the version you require below: DOWNLOAD RSAT for Windows 8.1 RSAT for…
If you are a regular visitor to our website, then you will have noticed that we have completely redesigned our website today. We have designed a new template for the site including new colour scheme, new layout and new menu navigation. You can now browse our website using the red menu bar and this on…
If you need to download any Microsoft Office, Project or Visio 2013 media as a backup or if you have lost your original DVD, then there is a website where you can download all of these in a variety of languages. Downloads To do this you should click the link below to take you to…
The best Football Management simulation game of them all has now launched on the iPad. Football Manager 2015 Classic is basically the full game that you normally get on the PC but for the more modern iPads. This is great news for FM addicts and we have tested the game and it is absolutely brilliant…
You may have seen a notification from Google way back in October 2013 that you are not able to just add the HTML/Javascript code to your Google Sites website any longer. This is very strange….you can have a Google website but cannot put Google AdSense on it with any ease? madness! Anyway, although you cannot…
I recently bought something from the Apple App Store for my original iPad Mini without noticing that the app would not work with this original iPad and would only work on the more modern models. So, what I’ve done is just buy a new iPad Air 2, however, this is stupid and what if you…
