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Introduction Are you trying to access a network share using unauthenticated user credentials? – in simple terms, are you trying to access a network share without using a username and password? If you are, you may run into a problem as Windows 10 does not like you doing this! Assuming that you are trying to do this through Windows File …
Organization security policies block unauthenticated access [2019 Updated] Read MoreGroup Policy is an awesome tool for IT Departments to ensure that their end user computers have the correct enforcement settings on them. It also ensures that company policies are met while also helping to keep security measures in place. The wide range of policies available to IT Departments via Group Policy, means that computers on a corporate domain can …
Group Policy Admin Templates Catalog Read MoreWe have over the last week or so had problems with Windows Server 2008 servers where, although they seem to be connecting through the network without any problems, like filestores, the servers could not be remoted onto and when running an ipconfig would return no data. You can see the number of Microsoft Updates that have been problematic for Windows …
KB4457139 – Windows Server 2008 NIC Issues Read MoreA simple step by step guide on how to fix a Windows service stuck in stopping mode.
Windows Service Stuck in Stopping Mode Read MoreWindows 7 seems to have been suffering a lot recently with Microsoft releasing updates on an almost weekly basis that breaks something within the still popular Operating System. You can see the number of Microsoft Updates that have been problematic for Windows 7 users that have been released over the last few months by looking through our articles here. Well …
KB4457144 – Windows 7 Rollup May Cause NIC Issues Read MoreAs a gamer, chances are good that you’ve spent a pretty penny on gaming gear. You could be trying to reel in your budget a little bit, but you probably don’t want your gaming experience — or performance — to suffer because of it. Luckily, it’s possible to buy great gaming gear without completely draining your bank account or even …
How to Afford the Best Gaming Gear on Amazon Read MoreWe recently had a request to provide to our Project Management team, a full list of all Exchange mailboxes with all folders within each mailbox and also the total sizes of each folder for each mailbox. This came as a bit of a shock to us and we still have no idea why they wanted it, but, us techies just …
Get folders and sizes for all mailboxes using Exchange Shell Read MoreWe were asked recently about how to use a SCCM package to amend current user registry keys (HCU). To be honest, we didn’t really know, HCU registry changes have always been a bit of a nightmare to manage. However, we started to have a look around and found an excellent guide on how to carry this out using a mixture …
Creating Current User Registry Keys in a SCCM Package Read MoreIf you want to test your SMTP server is working correctly, you can use the telnet feature within Windows. The following guide will walk you through the steps to carry this out. Telnet to test your SMTP server Just open up an elevated command prompt then enter these commands in turn: This should then connect to your domain and you …
Test your SMTP server using Windows Telnet Feature Read MoreUse our guide to submit your website to the largest search engines on the internet.
Submit Your Website to Search Engines But Which Ones? Read MoreYou may have installed Microsoft Update KB4338818 during Patch Tuesday and now your Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is broken right? Maybe even some Windows 7 machines? Well guess what? You are not the only one! Yes, Microsoft have done it yet again, released a dirty update that this time hits your Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 machines and Microsoft …
Broken Microsoft Update – KB4338818 Read MoreSerial number to activate VMWare 6.7.
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