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You may have seen our previous post on using DISM to clear space on a Windows computer. This is great, but what if you are using an older operating system, something like Windows Server 2003 which does not have the option to use DISM? Well, there is another little tool within these older operating systems called compcln.exe which you can …
Disk space saving on older operating systems Read MoreIf you are using Windows Server Core in your environment then you will know that adding disk space to a virtual hard drive is not as simple as using the Disk Management GUI. But, using the steps below, you can carry out the disk extension in no time. First of all, add the amount of disk space that you want …
How to expand a virtual hard disk in Windows Server Core Read MoreWith the events of the last week, we have not been reading emails or posting anything on our site as you may have noticed. We are based and live in Manchester and it has been a truly shocking and upsetting week for our city and the people that live here. Everyone will know the circumstances of what has happened in …
Update – Manchester Bombing Read MoreSome more information on the ransomware cyber attack…. Microsoft have now released patches for some legacy systems including Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. You can view the blog post and the download links for the patches by viewing the below from Microsoft:
Ransomware Legacy Systems – Patches Released Read MoreFollowing on from the ransomware attacks of the last few days, you should have by now patched all your servers and clients using the Windows Update that relates to your operating system (see list and download links at the end of this post). If you want more security around this then you should also disable the SMBv1 where possible. Just …
How to disable SMBv1 Read MoreIf you are using Malware Bytes Premium then you may have come across the Real-Time Protection layers turned off error like below: This is with the version 3 release of Malware Bytes and seems to have affected the version 3.0.4. We came across this error and carried out various tests in our lab like uninstalling and reinstalling in case there …
Malware Bytes – Real-Time Protection layers turned off Read MoreIf you are a regular user of Visual Studio and you also use the Visual Studio Installer to create EXE and MSI installers for your programs then you sometimes may need to copy files to the ProgramData hidden folder. Within Visual Studio Installer this option is not easily available to you like the User’s Desktop is for example: However, you …
Install files into ProgramData folder using Visual Studio Installer Read MoreSo you have updated to the latest Windows 10 Creators Edition (1703) and you are using Internet Explorer 11. Microsoft have decided that you need an Edge icon on your tabs to try and encourage you to start using it – annoying yes? Well there is a very simple way of turning it back off again. Instructions Click the little …
How to remove the Edge icon from Internet Explorer after Windows 10 Creators Update Read MoreIf you are using Windows 10 then you will know that Microsoft‘s new web browser, Edge, is set as the default browser for the operating system. But if you want to change it then it should be pretty simple right? well it turns out, not quite… It seems that there is a bug when trying to change the default web …
Windows 10 – Changing Default Browser Bug Fix Read MoreIf you like clever photo editing then this guide below may well interest you. This shows you how to take a standard image or photograph and then change it to look like it is made out of words. How To Create a Text Portrait Effect in Photoshop
Photoshop – Creating photos from words Read MoreIf you are using a Shoretel IP telephony system and you access the Director from a client machine, then you may come across a problem when accessing Auto-Attendants and Workgroups with audio prompts. the problem usually is that it will stick on Retrieving Prompt and then never go any further than that until it times out: The reason this is an …
Shoretel – How to fix the retrieving prompt error Read MoreIf you are using Mozilla Firefox browser then you may have come across the unresponsive script error message like the one below: This error usually pops up when one of your Firefox extensions runs into an error when running a part of JavaScript code that is not quite right. There are many reasons why this error may be triggered including, …
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