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There are millions of helpful YouTube videos out there and these days you can even view full series of TV programs, films and music videos, which is great, but what if you wanted to download a YouTube video? Well, the simple answer is that you can’t as YouTube does not provide a way of downloading from their site. However, there …
How to download YouTube Videos Read MoreMicrosoft are offering the download of free virtual machines for Internet Explorer and Edge testing purposes that are available to you for 90 days at a time. You can download the virtual files for the following platforms: There are also options for the various browsers on the following operating systems: So you just download the file you want and then …
Free Virtual Machines from Microsoft Read MoreMicrosoft are not providing an ISO file for Visual Studio 2017 so this means that if you want to install it onto a machine without an internet connection it proves a little tricky. A lot of people that we have worked with have also said that they always like to have a full installer “just in case”. So, there is a …
Visual Studio 2017 Offline Installer Read MoreIf you are using Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) on an older operating system, you may have noticed that you are not receiving all the latest definition updates. This seems to be a particular problem with businesses having to continue using older versions of Windows Server as from 2003 and below then definitions will not automatically update. But there is a …
Microsoft Security Essentials – Updating older Operating Systems Read MoreSkype version 7.35 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 the installer is packaged as …
Skype v7.35 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions Read MoreIf you are using System Center Orchestrator (SCORCH) Runbooks then you may have run into issues where the database is increasing in size due to the large amount of log files being created. This typically occurs when monitoring event logs on servers amongst some other runbook options in SCORCH. If you want to check how many log files are in …
System Center Orchestrator – SQL Query to show log file data Read MoreApple have now released a new iOS version taking it up to 10.3.1. This introduces new features including the ability to locate AirPods using Find My iPhone and more ways to use Siri with payment, ride booking and carmaker apps. It also addresses an issue where an attacker within WiFi range may have been able to execute arbitrary code on …
Apple iOS 10.3.1 Released Read MoreThis Windows Server 2016 post now forms part of our evaluation and KMS product key series where we have shared with you all the product keys you should ever require for Microsoft user and server operating systems. You can see the full list available to you by clicking the link below: Microsoft Evaluation and KMS Product Key Series Following on from …
Windows Server 2016 Evaluation Product Keys Read MoreYou may have noticed that Microsoft have recently been migrating email accounts over to their new Exchange based platform and this has meant that some people using email programs like Outlook have had to change their settings to connect to their email accounts. How to get your Outlook.com SMTP, POP and IMAP Settings Just login to your email via a …
Outlook.com SMTP, POP and IMAP Settings Read MoreYou can use large capacity USB flash drives for almost any data usage these days, these include creating bootable USB sticks for Windows operating systems. But if you try and use a much larger capacity drive (64GB+) then you may have an issue with it working. This is because to boot from a USB stick it should not be any …
Create a bootable USB flash drive using large capacity drives Read MoreGoogle Adsense is a great way of earning some cash by placing a few adverts on your WordPress blog. However, if you create an advert in your Google Adsense console and just copy and paste it straight into your WordPress site, you are loading a separate script each time for each advert. So, would it not be better to just …
WordPress Speedup – Change the way you add Google Adsense Ads Read MoreIf you are having speed issues with your WordPress website then you may find that this is because of the the heartbeat control that is within the WordPress software. Running speed checks on your website like PingDom may reveal that your admin-ajax.php is taking ages to load. So, what do you do about it? It really depends on your own situation …
WordPress – Completely disable Heartbeat Control Read More
