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If you would like to run your own troubleshooting on Windows 10, then you can do this by going through the Control Panel and selecting the Troubleshooting option. To get into the Control Panel, simply right click on the Start Menu button at the bottom left and select Control Panel. When you open the Control Panel, click on the Troubleshooting option …
Windows 10 – Troubleshooting Read MoreThis is a guide on how to capture Microsoft Office updates from a machine and then use these captured updates to either streamline a fully updated installation of Microsoft Office, or it can be used with Configuration Manager to ensure that you are pushing out the software fully patched. The reason we started using this method was to ensure that …
How to Capture Microsoft Office Updates Read MoreIf you want to go back to the past (and some people do!) and you want Windows Photo Viewer back in Windows 10, then there is a little tweak you can do to make it work. There is a simple registry edit that you need to make and that will make your images open in Windows Photo Viewer by default. …
How get Windows Photo Viewer working in Windows 10 Read MoreThere is an excellent Powershell download available giving you 52 operational collections within SCCM. You should go over to the link below and take a look: 52 SCCM Powershell Collections Full list of collections created using the Powershell script are: All Clients All Clients Active All Client Inactive All Clients R2 CU0 All Clients R2 CU1 All Clients R2 CU2 …
SCCM – 52 Operational Collections Read MoreIf you are trying to run a factory restore on an Acer computer, then there is a set of keyboards presses you need to enter during boot up to get into the recovery console. All you need to do is to press the LEFT ALT key and F10 during the post BIOS phase and the machine should boot into the …
How to get into the Acer Recovery Console Read MoreIf you use WSUS then you will be familiar with running Server Cleanup Wizard which is fine but what if you want to use Powershell? well, you can also use that to run the server cleanup on all your WSUS servers. By using Powershell you have the option to then automate its running using basic windows task scheduler or something a …
WSUS – Server Clean Up Using Powershell Read MoreYou may have seen our previous post about adding a local user to a machine during SCCM OSD using a “Run Command Line”. Well in this guide we will show you how to add a local user into the Administrators Group on the local machine. This means that you can add a local user and then make them a local …
Add Local User to Administrators Group During SCCM OSD Read MoreWe recently had a request from someone wanting to know how to clear both their search and viewing history from YouTube. For whatever reason this can be handy to do this especially if you use YouTube at work – you don’t want your colleagues seeing the dodgy stuff you view on a weekend!! Instructions We have created a quick video guide …
How to clear your YouTube search and viewing history Read MoreIf you have set up VMWare ESX you will find that it defaults to the evaluation version giving you 60 days of unlimited use. But, how do you apply your serial number? We have created a quick video below to help you with this easy process: Video Walkthrough – How to activate VMWare ESXi Serial When using this in a …
VMWare ESX Serial Number Activation Read MoreIf you are using SCCM for your operating system deployments across different countries, then you may want to set the time zone within the task sequence. To do this, you can take advantage of the built in Windows tool call tzutil.exe. In this example we will set the time zone for a computer deployment based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands which …
SCCM – Set Time Zone During OSD Read MoreIf you are using WSUS in your environment then you should consider also using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) to inject 3rd party updates. You can use SCUP to inject any updates by creating them but also built into the utility are updates for Adobe, HP and Dell. This is great for pushing out updates for programs like Flash Player …
System Center Updates Publisher Signing Certificate Step-by-Step Guide Read MoreIf you are looking for a SCCM collection query for virtual machines in your environment, then you can use this query below:
SCCM Collection Query – Virtual Machines Read More
