Windows Update Stuck on Installing Update…[2023 Updated]
Simple to follow guide to help you fix the Windows Update issue when it gets stuck on reboot or shut down of the operating system.
Simple to follow guide to help you fix the Windows Update issue when it gets stuck on reboot or shut down of the operating system.
We are pleased to announce the release of Windows 7 Lock Screen Pro v1.4. This release is in relation to our previous post about us releasing Pro versions for all our freeware. You can purchase the Windows 7 Lock Screen Pro package for just 89p (GBP) by clicking the “Buy Now” button below and follow…
Adobe have now released update 11.0.09 for their Adobe Reader XI software. This is available to push out as a windows update using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) and WSUS or Configuration Manager. However, if you want to download the MSI and MSP for distribution using the Software Catalog, WDS or Group Policy, the links…
Please note that version 1.5 of Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer is now available using the link below: Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer version 1.5 We are pleased to announce the updated release of our popular utility – Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer. You can download the latest version by clicking the download button below:…
Powershell is becoming more and more important these days and the possibilities for using it are endless. However, there are also a large amount of very basic easy-to-use commands that you should add to your knowledge collection. We all pick up new Powershell commands that help us to do our jobs all the time so…
If you are using Server 2012 R2 Core and you wish to join it to the domain, then you can use this simple Powershell command to do it. Add-Computer -DomainName YOURDOMAIN.COM -Credentials DOMAINUSERNAME -Restart Note that the -Restart command at the end will automatically restart your server once it has completed the joining process. Also…
If you are using Windows 2012 R2 Core or if you just like using Powershell, then you may want to know how to enable Remote Desktop. To do this, you should go into your Core server where you should see a command box. In here, type in Powershell and press enter. This will open up…
We recently have had issues with our Windows 7 operating system deployments seemingly not completing fully. We were getting the following issues: The ConfigMgr client was not fully installed – it was displaying the Site Mode as “Unknown” The ConfigMgr client was not picking up a certificate – it was displaying as “None” The _SMSTaskSequence…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 14.0.0.145. 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…
We have had a number of people asking us how they can remove the annoying end of life message that Windows XP displays. There are actually two of them, one is a Windows end of life message that looks like this: The other is Microsoft Security Essentials end of life message that looks like this:…
We have recently had a number of reports of bluetooth devices like mice and keyboards randomly disconnecting since people have upgraded to Windows 8.1 Update 1. This can be extremely frustrating when you are flying along typing an email and you have nothing to show on your screen for your efforts! Most of the time,…
We have recently had to rebuild a number of machines and the main issue that our users bring up is the fact that our first line techs keep forgetting to put users Outlook email signatures back. This, infuriates end users nearly as much as not putting back their 500 desktop shortcuts. Now, we – as…
If you are having problems uninstalling a piece of software that has become corrupt then it can be an absolute nightmare to get it uninstalled from your machine fully. There are a large range of software products that will not allow you to install if a previous piece of software is still on the machine,…
We are pleased to announce the release of ImgWater v1.3 – our free image watermarking tool. This is an updated product release and is designed to allow you to import an image, type your own text watermark and then save the image with your watermark embedded in it. As always, this is a freeware utility…
Microsoft have made a number of its Office products available to use online through the Google Chrome web browser app store. You can now install Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote and OneDrive as Google Chrome Apps and use them for free in a full online version. To find them, go into your Google Chrome Browser…
Visual Studio 2013 Update 1 has been released and you can either download this through Windows Update or there is a direct download link which is available below: DOWNLOAD
We have recently had a number of issues with web-based applications no longer working correctly due to Internet Explorer 10 or 11 being updated via Windows Update. To correct this, we have had to manually uninstall these Internet Explorer updates from users machines: KB2718695 – Internet Explorer 10 KB2841134 – Internet Explorer 11 This puts the…
We are pleased to announce the release of RemoteRemoveIE v1.1 This is a development on our popular RemoveIE utility. We have had a huge number of requests to create a utility where a user can remotely uninstall Internet Explorer 10 or 11 from another machine on a network. We hope that this new product will…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 13.0.0.182. 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…
With Microsoft having announced the release of Windows 8.1 Update 1 at the BUILD developer conference last week, today is the day that you can finally upgrade your Windows 8.1 machines. Unlike the last update from Windows 8 to 8.1, this update will be available through Windows Update instead of having to go through the…
We have recently been tasked with fixing a problem with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 and deploying a fat Windows XP wim image to a Dell Latitude E5510 with the newer generation of Intel processors, in this case the processor was an Intel i3 Processor. The problem was this, the customer had a fat Windows XP…
As most people should now be aware, Microsoft support for Windows XP ends on Tuesday 8th April 2014, just a few days time. For whatever reason, the less publicised news is that on this date Microsoft are also pulling the plug on Office 2003. What if you are still using Windows XP or Office 2003?…
If you are building a Configuration Manager 2012 server there are a number of pre-requisites that have to be installed for it to work correctly. It can be quite time consuming installing all of the server features that are required so to help with this process, you can run Powershell cmdlets that will take care…
Please note that version 1.4 of Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer is now available using the link below: Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer version 1.4 If you are using our new utility Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer then you may be interested in our range of lock screens. We will be adding to this collection…