Making IT Happen
If you need to enable your Windows Telnet Client (like for use with our new Ultimate Settings Panel Tricks Panel) then it is a very simple process: For Windows 7: Click Start > Control Panel. Click Programs and Features. Click Turn Windows features on or off. In the Windows Features dialog box, check the Telnet […]
Call it evolutionary, revolutionary, contemporary, or just captivating. The world’s dominant OS has been the staple technology running millions of devices owned by individuals and businesses across the world over the last 3 decades. Millennial’s would remember growing up playing Minesweeper as their first PC game and probably cannot imagine a world without Windows. Let’s […]
If you are using Outlook 2016, you my find that you come cross the following error when trying to open hyperlinks from within an email: Your organization’s policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more info, please contact your help desk. The first thing to note is that the error message […]
Are you fed up of restarting or shutting down you computer and it then comes up with the dreaded “Configuring Windows Updates – Do Not Power Off Your Computer”? Well, there is a quick fix to get around this and allow your machine to shut down immediately. All you have to do is to open […]
If you want to use the Microsoft Updates Catalog, then you may find that you come across an error with the add-on refusing to load like this: So to fix this you sure first of all make sure that you are using Internet Explorer and not Firefox, Chrome or even Edge. Then, if it still […]
With Microsoft phasing out Windows Live Mail, to access your email you will need to use either an Internet browser via outlook.com or configure your Microsoft Outlook program. To set up your email in Outlook you will need to use the Exchange ActiveSync/Outlook.com online protocol and also know the details that you will need to […]
Are you fed up of having to login to your Windows 10 computer everytime you boot up or restart? Well there is a simple way of turning this feature off allowing your machine to boot straight into Windows. All you have to do is follow the simple steps as per below and your machine should […]
If you are using Windows and you are receiving this error message: a required privilege is not held by client Then you can follow the guide below to fix this problem. Instructions This guide assumes that you are using Windows 10 although the process should be very similar if you are using Windows 8.1 or […]
We have recently been installing WSUS on a rebuilt Microsoft Server 2012 and found that although the role would install without any issue, when we tried to run the configuration wizard we were getting an error and in the log file it stated: “Config file did not contain a value “ContentDirectory”” So, first of all, […]
Although the public cut off for getting your free Windows 10 upgrade was 29th July 2016, there is still a way you can get this free upgrade. Microsoft will still allow the free upgrade to happen for Windows 10 customers who use assistive technologies. The official line from Microsoft is: “We are not restricting the free upgrade […]
We were recently setting up a new WSUS server in our lab and also setting up System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) and kept getting an error when trying to connect SCUP to WSUS which were installed on the same server. The error we were getting was: “Failed to connect to the update server. Check your […]
With the recent release of Windows 10 1607, system administrators may have noticed that their RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) have gone missing. Well this is by design (albeit Microsoft design!) and you can now download the RSAT for Windows 1607. To get the new RSAT software, just click the link below: RSAT for Windows 10 […]