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If you are trying to run Windows Updates on your Windows 7 machine but it is seemingly stuck on “Checking for Updates” for hours, then there is a fix for it. You should download the Microsoft fix using the download button below and install this before trying to run the updates again. Download KB3135445 If […]
If you are looking at upgrading your user machines up to Windows 10 1607 then you can do this quickly and easily using an inplace task sequence with Configuration Manager. All you need to do is create an operating system upgrade source for Windows 10 1607 and then create the upgrade task sequence and deploy […]
If you are an Exchange administrator and are having trouble in accessing other mailboxes although you have full access, then you may find that you need to remove the “Deny” permission on the mailbox you are trying to access. Sometimes this can be your own account or maybe a group like “Domain Admins”. To check […]
We have had a few people asking us where the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in WSUS as they cannot find it. This is because it is not released through WSUS until August 16th so synchronise your WSUS in just over a weeks time and you should then see if appear in your list of WSUS […]
With the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we have had a few people telling us that they do not seem to be getting the update available in the Windows Update. So, to speed things up a bit, you can download the required file to manually start the upgrade process. All you need to […]
If you need to export your Exchange mailbox address details to CSV then you can run the following EMS PowerShell command to export the name, primary SMTP email address and the mailbox database where the mailbox is allocated. Get-Recipient -Resultsize unlimited | select name, primarysmtpaddress, Database | export-csv C:tempaddresses.csv You can change the file location […]
You may have noticed this annoying message keep appearing in your Windows 10 notification area: If you are fed up of this, you should take a look at this excellent guide on how to disable it when using SCCM OSD: Disable apps to help improve performance
If you are using Windows 10 in your corporate environment then you may want to have the available language packs to either install manually or through deployment systems like SCCM, Group Policy or WSUS. When we were looking for the language pack files, we found it very difficult to find them on the internet so […]
Just a quick post to remind all of our visitors that if you have been considering moving to Windows 10 but have not quite got round to it yet, then now is the time. Microsoft will only be pushing it out for free until 29th July 2016 – after that you will have to pay […]
If you use Yammer in your corporate environment then you will be aware of Yammer Desktop Notifier. This is a simple program that sits in your notification area and notifies you of messages on your Yammer site depending on what settings you enter. This is a great little tool to keep up to date with […]
If you are getting this error message when you open SQL Server Configuration Manager in SQL Server: Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the server is unreachable. Note that you can only manage SQL Server 2005 and later servers with SQL Server Configuration Manager. Invalid namespace [0x8004100e] Then there is a […]
Windows 7 is now a pretty old operating system and most restore media that people will have for their machines will be a few years old. This means that when a restore is done with these OEM restore disks there will be a huge amount of Windows Updates to carry out. Well Microsoft have now created […]