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If you are using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) you should enable, where possible, SSL. To do this is a fairly simple task but needs to be carried out carefully to ensure all your client machines talk to your WSUS server successfully. There is an excellent step by step guide with images here: Enabling SSL on Windows Server Update Services …
Enabling SSL on WSUS Read MoreWe recently came across an issue where when trying to connect a bluetooth mouse, it kept coming up asking to enter a passkey. Well, with it being a mouse you cannot enter a code so how do you fix it? You need to look in the registry and remove the address for it. Identifying the address is difficult but if …
Bluetooth Mouse asking for passcode Read MoreIf you want to add multiple specific email addresses to your Exchange Anti-Spam Recipient Filtering then you can use Exchange Management Shell to run a command to add comma separated multiple email addresses. The command you should run is this: Set-RecipientFilterConfig -BlockedRecipients joe@bloggs.com,steve@techygeekshome.info,bob@mail.com You can keep adding email addresses to the list for what you require. Something to keep in …
Exchange Server – Anti-Spam Recipient Filtering Read MoreIf you remember the good old days when Microsoft had Digital River to allow you to download a whole range of ISO files for Windows operating systems, then you would have been pretty annoyed when they took Digital River offline. However, a German website has started to collate most of these ISOs and now has quite a large selection of …
Digital River Replacement? Read MoreIf you are looking for the restore media for your Windows machine, then you can download the official media (if you have a licence of course!) from the official Microsoft website. All you have to do is click the link below: Microsoft Windows Download Page Then fill out your details with your licence key information and you can download the …
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Official Downloads Read MoreIf you are using Exchange in your organisation and have multiple administrators, then you may need to keep an eye on mailbox limits. In most organisations the mailbox limits are set by default on the database, however you can change the limits per mailbox. So, if you want to see which mailboxes do not have the default database limits set, …
Exchange Mailbox Limits – Export None Default Quotas to CSV Read MoreIf you have used Visual Studio to create an installer, then you will find that their are two output files required for the installation – setup.exe and setup,msi. You can zip these together into a package, but what if you want a single EXE file installer? Well you can use 7-Zip to create a packaged EXE installer which will then …
Create a self extracting archive and launch an installer Read MoreIf you are trying to install SharePoint Foundation 2013, you will need to run the pre-requisite installation process. However, you may come across an error stating that the tool cannot configure the Application Server Role and Web Server (IIS) Role.
SharePoint Foundation 2013 Prerequisite Tool Failure Read MoreIf you would like to build an installer to install a custom font on a machine, then you can use Visual Studio to do this.
Create a MSI file to install a custom font Read MoreIf you are using System Center Configuration Manager for Operating System Deployment (OSD) then you may come across an error like this even after a successful PXE boot:
SCCM OSD Policy Retrieval Error Read MoreKB3114409 – Outlook in Safe Mode Problem – Microsoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing on Windows computers.
KB3114409 – Outlook in Safe Mode Problem Read MoreRemote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and command-line tools for managing roles and features that run on Windows Server Technical Preview.
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 Read More
