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Microsoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing on Windows computers. So, having spent a few hours searching for todays culprit, we found that the update causing the issue is this one: KB3001652 It turns out that its an update for Visual Studio 2010 so it may not affect the huge amount of machines …
KB3001652 – Another Faulty Windows Update Released by Microsoft Read MoreIf you want to install Windows Movie Maker silently, maybe for distribution using a system like Configuration Manager or Group Policy, then you can follow the guide below to do this. First of all, you will need to download the offline installer from the download location below: Download Then you can create to distribution package in Configuration Manager and the …
Windows Movie Maker – Silent Unattended Installation Read MoreSo the big news of the day is that some more details of Windows 10 features have been released during a live demo by Microsoft. We have been using the Technical Preview of Windows 10 for some time now so its not all that exciting news for us really and Windows 10 is not all that much different from Windows …
Windows 10 Microsoft Live Demo Read MoreWe have recently dealt with a problem that a customer had reported to us about their Excel spreadsheet columns suddenly appearing as numbers instead of the expected letters. We doubted this very much as none of us had heard of it before, but no, there is was, columns as numbers just like this: This was a bit baffling to us, …
Microsoft Excel – Columns Displaying Numbers instead of Letters Read MoreIf you want to transfer your Infrastructure Master FSMO Role to a different server then you can follow the steps below to carry this out. You should first logon to your Domain Controller using an Enterprise Administrator account and then launch an elevated command prompt. You should then enter the following commands within the command prompt: ntdsutil roles connections connect …
How to Transfer Infrastructure Master FSMO Role to a Different Server Read MoreSo Microsoft have done it again! They have released a “critical” update that has broken everyone’s Excel! We have had a large number of issues today in relation to VBScripting in Excel and it happened at 10am – the exact time our WSUS updates are collected by end users machines. So, having spent most of the day searching for the …
Windows Update Causes ActiveX/VBScript to stop working in Excel – KB2553154 Read MoreIf you are using shared mailboxes in Outlook, then you may find that when someone is sending an email from this mailbox, the sent email is going into the users own Sent Items folder rather than the Sent Items folder within the shared mailbox itself. This is because there is a delegation registry key that needs to be set to …
Shared Mailboxes Sent Items in Outlook Read MoreIf you have purchased Windows 8.1 and you have lost or damaged your DVD media or would simply like a backup, you can now download the ISO from Microsoft by inputting your product key. All you need to do is go to the website below: Windows Upgrade Media Download Then click on the “Install Windows 8.1” button which will download …
Windows 8.1 Media ISO Download Read MoreIf you have a requirement to add a secondary domain controller to your existing domain, then the video guide below should show you exactly the steps you need to take to carry this out. Comments If you have any questions about setting up your secondary domain controller, then please feel free to leave a comment below using our comments system.
How to add a Secondary Domain Controller to an Existing Domain Read MoreContinuing our series of YouTube video guides, we came across this one and thought it was very well made and details exactly how to transfer FSMO roles to a new server. Hopefully, you will find this helpful if this is something that you need to carry out in your own environment. COMMENTS If you have any questions or comments about …
Transfer FSMO roles to a new Server Read MoreWe have been viewing some video guides on YouTube over the last few days so we thought that we would share some good ones that we have found that we feel you may find useful. We have scheduled a number of these videos to be posted to our site over the next few days so make sure you check back …
Remove a Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller from an Existing Domain Read MoreMicrosoft have released a new version of Remote Desktop Connection Manager taking the latest release up to version 2.7. New features included in this new release include: There is now also support for the following Operating Systems: Download You can download Remote Desktop Connection Manager from Microsoft by clicking the download button below: Comments If you have any comments on …
Remote Desktop Connection Manager version 2.7 Released Read More
