How-To Guides
Browse step-by-step how-to guides covering Windows, Windows Server, networking, and virtualization. These tutorials are designed for IT professionals, system administrators, and home lab users looking for practical solutions and clear instructions.
Dell Driver Downloads
In this article, we will discuss Dell driver downloads, including what they are, why you need them, how to download them, and some tips to make the process smoother. What are Dell driver downloads? Dell driver downloads are software files that allow your computer to communicate with the hardware devices connected to it. Every device … Read more
Grand Theft Auto V Cheat Codes
I recently started playing Grand Theft Auto V again after about 10 years of not playing it and I couldn’t be bothered with the full story mode and having to do the missions, I just want to shoot people and fly planes! However, having had to start from the beginning, I had nothing, no guns, … Read more
Lenovo BIOS Update Return Codes [0-10]
I have recently been working on updating BIOS’s for a fleet of various Lenovo models and I started getting all sorts of different return codes from them. They were not standard SCCM codes so I had to lookup what these return codes were. Below is a table to show all the return codes you get … Read more
VMWare vSphere HA Failover Error
VMware vSphere HA (High Availability) is a feature that provides automated failover capabilities for virtual machines running on VMware vSphere hosts. When a host failure occurs, HA will detect it and restart the affected virtual machines on another available host in the cluster. If you are experiencing a failover error with VMware vSphere HA, there … Read more
Windows Installer Media
Windows Installer Media (also known as Windows Installation Media) is a tool provided by Microsoft that allows users to create a bootable installation media for Windows operating systems. It can be used to install or upgrade Windows on a computer or device, and can also be used to troubleshoot and repair issues with an existing … Read more
Export Powershell to CSV
To export PowerShell to CSV file, you can use the Export-Csv cmdlet. Here’s an example: This command gets a list of all running processes, selects the process name, ID, and CPU usage, and sorts the list by CPU usage in descending order. This command exports the data to a CSV file named “processes.csv” in the … Read more
How to Reset Group Policy Settings to Default
I recently came across an issue that I had to diagnose where I needed to reset a device’s Group Policy settings. It wasn’t the easiest thing to find how to do, so I thought I would document it here in full step-by-step dummies guide method in case I need it in the future again. Group … Read more
How to recover unsaved word document
If you have accidentally closed a Word document without saving it, or if Word has unexpectedly crashed or shut down, there are several ways you can try to recover an unsaved Word document: Look for auto-recovery files By default, Word saves a copy of your document every 10 minutes while you are working on it. … Read more
MSI Installer Download Links
Having spent many years working with SCCM and looking for MSI installers to use for software deployment, I eventually wrote the MSI Downloader tool to help out others with getting hold of MSI installers. However, keeping the MSI versions up to date is a bit of a nightmare, and a lot of people, I know, … Read more
Create an SSRS Report using Configuration Manager Database Data
How to write custom SCCM reports using SSRS. This guide will show you exactly how to create your own custom SCCM SSRS report.
SCCM Collection Query for Devices with specific software installed and version or below
If you need to identify machines with specific software installed on a device but would also like to know whether they have a certain version of the stated software or below, then you can use the below query. This can help with software upgrades to identify machines that have not yet been upgraded. SCCM Collection … Read more