WordPress Speedup – Change the way you add Google Adsense Ads

Google Adsense is a great way of earning some cash by placing a few adverts on your WordPress blog. However, if you create an advert in your Google Adsense console and just copy and paste it straight into your WordPress site, you are loading a separate script each time for each advert. So, would it not be better to just …

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WordPress – Completely disable Heartbeat Control

If you are having speed issues with your WordPress website then you may find that this is because of the the heartbeat control that is within the WordPress software. Running speed checks on your website like PingDom may reveal that your admin-ajax.php is taking ages to load. So, what do you do about it? It really depends on your own situation …

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Excel – Split text into different columns with the Convert Text to Columns Wizard

If you exporting data into CSV or text files then this guide may come in handy for you… You can take the text in one or more cells, and spread it out across multiple cells. This is called parsing, and is the opposite of concatenating, where you can combine text from two or more cells into one cell. For example, …

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Extract and Save Program and Features Icons

If you are looking to extract an icon from your Programs and Features list to use in any programs, documentation or systems like Configuration Manager, then you can use this guide to do that. The icons are actually stored in the C:WindowsInstaller folder but to ensure that you get the correct one, you will need to search your registry which …

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IIS Management Console to connect to a remote IIS Server

If you want to use the IIS Management Console on a technician’s computer then you may run into the problem that a lot of people have – simply installing the IIS components and console on the technician’s machine will not work. This is because it will only connect to the localhost – you need to add an extension to allow …

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Windows Stuck on Configuring Updates 3 of 3 0% Completed Fix

You may have seen one of our previous posts about fixing the Windows Stuck on installing updates error. Well we have recently come across some issues with the other Windows Update issue where the machine gets stuck saying Configuring Update 3 of 3 0% Completed. We finally found a way of fixing this issue so thought we would post it here …

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Skype v7.34 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

Skype version 7.34 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the installer is packaged as …

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