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We recently came across a great guide on how to setup a DCM item to detect if any users machines had the Windows Firewall turned off and how to report on it. So, we thought we would share this guide with our visitors, so head on over to MyITForum to check out how to carry this out. SCCM – DCM …
SCCM – How to Create a DCM Item to Detect If the Firewall Is Off Read MoreWe have now joined VK.com which is a massive Russian social media site. We do tend to get emails from our Russian visitors who inquire about sharing our posts on VK.com so we have now also added a VK.com sharing button at the bottom of all our posts. You can see the sharing button at the end of all posts …
Russian VK.com Social Media Site Read MoreWe have recently started to have problems with running a CScript command in one of our SCCM task sequences where we send the local computer description to Active Directory to automatically set the Active Directory computer name description. It has always worked fine but seemed to have stopped working after the latest hotfix. So, after many hours of Googling, we …
SCCM Task Sequence Error – Can’t find script engine VBScript Read MoreThis is more of a reminder for ourselves, but if you are looking to download Microsoft SQL Server 2012 express, for which you can use to install the SQL Console Management Tools as well, then the download link is below: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express Download
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express Read MoreWe have recently been installing WSUS on a rebuilt Microsoft Server 2012 and found that although the role would install without any issue, when we tried to run the configuration wizard we were getting an error and in the log file it stated: “Config file did not contain a value “ContentDirectory”” So, first of all, we needed to fix this …
WSUS Installation Errors on Microsoft Server 2012 Read MoreAlthough the public cut off for getting your free Windows 10 upgrade was 29th July 2016, there is still a way you can get this free upgrade. Microsoft will still allow the free upgrade to happen for Windows 10 customers who use assistive technologies. The official line from Microsoft is: “We are not restricting the free upgrade offer to specific assistive technologies. …
Windows 10 Upgrade still available for free Read MoreIn case you missed it earlier this month, Microsoft have now released WWE 2K16 on the Xbox One console for free! So long as you are a Xbox Live Gold member, you can go onto your console and get the free game download to keep for the next two weeks. Also available for the rest of this month are: Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate on …
WWE 2K16 Free on Xbox One with Gold! Read MoreIf you are a regular visitor to our site then you will have noticed our new website design! This has been setup in an effort to speed up the site as we were getting some issues with delays and time outs. We have now moved host to a much quicker server and this new theme uses hardly any plugins at …
New Website Design Launched Read MoreAs you may have noticed, we are currently experiencing some issues with our downloads using the “Twitter Follow” option. We are looking into this and hopefully will have it fixed soon, but in the meantime, please use either one of the other options or email us directly on downloads@techygeekshome.info and we will send you a direct link. Please check back …
Downloads Error Read MoreWe were recently setting up a new WSUS server in our lab and also setting up System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) and kept getting an error when trying to connect SCUP to WSUS which were installed on the same server. The error we were getting was: “Failed to connect to the update server. Check your update server configuration settings and …
SCUP – Failed to connect to the update server error Read MoreIf you have multiple zip files, like if you have downloaded a number of computer drivers for example, you may want to extract them all in batch and into their own folders. To do this, you should first install 7-Zip from the link below: 7-Zip Download Once you have this installed, you should then highlight all of the zip files …
How to extract multiple Zip files into their own folders Read MoreAre you fed up of receiving all of those annoying game requests on Facebook? Well there is a very simple fix to turn off the gaming notifications within your Facebook app. All you need to do is to go into your Facebook app and then click “More” in the bottom right. Then click on “Settings” and then “Account Settings”: Then …
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