SCCM OSD – “A required device isn’t connected or cannot be accessed”

We today ran into an issue where our SCCM OSD PXE boot was not working. It was coming up with a very confusing message stating: “A required device isn’t connected or cannot be accessed” This led us to start looking at the hard drive and the drivers, however, the solution was completely different. The problem was that the RamDiskTFTPBlockSize we …

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Software Directory Re-launched – Submit your software!

We have now re-launched our Software Directory where you can now download various freeware and shareware programs as well as upload your own programs. Feel free to take a look around the available software by clicking the link below: TechyGeeksHome Software Directory We will be carefully monitoring what is added to this directory as to not overload it with junk …

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Office 2016 – Outlook and Exchange Compatibility

With the recent release of Microsoft Office 2016 and the subsequent release to volume licence users on VLSC, a lot of people will be rushing into upgrading to the latest version. However, be careful with compatibility with your corporate Exchange servers… Outlook 2016 will work with the following Exchange Server versions: Exchange Server 2016 Exchange Server 2013 Exchange Server 2010 …

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High Disk Usage on Windows 10 & Windows 8.1

You may notice that if you are running either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 that your task manager is showing very high disk usage like the screenshot below: The reason for this is that Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10 automatically manages your machines virtual memory and paging file size by default. This is usually not the best configuration for …

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Skype 7.12 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

Skype version 7.12 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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Shoretel Account Viewer v1.0 Released

We are pleased to announce a new utility custom built by us called Shoretel Account Viewer. Shoretel Account Viewer is a small installable utility that allows you to connect to your Shoretel systems MySQL database and return information on any users account within that environment. This is an essential tool for any Shoretel administrator as it will also decrypt the …

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