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Recently, I started playing Need for Speeds Rivals on the new Xbox One console. This is a title that I’m very familiar with and have played all versions over the many years of the Need for Speed franchise. However, Rivals has been nothing but a major disappointment – don’t get me wrong, the game itself is brilliant – no complaints …
EA & Need For Speed Rivals – Nothing but problems! Read MoreIf you are trying to run a Powershell script, you may find sometimes that you get this following error message: Cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. There is a very simple fix for this, all you have to do is ensure that you run your Powershell program as administrator to give it elevated …
Powershell error when running scripts – scripts disabled Read MoreThe below SQL query can be used against your SCCM database to return information about your servers. You can edit this query to bring back different information and also use it to create a report using SSRS. This query by default brings back the following information: Query More Queries Our full range of SQL and WQL Collection queries are available here. …
Server Information SQL Query for SCCM Read MoreMost users in organisations believe that Google Earth is a great tool for their work and freely install it on their work machines and think nothing of it. Well, Google Earth is NOT free for commercial use and if business users want to use Google Earth for work purposes on work machines, then a licence for Google Earth Pro must …
Uninstalling Google Earth using SCCM Read MoreIf you want to identify machines with Google Earth software installed, you can utilise the Add/Remove Programs software inventory to do this by using this query. This WQL query can then be used as part of an import function to create a device collection within SCCM. More Queries Our full range of SQL and WQL Collection queries are available here. Feedback …
SCCM – WQL Query for devices with Google Earth installed Read MoreYou can use Problem Steps Recorder to automatically capture the steps you take on a computer, including a text description of where you clicked and a picture of the screen during each click. Once you capture these steps, you can save them to a file that can be used by a support professional or someone else helping you with a …
Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) in Windows Read MoreWe have had reports of people purchasing Need for Speed: Rivals for their Xbox One and installing the game, starting the tutorial at the beginning and then finding that the car does not move!! A quick fix for this is to completely power off your Xbox One console and start up the game again – this should now work fully …
Xbox One – Need for Speed – Rivals – Car will not move! Read MoreI know this is a bit late but Microsoft have released a hot fix for Endpoint Protection clients. The knowledge base article is KB2907566 and can be found from the link below. Knowledge Base Article 2907566 Affected Products Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Endpoint Protection clients Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Endpoint Protection Service Pack 1 (SP1) …
KB2907566 – November 2013 anti-malware platform update for Endpoint Protection clients Read MoreSorry but we have been forced to remove this page as NitroPDF believe that we are giving out serial numbers illegally. Although this is just a tutorial for how to gather your OWN PAID FOR serial numbers using SCCM, it seems this is not good enough for NitroPDF or Google. So, we have had to remove the content. Feel free …
Nitro PDF Serial Number Collection using SCCM Read MoreIn the past we have released SCCM Configuration Item VBScripts to collect Autodesk serial numbers and then inject this information in to the WMI to be collected by the next hardware inventory. After much researching and testing, we have now made a decision that this is not the best way to collect this source of information from user machines. We …
Using SCCM to collect Autodesk serial numbers Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the release of our updated utility – RemoveIE v3.4 This utility follows on the success of our previous release – RemoveIE10 v2.1 which can still be downloaded from our site. In this release, we have added the option to remove Internet Explorer 11 from your Windows 7 machines. This is for machines that have been …
Remove Internet Explorer v3.4 Utility Released Read MoreIf you have custom build images that you are using in your SCCM OSD environment, you may find that keeping them up to date is a real problem. However, there is a way of running Windows Updates against your custom WIM files offline and then simply redistributing your WIM file. Below is a guide on how to carry this out and a list of …
Updating a WIM Image File using Offline Updates Read More
