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Renew a Self Signed Certificate on an Exchange Server 2007

If you are using an Exchange system and have self signed certificates, every year you will have to renew the certificate. An expired certificate may cause problems such as connectivity to web services, SMTP transport and Outlook prompting certificate security warnings which is extremely annoying for users and also can cause problems with Out of Office settings. To do this is very simple and can be done …

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Office 2010 Language Pack Deployment in the Software Catalog for SCCM 2012

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If you have a requirement to add any Office 2010 language packs to your SCCM 2012 Software Catalog then you may find that it is not the simplest of tasks. I’ve spent some time working on different methods of doing this and although creating the packs as an application and pushing them out is fairly simple, to offer them through …

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Windows XP Sysprep ready for SCCM OSD Capture Guide

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This guide will show you what you need to do to capture a Windows XP Service Pack 3 image, which you can then capture and deploy using Configuration Manager.First of all, you need to create a full image that is ready to be captured. This is usually best to install on a virtual machine using VMWare or Hyper-V, however, you …

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Customise your Shoretel Handset Ringtone – Single Handset

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If you have a Shoretel telephony environment, you may want to change the ringtone of your handset(s). You can do this with the boring built in ones or customise your handset with any tune you like. To do this, there are two methods, one for customising just one phone and another for customising all models of handsets in your business. …

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Customise your Shoretel Handset Ringtone – All Models

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If you have a Shoretel telephony environment, you may want to change the ringtone of your handset(s). You can do this with the boring built-in ones or customise your handset with any tune you like. To do this, there are two methods, one for customising just one phone and another for customising all models of handsets in your business. This …

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Batch Convert WAV files into Shoretel Correct Format

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If you need to batch convert any files into the correct Shoretel format to use for prompts, messages or ringtones, there is a simple way of doing this without having to mess around with Audacity. If you click the link below and download the zip file, you can use this tool to instantly convert the files into the correct Shoretel …

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SCCM – Find system by Last Logged on User Query

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If you need to find a machine for a particular user in your business using SCCM, one way you can do it is to use a custom query to find the machine that relates to the last logged on user. This means that you can run this query, it’ll prompt for a username, enter the username and it’ll then bring …

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Skype 6.0 MSI file download for SCCM

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I had a need today to create a Skype application in our Software Catalog. To do this, I wanted to use an MSI file as its much easier to package. After having a hunt on the internet, I found the link to download the official Skype 6.0.0.120 version of the MSI file. The link to download this file is below: …

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How to enable signed intranet updates using Group Policy

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If you are using custom updates for things Java or Adobe updates via WSUS and SCUP, then you need to ensure that you enable signed intranet updates for all your client machines. The best way to do this is to use Group Policy. You should create a new Group Policy Object (GPO) and apply that to the OU’s in your …

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Add custom links into your Favorites sidebar in Windows 7

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Bit of a simple one this but very useful…. If you want to add a link into the left sidebar of your windows explorer (which is the bit below): All you have to do is browse to %userprofile%Links and then right-click, then go to New then Create Shortcut. Then follow the wizard to create a shortcut and you should then …

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Blue screen of death (BSOD) after imaging to Windows XP

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Like most businesses, we still have programs that rely on Windows XP to run. So, I built a Windows XP Professional image to push out to our slightly older machines where XP is needed to run these older programs. Once created, the image on some machines was working fine, but on some (mostly newer older machines if that makes any …

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Making an Active Partition Inactive using Diskpart

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If you are as stupid as me and manage to make a partition active that you shouldn’t have done, so long as you haven’t restarted the machine, there is a quick easy fix to put it right. On the machine, do the following: Go into a Command Prompt Type “diskpart” Type “list volume” Type “select volume #” (# = the …