From StumbleUpon to Mix
You may have seen our post last week about the final closure of the popular StumbleUpon site. Well, there is a replacement site called Mix. You can even sign up using your StumbleUpon account details to import all of your stuff into Mix. So, we have gone ahead and signed up for Mix and are…
Google Chrome MSI Installer version 67.0.3396.99 Release
Google have now updated to a new version of their Chrome browser, version 67.0.3396.99. If you are looking at deploying Google Chrome using systems like Configuration Manager, WDS, SCUP or Group Policy, you will want to use their MSI installer to make it much easier. You can now download the Google Chrome MSI installer direct…
Exchange Shell – Get all Shared Mailboxes Information
Following on from our previous post about how IT professionals can use the tools available to them to make their lives easier, we have another Exchange Management Shell (EMS) script which will get all the information available from all Shared Mailboxes including the sizes of each mailbox. Guide Open up the Exchange Management Script tool…
Robots on Call
An Interesting Time There is no doubt that we are living in a very interesting time in human history. Technology has been advancing rapidly, and one particular space that is both spooky and fascinating simultaneously is the AI and robotics space. AI seems like it is getting more and more advanced at a breathtaking pace….
WordPress – Find text within all posts
We recently started to update all of our old posts that contained our old domain name of techygeekshome.co.uk. To do this, we needed to find all of the posts that actually have this in both the post content itself and also any links or code within the source of the post. This could have been…
Three Ways Technology Can Streamline Your Business for Greater Success
When it comes to technology, you have to know what options there are and how they can benefit you. Simply put, there are more programs and innovations out there than you need. These different programs are designed for different industries and different sizes of companies. What this means for your business is that you might…
New Broken Microsoft Updates – KB4284842
Microsoft have done it again and released another update “fix” which has broken Windows 7 machines. This seems to be the same sort of issue as before where the wifi and VPN connections are affected. It is quite unbelievable that Microsoft continue to release updates that break our user machines! You can forgive the odd…
New Online Store Launched – Get Saving With Us!
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new online store, now available to all of our visitors. This is something that we have been working on for a long time. Over the last few weeks we have been carrying out some beta testing, but today, it is now available to everyone. How can…
AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Review
Hard drives and partitions are not strange things in our life and work. You will meet some problems with partitions or hard disks when you buy a new computer, when you want to install more than one operating system and even when you meet some boot problem. Basically, some problems can be fixed with the…
StumbleUpon has officially shut down
A short while ago, it was announced that StumbleUpon would be shutting down. Well, the day has come and StumbleUpon is officially no more – well, sort of.
Why You Need At Least 144Hz Refresh Rate when Playing PUBG, Fortnite, and CS:GO
This article talks about why you need at least 144Hz and what other benefits it has to offer on top of that.
WordPress Archives Drop Down Redirecting to Homepage
We picked up a problem with our blog today where when selecting a month from our Archive drop down (on the right side column), no matter which month you selected, it was redirecting back to the home page of our site. It turned out that the problem was actually with the Yoast SEO Plugin configuration….
Exchange Shell – Export all shared mailbox permissions to CSV
Sometimes as IT professionals, we get asked to supply a lot of data to company bosses. This can be extremely frustrating especially when what you want to do is fix stuff, but IT is becoming more and more like an admin role all the time. It doesn’t mean you stop fixing stuff, it just means…
How to Successfully Launch Your Online Video Business
Online video has become hugely popular in the last decade, as technology has become accessible and affordable, and sites like YouTube have become the go-to place to find great content online. Whether you’re a business, musician, comedy group or filmmaker, online video enables you to put yourself in front of millions of people from countries…
Spam Phone Callers List
Are you receiving a number of spam phone callers recently? We have noticed lately that we are receiving more and more calls where they call you for one ring and then hang up. Most of the time the calls are coming from Chad, Algeria or Somali. However, there are a number of UK cold callers…
CMTrace Bundled with Configuration Manager Client Install
CMTrace is an awesome tool and I have been copying it onto an end users machine using a batch file during the OSD process for years. But finally, Microsoft have added it into the Configuration Manager Client installation. So, once you have an up to date client installed on a users machine, you can browse…
Passing The Cisco Certification Exams – Tips & Tricks
Cisco is renowned for certifying IT professionals who are building their career in the networking industry. It is the best platform that is entrusted by many employers all over the world because of its training that has helped to shape the networking industry. The main certifications that are offered are CCENT, CCDP, CCNA, and CCIE…
Upgrade your Certificate Authority from SHA1 to SHA2 (SHA256)
Do you need to upgrade your Certificate Authority from SHA1 to SHA2 (SHA256)? Well we recently had to carry this out as a test in a lab environment. None of us knew how to carry this out from the top of our heads, so like all good IT guys, we used the power of Google….
KB4284826 & KB4284867 Might Break Windows 7 Machines
Microsoft are really outdoing themselves at the moment as it seems that they have released another pair of updates for Windows 7 machines that reboots the computer when connecting to a wireless or VPN connection. We have had around 40 machines with these two updates that have seen this problem. We have had to remove…
SCCM OSD Stuck on “Just a moment…”
We came across a problem with our SCCM OSD recently where it was getting through approximately half the build process and then seemingly getting stuck on “Just a moment…” before timing out and not completing the build. This was a bit of a head scratcher as there did not seem to be any crash or…
Online Equivalents: Life Through a Mouse and Keyboard
Ready Player One was a box-office success this year and the film brings to light a conception of the future worth contemplating. In Ready Player One, people mostly live their lives online, in a virtual reality called “the Oasis”. This begs the question: is that what we’re headed towards? Here are four online equivalents to…
Windows Server – Internet Security Blocking Downloads
If you are an IT administrator then the chances are that you have come across issues with trying to download files directly from a website to your server. You would have received this security alert when trying to download: Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded. Although this is a…
How to Choose the Right Online Casino
Playing casino games online has turned into an extremely popular hobby in the last few years. Indeed, there are now so many different online casinos around that finding one that suits you best might take some time. If you want to play a few games, then there are a number of things to take into…