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So, we have been testing Windows 10 and have come across an infuriating problem. If you are using a Microsoft account to login to your Windows 10 machine you may want to add a PIN so that you do not have to keep typing in a long password. In Windows 8.1 this worked perfectly so … Read more
If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may find that you have a Windows.old folder in the root of your C: drive. If you want to remove this folder to free up some space, then you can use the Clean Manager tool built into Windows 10. To do this, right click on the Start … Read more
As you may have gathered after the launch of Windows 10 to computer devices last week, your smartphones and tablets have not updated to this latest version of operating system. This is because Windows 10 mobile does not come out until “later this year” – which is the official party line from Microsoft. Rumour has … Read more
This is more of a post for our reference but we thought our visitors might be able to make use of it as well so here it is. If you want to build a program in C# that upon startup checks the date and if that date has passed throws an error and will not … Read more
If you are looking at doing some housekeeping on your Application Catalog within SCCM for user requests then you will find that there is not a Microsoft supported why of doing this. This has been causing us problem recently having approved software for a user and then the users going onto different machines and installing … Read more
To go alongside our popular guide on how to fix bluetooth issues in Windows 8.1, we have now created a quick video guide to show you how you can make the changes required to make it work.
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A lot of people ask us about getting older versions of Java Clients. So we have now launched a Java client micro-site with all the previous versions that we have available and all upcoming versions. You can download the Offline Installers and MSI files from our Java website using the link below: Download Instructions When … Read more
If you want to export an Exchange mailbox to PST with some variables included, then this guide should help you out. In Exchange Management Shell, you can run the following command to export a mailbox to PST with variables like delete all mail from mailbox after export or maybe excluding Contacts or Calendar. The command … Read more
Have you ever wanted to use your iPad as a second monitor to your Mac or PC? Well, now “there is an app for that”!. We recently came across an app in the Apple App Store called “Duet Display” and didn’t really give it much thought as we have seen a lot of these in … Read more
If you are using Cisco switches, you may find that you need to configure IP helper addresses to give devices on different VLAN’s the correct direction to your DHCP server. To do this, you can use the following commands: # = the number of your VLAN To view the current vlan configuration: This will bring … Read more
If you are using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) then you will need to know how to capture a boot image.
In the video demo below, this shows you exactly how to carry out this task correctly.
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If you are using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and you need to add a boot image into the system, then you should view the below tutorial video demonstration on how to successfully carry this out.
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