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If you are using a Shoretel IP phone system, you need to ensure that you add option 156 to your DHCP settings so that your handsets know which options to use, like FTP Server and VLANs. But, option 156 is not a default option you can add in DHCP so you need to manually add … Read more
Changing the logo on your PHPBB forums can help personalize your site and give it a unique look. Follow this guide to update your forum’s logo with ease. Step-by-Step Guide to Changing the PHPBB Logo 1. Prepare Your New Logo 2. Access the PHPBB Admin Control Panel 3. Navigate to the Style Section 4. Locate … Read more
This is not our usual thing, but we found this absolutely brilliant so felt the need to share it with our visitors. You can now watch Star Wars Episode IV in glourious ASCII format using Telnet – see the screenshots below: You can connect to this through telnet by connecting to: If you want to … Read more
Microsoft have now released the Windows 10 Technical Preview for you to try out on an evaluation licence. You can download the ISO files from the link below but be warned, they are about 4GB in size each: Windows 10 Technical Preview Download The serial number that you should use to active your Windows 10 … Read more
We are pleased to announce the release of a new program called DomainWhoIs. This is a first version release so if you find any bugs, please report them to us using our support forums and we will get any issues sorted out as soon as possible. DomainWhoIs is a program that can search for Who … Read more
We have had a lot of people asking us about how to get into the Bluetooth settings in Windows 8.1 without having to go through the charms on the side. Basically, a lot of people want to access their Bluetooth devices and settings just like in Windows 7 – through a window. This guide has … Read more
If you are a Configuration Manager administrator, the chances are that you are using the Application Catalog to allow users to install their own software.A great feature of this is that you can put in specialist or licensed software and add a “Request” button. This means that your end users will only get the software … Read more
In Configuration Manager 2012, there is a section under the Monitoring ribbon called Distribution Status. This will give you a lot of information about your distributions and your distribution points. If you look at Distribution Point Configuration Status, this gives you a good understanding of whether your drivers, packages, applications and images have deployed correctly … Read more
If you want to report on machines that have Outlook archive (PST’s) on them, where they are and how big they are, then you can use this guide to create a report that will do this for you using Configuration Manager. First of all, you will need to tell your Software Inventory to look for … Read more
We have had a report that one of our WQL queries has not been working correctly, this is the one for devices that have Configuration Manager client installed but do not have System Center Endpoint Protection installed on them. The original post is here: WQL Query for Devices without Endpoint Installed So, we have looked … Read more
We have recently had problems with our global distribution points in ConfigMgr after the monthly content validation has happened. On some of our distribution points (not all) we are getting and error stating: “Failed to validate content hash” With our monitoring on the Distribution Point Configuration Status looking like this (click the thumbnails for the … Read more
If you installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Core and later realised you need a graphical interface, you can switch to the full GUI without reinstalling the OS. This guide shows you exactly how to install the GUI using PowerShell, including the required source files and common issues. Requirements Before you begin, make sure you have: … Read more