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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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
As you may have seen on some of my previous posts, you can update Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader X via Windows Updates using SCUP through WSUS/SCCM. This stops the annoying pop-ups for users especially when they can’t install updates if they have not got local admin rights – just like standard Windows Updates, this … Read more
You can install drivers by computer model using a WMI script during the SCCM OSD task sequence. This means that when you deploy an image, the target machine will always get the full and correct drivers for the model, rather than getting mismatched drivers. This also speeds up the deployment process. To do this is very … Read more