So you may have seen our previous post on how to set the local computer description during SCCM OSD. Well now, with a little help from a script and MDT, we can take that local computer description and make that the Active Directory computer description. To do this, you first need the required script, which…
For all you WWE fans out there, Microsoft will be releasing WWE 2K16 on the Xbox One console for free! So long as you are a Xbox Live Gold member, you can go onto your console and get the free game download to keep from 16th August. Also available this month are: Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate on…
If you would like to distribute Mozilla Firefox using Group Policy, WDS or SCCM, then you will probably appreciate having the MSI installer to do this. Luckily there is a site that provides the MSI installers for Mozilla Firefox called FrontMotion. There is an archive of available MSI installers but the latest one available is…
If you are using Configuration Manager to deploy your operating systems, then you may want to set the local computer description during the task sequence phase. To do that is a very simple process and you can use a manual method of inputting the computer name on the task sequence step or use a HTA…
We are pleased to announce a few changes to our website to try and help our visitors further in the world of IT. We have been a bit quiet recently on releasing new content due to personal circumstances but we hope to get back into things this month and bring you a lot of new…
Skype version 7.26 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and…
To celebrate our fourth birthday we are giving away Ultimate Settings Panel Pro completely free to our site subscribers for the next four weeks! All you have to do is register or login to our site using the button below and then visit the download page and get it for free! Login Here COMMENTS If you…
We have now uploaded to our Java micro site, the MSI installers and Offline Installers for the latest Java version release. The versions that have been added are: Java 8 Update 101 x86 Java 8 Update 101 x64 You can go and download these new installers by click the Download button below: Download Java 8…
If you have a Shoretel telephony system in your corporate environment and you want to know which extensions have which licenses, then you can do this by running a simple query across your Shoretel MySQL database. Login to your HQ server and open MySQL and login to your main Shoretel database. Then run these following…
There is a great offer available at the moment for our visitors to get Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell game completely free! All you have to do is go to the link below, fill out some details and you can download it straight away for nothing at all. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell This special offer is only…
If you need to export your Exchange mailbox address details to CSV then you can run the following EMS PowerShell command to export the name, primary SMTP email address and the mailbox database where the mailbox is allocated. Get-Recipient -Resultsize unlimited | select name, primarysmtpaddress, Database | export-csv C:tempaddresses.csv You can change the file location…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 22.0.0.209 and 22.0.0.210. As always, you can download the executable file or get the MSI file so that you can load it into your Configuration Manager Software Catalog. The update is also now available to import through…
We have recently come across a problem with a VMWare vCenter Appliance where it was stuck in a repetitive boot loop and fsck failed error message. After some investigation we found that all that was needed to fix this issue was to run the following command: It will then check for errors and fix them,…
If you are trying to deploy an operating system using SCCM and you are getting an error 80220005 at the “Apply Windows Settings” step, then there can be two reasons for this. One is that the computer name that you are trying to give to the machine is over 16 characters long and will cause…
If you are setting up some distribution points for Configuration Manager (SCCM) then you will need to ensure that you have all the correct server features installed and also the correct firewall ports opened. To do this, we have created a quick PowerShell script to carry this all out for us. To download this script…
If you have somewho managed to delete any of your Windows 10 apps, including the Windows 10 Store app, then there is a quick and easy way to restore all the apps. Simply open PowerShell as an administrator and run the following code: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”} This will then start…
Adobe have now released their Adobe Reader DC version 15.017.20050. You can download the MSP and EXE files for the update directly from Adobes FTP site by clicking the link below: DOWNLOAD Download Adobe Reader DC v15.017.20050 HOW TO USE THE MSP FILE You need to download the original MSI installer which is also available from…
Pokemon Go! seems to be all the rage at the moment but in some countries it has yet to be released. Well, if you are an Android user, you may well just be in luck! You can download the APK file from us and install this onto your Android smartphone and away you go –…
For a limited time only, you can now get McAfee Internet Security 2016 on 6 months subscription completely free! All you need to do is to click the link below, fill out some details and this will download the installer and also redirect you to the McAfee website where the code will be applied and…
If you are deploying Microsoft Office 2013 then you will have used the Microsoft Office Customization Tool (OCT) to tell your installer what parts of Office to actually install. So what if you have setup your installer to carry out the standard Word and Excel installs but you also want Skype for Business (or Lync…
Simple guide on how to carry out a Twitter Mass Unfollow. Run a quick code and watch as you unfollow everyone you currently follow on Twitter.
You may have noticed this annoying message keep appearing in your Windows 10 notification area: If you are fed up of this, you should take a look at this excellent guide on how to disable it when using SCCM OSD: Disable apps to help improve performance
You may have noticed that our guide on how to fix the Cisco VPN Client to work with Windows 10 had some broken links to the download packages. We have only just noticed this so apologies for that but we have now fixed all the broken links and you can now view the view instructions…
If you are using Windows 10 in your corporate environment then you may want to have the available language packs to either install manually or through deployment systems like SCCM, Group Policy or WSUS. When we were looking for the language pack files, we found it very difficult to find them on the internet so…
