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Windows 10 Group Policy ADMX Templates

Windows 10 Group Policy ADMX Templates

Administrative Templates files are divided into .admx files and language-specific .adml files for use by Group Policy administrators. The changes that are implemented in these files let administrators configure the same set of policies by using two languages. Administrators can configure policies by using the language-specific .adml files and the language-neutral .admx files. Administrative Templates […]

How to Uninstall Windows 10 Built In Apps

How to Uninstall Windows 10 Built In Apps

Windows 10 comes with a large amount of built in apps, most of which are useful, but some are not and you may want to uninstall them, however you might find that when you right click on an app you want to uninstall, the uninstall option is not there: However with any 3rd party apps […]

Windows Store – Web Security Whitelist

Windows Store – Web Security Whitelist

We recently had a request for help regarding Windows 10 computers not being able to download apps from the Windows Store when sat behind a web security platform. The problem was that end users could load up the Windows Store and browse for what they wanted to install but when clicking on the install button, […]

iPhone Chargers – what to avoid and what to buy

iPhone Chargers – what to avoid and what to buy

I’ve recently had a bad experience with my iPhone 6s and the cheap lightning cables that you can buy from eBay, China, Amazon etc and I thought I’d write up a blog post about it to try and warn others of the danger of using these cheap charging cables. I had an Apple iPhone 6s […]

HP LaserJet P4014 & P4015 – Reset the maintenance count instructions

HP LaserJet P4014 & P4015 – Reset the maintenance count instructions

Introduction After installing a maintenance kit and printer ink bulk into either a HP LaserJet P4015 or P4015, you should reset the printer’s Maintenance Count to ensure that you do not carry on receiving any alerts. Guide There are two ways to do this, depending on your firmware revision. Method 1 1. Turn the product […]

SCORCH runbooks not showing in SCCM or SCSM

SCORCH runbooks not showing in SCCM or SCSM

When you create a new System Center Orchestrator Runbook and you have checked it in ready to use, you may not see it in systems that will want to use it, like Configuration Manager, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or Service Manager. This is due to authorisation cache not updating and as so, not showing the newly […]

iPhone calls very quiet when using earpiece

iPhone calls very quiet when using earpiece

Very poor sound volume levels when on a call using the earpiece on the iPhone. Although through the Bluetooth on the car or on loud speaker, it works absolutely fine. This issue we know has been around for a while, but we thought we would post about this as it happened to us just today […]

How to use a computer to upload to Instagram

How to use a computer to upload to Instagram

So Instagram is huge right now and for most of the time, most people will upload their selfies and other images using a mobile device like an iPhone or any other touch enabled device. However, what if you want to upload to Instagram directly from your desktop computer? Maybe you have images on your OneDrive […]

Outlook Certificate Autodiscovery Error

Outlook Certificate Autodiscovery Error

INTRODUCTION If you are using Microsoft Outlook client to retrieve your Microsoft based email, then you may have started to receive an error about the certificate not being valid. The pop up alert that you receive may look something like this: The reason for this seems to be that Microsoft are now using outlook.com for […]

User profile service failed the logon

User profile service failed the logon

INTRODUCTION When attempting to logon to a computer you get an error after inputting the username and password along the lines of User profile service failed the logon request or You have been logged on with a temporary user account This can be due to either of the following issues: issue with the registry entry […]

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