We have recently been installing WSUS on a rebuilt Microsoft Server 2012 and found that although the role would install without any issue, when we tried to run the configuration wizard we were getting an error and in the log file it stated: “Config file did not contain a value “ContentDirectory”” So, first of all,…
Although the public cut off for getting your free Windows 10 upgrade was 29th July 2016, there is still a way you can get this free upgrade. Microsoft will still allow the free upgrade to happen for Windows 10 customers who use assistive technologies. The official line from Microsoft is: “We are not restricting the free upgrade…
We were recently setting up a new WSUS server in our lab and also setting up System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) and kept getting an error when trying to connect SCUP to WSUS which were installed on the same server. The error we were getting was: “Failed to connect to the update server. Check your…
If you have multiple zip files, like if you have downloaded a number of computer drivers for example, you may want to extract them all in batch and into their own folders. To do this, you should first install 7-Zip from the link below: 7-Zip Download Once you have this installed, you should then highlight…
Are you fed up of receiving all of those annoying game requests on Facebook? Well there is a very simple fix to turn off the gaming notifications within your Facebook app. All you need to do is to go into your Facebook app and then click “More” in the bottom right. Then click on “Settings”…
We have been carrying out some work on various HTA’s for SCCM OSD processes lately and that has included automatically setting time zones. We struggled to find a comprehensive list of the time zone settings so thought that we would share that information here. If you find anything that we may have missed, please let…
With the recent release of Windows 10 1607, system administrators may have noticed that their RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) have gone missing. Well this is by design (albeit Microsoft design!) and you can now download the RSAT for Windows 1607. To get the new RSAT software, just click the link below: RSAT for Windows 10…
If you are having buffering issues, then there is a secret menu that you can get into and make some changes and also view whether there is any interference to the wireless connection on the Now TV box. All you have to do is carry out these remote key presses in this order: Home Button x…
If you are trying to run Windows Updates on your Windows 7 machine but it is seemingly stuck on “Checking for Updates” for hours, then there is a fix for it. You should download the Microsoft fix using the download button below and install this before trying to run the updates again. Download KB3135445 If…
If you are looking at upgrading your user machines up to Windows 10 1607 then you can do this quickly and easily using an inplace task sequence with Configuration Manager. All you need to do is create an operating system upgrade source for Windows 10 1607 and then create the upgrade task sequence and deploy…
If you are an Exchange administrator and are having trouble in accessing other mailboxes although you have full access, then you may find that you need to remove the “Deny” permission on the mailbox you are trying to access. Sometimes this can be your own account or maybe a group like “Domain Admins”. To check…
Have you ever added people on Facebook and never got a response back? Well, you can checkout all your historical friend requests and see who has completely ignored them! Just click the link below to see all the people who never clicked accept when they first got the friend request from you…. Facebook Friends Requests
If you have a Dell computer and need to reinstall the operating system back to factory settings, but you have lost your original restore media, then Dell kindly offer an online solution to this problem. Unlike a lot of other companies like HP and Acer, Dell allow you to enter your machine details and download…
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…
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 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…
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…
