If you ever find that you need to schedule a Windows shutdown using a command prompt, then you can try this: shutdown -s -t 60 The “60” variable in the command means 60 seconds and you can change this to whatever you require. If you want to abort the shutdown, you can use this command: shutdown /a…
You may have seen our previous post about adding a local user to a machine during SCCM OSD using a “Run Command Line”. Well in this guide we will show you how to add a local user into the Administrators Group on the local machine. This means that you can add a local user and…
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…
Adobe have now released their Adobe Reader DC version 1501020059. You can download the MSP files for the update directly from Adobes FTP site by clicking the link below: DOWNLOAD Download Adobe Reader DC v1501020059 HOW TO USE THE MSP FILE You need to download the original MSI installer which is also available from our Adobe…
Google have now released a new version of their Chrome browser, version 48.0.2564.116. If you are looking at deploying Google Chrome using systems like Configuration Manager, WDS, SCUP or Group Policy, you will want to use their MSI installer to make it much easier. You can now download the Google Chrome MSI installer direct from…
We recently had a request from someone wanting to know how to clear both their search and viewing history from YouTube. For whatever reason this can be handy to do this especially if you use YouTube at work – you don’t want your colleagues seeing the dodgy stuff you view on a weekend!! Instructions We have…
If you have set up VMWare ESX you will find that it defaults to the evaluation version giving you 60 days of unlimited use. But, how do you apply your serial number? We have created a quick video below to help you with this easy process: Video Walkthrough – How to activate VMWare ESXi Serial…
If you are using SCCM for your operating system deployments across different countries, then you may want to set the time zone within the task sequence. To do this, you can take advantage of the built in Windows tool call tzutil.exe. In this example we will set the time zone for a computer deployment based…
If you are using WSUS in your environment then you should consider also using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) to inject 3rd party updates. You can use SCUP to inject any updates by creating them but also built into the utility are updates for Adobe, HP and Dell. This is great for pushing out updates…
If you are looking for a SCCM collection query for virtual machines in your environment, then you can use this query below:
If you are looking at setting up your System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) with PKI, then there is an excellent step by step guide that you can follow from SCCMGuy. The link to this guide is below: https://sccmguy.com/2013/11/26/pki-certificates-for-configuration-manager-2012-r2-part-1-of-4-web-server-certificate/ We have used this in the past our various labs and it details well what you need to…
Adobe have released version 12.2.3.183 of their Shockwave Player software 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. Adobe do provide a direct download link for its…
We recently came across an issue where when trying to connect a bluetooth mouse, it kept coming up asking to enter a passkey. Well, with it being a mouse you cannot enter a code so how do you fix it? You need to look in the registry and remove the address for it. Identifying the…
If you want to add multiple specific email addresses to your Exchange Anti-Spam Recipient Filtering then you can use Exchange Management Shell to run a command to add comma separated multiple email addresses. The command you should run is this: Set-RecipientFilterConfig -BlockedRecipients joe@bloggs.com,steve@techygeekshome.info,bob@mail.com You can keep adding email addresses to the list for what you…
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If you have been running a trial of Symantec Backup Exec you will have a 30 day trial. But, what do you do when that trial expires and you haven’t fully tested it? Well you can extend the trial by up to another 60 days by using the ExExtender tool. You can download the tool…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 20.0.0.286. 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 System Center…
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 71 x86 Java 8 Update 71 x64 You can go and download these new installers by click the Download button below: DOWNLOAD UPDATE Please…
Adobe have now released their Adobe Reader DC version 1501020056. You can download the MSP and EXE files for the update directly from Adobes FTP site by clicking the link below: DOWNLOAD HOW TO USE THE MSP FILE You need to download the original MSI installer which is also available from our Downloads microsite at downloads.techygeekshome.info…
Skype version 7.18 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…
If you have recently upgraded your SCCM to version 1511, you will have had to have upgraded your ADK to the Windows 10 version. However, did you first note down your customisation and network card drivers that you had in your boot image? If not, you will now find that those tabs are missing. So,…
If you remember the good old days when Microsoft had Digital River to allow you to download a whole range of ISO files for Windows operating systems, then you would have been pretty annoyed when they took Digital River offline. However, a German website has started to collate most of these ISOs and now has…
If you are looking for the restore media for your Windows machine, then you can download the official media (if you have a licence of course!) from the official Microsoft website. All you have to do is click the link below: Microsoft Windows Download Page Then fill out your details with your licence key information…
If you have upgraded to SCCM 1511 recently then you may have not yet noticed that their is a new Software Center available and included within the Software Center itself is an area when users can download the applications directly instead of having to have Silverlight installed and use Internet Explorer. The old Software Center…
