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SQL Server Configuration Manager cannot connect to WMI provider fix

If you are getting this error message when you open SQL Server Configuration Manager in SQL Server: Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the server is unreachable. Note that you can only manage SQL Server 2005 and later servers with SQL Server Configuration Manager. Invalid namespace [0x8004100e] Then there is a simple fix for this. All you …

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Data Loss Facts and Data Recovery Solutions

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It is true that not many computer users and even technicians know much about data recovery. There have been tens of hundreds of PCs across that have at least suffered loss of data under different circumstances such as virus, power outage, file deleted by mistake, hardware malfunction, and system crash to name a few. Unfortunately, not many users take immediate …

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Windows Update – Checking for Updates Stuck Fix

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If you are trying to run Windows Updates and they seem to be stuck for a long time on the “Checking for Updates” screen, then this guide will show you how to fix this problem. This is the screen that you may see for hours when you run Windows Updates on your computer: To fix these, you first need to …

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Slipstream Windows installation media with all latest updates

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With Windows 7 being a number of years old now, when you rebuild a Windows 7 machine you will find that there are 200+ Windows Updates that need to be applied to your installation. So what if you could add all those updates into your Windows 7 installation source media so that they are applied during the installation and saving …

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Simplifying updates for Windows 7

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Windows 7 is now a pretty old operating system and most restore media that people will have for their machines will be a few years old. This means that when a restore is done with these OEM restore disks there will be a huge amount of Windows Updates to carry out. Well Microsoft have now created a solution for this. There …

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Removing Built-in apps from Windows 10 WIM

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If you are creating an image for Enterprise deployment then you may not want all the junk apps that come built into Windows 10. We are talking about Candy Crush and Metro etc… So, how do you get rid of them from the WIM file that you have created for your image? Luckily there has been a Powershell script created …

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How to setup a Sky+ HD Box with a new viewing card

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If you have a replacement or spare Sky+ HD box and you find that you need to set it up and match it to a viewing card, then there is an excellent guide available on how to do this complete with a demostration video. Just head over to the Sky forums using the link below to check it out. Setup …

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DHCP Console for Windows 10

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If you are a server administrator, you will have noticed that the RSAT for Windows 10 does not include the DHCP Console with it. The reason why Microsoft have removed this is unknown to us but we are here to put it right! We have now created a program that you can install on your machine which will allow you to …

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Google Sites – Google Adsense Gadget

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You may have seen a previous post from us about how to use Google Adsense on your Google Sites using a custom gadget. Well, this gadget has recently gone offline, probably due to the fact that using Google Adsense on any Google Site after October 2013 is against the terms of using Google Adsense. This means that if you were …

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Lock iPad screen to stop kids exiting the app

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If you have young kids then you may give them your iPad or iPhone to play with to watch kids’ TV, which is especially helpful to keep them entertained when travelling. But, your little treasure might be like ours and although he wants to watch the latest show of Alvin and the Chipmunks, also wants to explore this amazing device …

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Windows Mobile 10 Upgrade for Lumia Devices

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So we have finally gotten around to upgrading our old Windows Mobile 8 Nokia Lumia smart phone to Windows Mobile 10. We were so bored of waiting for Microsoft to release this update to the older range of Lumia smart phones that we completely forgot about the release! But we stumbled across an article about the release over the weekend …

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Windows Evaluation Rearm for 360 days!

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In the last part of our KMS and evaluation product key series, we are going to show you how to extend the life of your Windows evaluation for up to one whole year! First of all, your initial evaluation period will allow you 30 days of use of Windows. You can then “re-arm” this up to three separate times using …