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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 are using Exchange in your organisation and have multiple administrators, then you may need to keep an eye on mailbox limits. In most organisations the mailbox limits are set by default on the database, however you can change the limits per mailbox. So, if you want to see which mailboxes do not have […]
We have now created a MSI installer for the full PuTTy range of utilities which will allow you to distribute using systems like Group Policy or Configuration Manager. Included in the PuTTy Toolkit are the following programs: You can now download the PuTTy Toolkit MSI installer from us by clicking the download button below: Download […]
If you have used Visual Studio to create an installer, then you will find that their are two output files required for the installation – setup.exe and setup,msi. You can zip these together into a package, but what if you want a single EXE file installer? Well you can use 7-Zip to create a packaged […]
If you are trying to install SharePoint Foundation 2013, you will need to run the pre-requisite installation process. However, you may come across an error stating that the tool cannot configure the Application Server Role and Web Server (IIS) Role.