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We have recently dealt with a problem that a customer had reported to us about their Excel spreadsheet columns suddenly appearing as numbers instead of the expected letters. We doubted this very much as none of us had heard of it before, but no, there is was, columns as numbers just like this: This was a bit baffling to us, …
Microsoft Excel – Columns Displaying Numbers instead of Letters Read MoreWe have been refurbishing an old Dell Precision M4300 this week and we have had nothing but problems with one driver missing. We downloaded all the drivers from the Dell support website but still it was showing as an Unknown Device: This had been driving use crazy and even though we had searched for the Hardware ID for the driver …
Dell Wireless 360 Bluetooth Module Drivers Read MoreIf you want to install VNC silently so that you can distribute it using systems like Configuration Manager then you will need the installation silent command line. To run the silent install you can use the below command line that will install the full VNC package silently and without restarting the end users computer. Command Line Parameters Note that the …
VNC Silent Installation Command Line Read MoreMost professional people these days seem to have a LinkedIn account and it is very quickly turning into a marketing persons dream. I get a huge amount of sales and marketing people emailing and phoning me constantly trying to sell me stuff I nor my business want. Whenever I query where they got my details from, the answer is usually …
How to remove connections on LinkedIn Read MoreSkype version 7.0 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 the installer is packaged as …
Skype 7.0 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions Read MoreAfter Microsoft released a bunch of updates this week that broke Excel, today we ran into issues with their updates breaking Internet Explorer! After some more updates were released through our WSUS server to client machines, users started to experience Internet Explorer crashes on load up making the browser virtually unusable. So, having to then spend more hours searching for …
Windows Update Causing Internet Explorer to Crash – KB3008923 Read MoreSo Microsoft have done it again! They have released a “critical” update that has broken everyone’s Excel! We have had a large number of issues today in relation to VBScripting in Excel and it happened at 10am – the exact time our WSUS updates are collected by end users machines. So, having spent most of the day searching for the …
Windows Update Causes ActiveX/VBScript to stop working in Excel – KB2553154 Read MoreThere seems to be some confusion lately over how to make our Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer utility work correctly. We have had a few reports of people who are trying to use the program getting the following error message when clicking on the Import button: This is because although you may be logged into your computer as an administrator, …
Run as Administrator – Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer Read MoreIf you are using shared mailboxes in Outlook, then you may find that when someone is sending an email from this mailbox, the sent email is going into the users own Sent Items folder rather than the Sent Items folder within the shared mailbox itself. This is because there is a delegation registry key that needs to be set to …
Shared Mailboxes Sent Items in Outlook Read MoreIf you have purchased Windows 8.1 and you have lost or damaged your DVD media or would simply like a backup, you can now download the ISO from Microsoft by inputting your product key. All you need to do is go to the website below: Windows Upgrade Media Download Then click on the “Install Windows 8.1” button which will download …
Windows 8.1 Media ISO Download Read MoreIf you have a requirement to add a secondary domain controller to your existing domain, then the video guide below should show you exactly the steps you need to take to carry this out. Comments If you have any questions about setting up your secondary domain controller, then please feel free to leave a comment below using our comments system.
How to add a Secondary Domain Controller to an Existing Domain Read MoreContinuing our series of YouTube video guides, we came across this one and thought it was very well made and details exactly how to transfer FSMO roles to a new server. Hopefully, you will find this helpful if this is something that you need to carry out in your own environment. COMMENTS If you have any questions or comments about …
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