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If you are using Power BI and a personal gateway, you may want to ensure that your report data is updated regularly during working hours. Power BI is an excellent tool that can be utilised in many ways including the power bi jira combination as an effective solution for specialists dealing with numerous administrative tasks. To learn more about Power BI and …
Power BI – Refresh data every working hour Read MoreIf you are looking for an SQL query to use against your System Center Configuration Manager database to give you the ability to report on server CPU information, this is the query for you! You can use the below to get various information on the CPU or you can use SELECT * to bring back all information and make your …
SCCM SQL Query for all server CPU information Read MoreIf you have been using System Center Endpoint Protection and you now want to move away from it, you will need to carry out an uninstall of the software. This can be very easily carried out either through a manual process of uninstalling using the Programs and Features within the Windows Control Panel or if you have the original installer, …
Uninstalling System Center Endpoint Protection Read MoreSome time ago there was a bug within SCCM where when you deployed an application, you had to change the deployment date back a day to make it work. This seemed to have been fixed when moving over to current branch but this issue has raised it’s head again. This will cause clients trying to install the deployment to get …
SCCM Deployment Time Bug Read MoreIf you have recently upgraded to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and you use Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), then you may have noticed that the DNS console is missing from the list of available consoles. This seems to be a fault on Microsoft‘s side and I’m sure that they will release an update soon, but if you want to …
Windows 10 1709 – RSAT Missing DNS Fix Read MoreDoes your 1st line help desk get fed up of having to reset end users passwords “because they didn’t know their password was expiring?” Well, let us show you a way that you can utilise System Center Orchestrator (SCORCH), PowerShell and Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) to email all end users a few days before their password is due to …
Active Directory Password Expiring Email Notification Read MoreFull instructions here: Download To download, simply scroll down towards the bottom of this page and you will see the options for this download. Ensure you select the correct one and click the blue Download button as detailed below:
DNS Console Read MoreAfter our recent post about providing our visitors with a number of evaluation and KMS Microsoft product keys, please see below the latest set in this series. These are the full range of Microsoft Evaluation keys for all editions of Windows 10. Windows 10 Edition Product Key Windows 10 Professional W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX Windows 10 Professional N MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9 Windows 10 Enterprise NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43 …
Microsoft Windows 10 Edition Evaluation Product Keys Read MoreWith the release of Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update), you may have a need for the updated operating system language packs. So, below is a full list of downloadable language pack files. 2024 Update Included in this latest up-to-date Windows Language Pack download are the 32-bit and 64-bit language packs for 38 different languages and also the …
Windows 10 Version 1709 Language Pack Downloads Read MoreSo it’s the start of a new month and Xbox Live Gold members can again download some free games! It’s not a great month for the free games this month with some titles I’ve never even heard of, but they are free so download and have a go anyway! The full set of available games in November are as below: …
Xbox Live Gold Free Games for November 2017 Read MoreIf you are getting Group Policies that are not applying to a users machine, you may well come across this error: The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not apply the registry-based policy settings for the Group Policy object LocalGPO. Group Policy settings will not be resolved until this event is resolved. This can be a corrupt registry.pol file …
Group Policy Corruption – Fix the processing of Group Policy failed error Read MoreThis guide assumes that you use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT build 8443) or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) capturing Windows. You capture a task sequence, and the capture computer does not have Internet access. When the task sequence is running and the computer is checking for updates (pre-application installation), the installation freezes for 2 hours while searching for updates. After …
Updates fail or time out when WSUS is used during an MDT or SCCM capture Read More
