If you are trying to format a second disk on your computer (or server) and you are getting this error: “The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk.” Then this could be because the disk is write-protected. To get around this, you can use the diskpart utility built into Windows. Open up … Read more
If you are using Microsoft Server 2016 you will notice that it is now in the server core setup. If you have experience of using Server Core then you should be fine, but if you have not, it can be a little daunting. Is the simple process of adding a new virtual hard disk completely … Read more
Since the upgrade to Windows 10, you may not be aware but your computer may be being used by Microsoft to help distribute Windows Updates. There is a setting within Windows 10 which allows your machine to send updates to other Windows 10 computers on your local network and even on the Internet! What? How … Read more
Administrative Templates files are divided into .admx files and language-specific .adml files for use by Group Policy administrators. The changes that are implemented in these files let administrators configure the same set of policies by using two languages. Administrators can configure policies by using the language-specific .adml files and the language-neutral .admx files. Administrative Templates … Read more
Windows 10 comes with a large amount of built in apps, most of which are useful, but some are not and you may want to uninstall them, however you might find that when you right click on an app you want to uninstall, the uninstall option is not there: However with any 3rd party apps … Read more
We recently had a request for help regarding Windows 10 computers not being able to download apps from the Windows Store when sat behind a web security platform. The problem was that end users could load up the Windows Store and browse for what they wanted to install but when clicking on the install button, … Read more
Windows Services Tweak is a free TechyGeeksHome utility that helps you optimise Windows performance by safely disabling unnecessary Windows services. Includes recommended settings for home users and enterprise environments. Requirements Windows 10 or Windows 11 Administrator rights How to Download Watch our video guide on how to download from TechyGeeksHome: Support & Feedback Found a … Read more
When you create a new System Center Orchestrator Runbook and you have checked it in ready to use, you may not see it in systems that will want to use it, like Configuration Manager, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or Service Manager. This is due to authorisation cache not updating and as so, not showing the newly … Read more
INTRODUCTION If you are using Microsoft Outlook client to retrieve your Microsoft based email, then you may have started to receive an error about the certificate not being valid. The pop up alert that you receive may look something like this: The reason for this seems to be that Microsoft are now using outlook.com for … Read more
INTRODUCTION When attempting to logon to a computer you get an error after inputting the username and password along the lines of User profile service failed the logon request or You have been logged on with a temporary user account This can be due to either of the following issues: issue with the registry entry … Read more
When trying to look at or save Outlook attachments, you may get an error pop up stating that you do not have permissions to save, this is due to the temporary folder that Outlook uses to store attachments when opening them is full. Guide To fix this issue, you have two options. You could empty … Read more
INTRODUCTION If you want to allow a user to ‘Send-as’ a Universal Distribution Group, you cannot do this by right clicking the Distribution Group in Exchange and managing send-as permissions as you would with a shared mailbox or user mailbox. GUIDE However, the following will allow you to carry this task using Active Directory instead … Read more