This is more of a post for our reference but we thought our visitors might be able to make use of it as well so here it is. If you want to build a program in C# that upon startup checks the date and if that date has passed throws an error and will not…
So its nearly time for the Windows 10 free upgrade. The update should be available in your local area at around midnight and it should come through as an update and allow you to go through the process to upgrade to Windows 10. Remember that its not just Windows 10 upgrades for your computer, you…
If you are looking at doing some housekeeping on your Application Catalog within SCCM for user requests then you will find that there is not a Microsoft supported why of doing this. This has been causing us problem recently having approved software for a user and then the users going onto different machines and installing…
To go alongside our popular guide on how to fix bluetooth issues in Windows 8.1, we have now created a quick video guide to show you how you can make the changes required to make it work. VIDEO DEMO COMMENTS If you have any comments, please feel free to use our comments system below to…
Windows 10 launch date is fast approaching and will be available for free for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users from 29th July 2015. We have been testing the technical preview and it is very pretty and slick but is basically Windows 8.2 with some extra nice touches – our favourite being the Xbox One integration…
Skype version 7.7 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…
If you want to export an Exchange mailbox to PST with some variables included, then this guide should help you out. In Exchange Management Shell, you can run the following command to export a mailbox to PST with variables like delete all mail from mailbox after export or maybe excluding Contacts or Calendar. The command…
If you are using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) then you will need to know how to capture a boot image. In the video demo below, this shows you exactly how to carry out this task correctly. VIDEO COMMENTS If you have any comments or questions on this guide, please feel free to leave us a…
If you are using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and you need to add a boot image into the system, then you should view the below tutorial video demonstration on how to successfully carry this out. Comments If you have any questions or comments on this guide, then please feel free to leave us a message…
If you are looking for some free cloud space and want a very quick and easy web user interface and also a Windows Explorer based software installation then you should look at using OneDrive. You can get 15GB free storage by clicking on the link below and signing up for an account. You can then…
We have been mentioning Windows 10 a lot on this website recently and a few people have been asking us where they can get the preview version of Windows 10 to start getting used to it. Well, you will need to go to this link below: Windows 10 Insider Preview Program Sign up for the…
If you are a Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 user then you may have noticed recently that after a batch of Windows Updates, you now have a Windows 10 icon in your system tray (bottom right). Clicking this icon brings up a small utility that enables you to be able to reserve your free copy…
Good news on the gaming front – Microsoft have finally started listening to their customer base (years after its release but never mind!) and have now applied an update to the Xbox One console allowing users to now play Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One console. This is good news for those that spent…
So, something that we have been waiting for is finally here – Xbox One live streaming through to Windows 10! You have to be in the Xbox Preview Program and obviously also have Windows 10 installed, but all you have to do to get this working is to fire up your Xbox One and enable…
If you have a requirement to have Silverlight installed as a silent install, like for deployment through System Center Configuration Manager, then you can use the following guide to allow you to do this. First of all, you will need to download the full installer which you can get from the download link below: Download…
If you want to restart SCCM OSD Task Sequence from within Windows PE without having to reboot the machine and start the PXE boot sequence again, you can quickly press F8 to bring up a command prompt and enter the following command: x:\sms\bin\i386\TsmBootstrap.exe /env:WinPE /configpath:x:\smsdata This will then restart the task sequence process for you…
You may want to create a Configuration Manager Collection based upon an Active Directory Organisation Unit. To do this you can use the following WQL code and then simply amend the last part to be the Organisation Unit that you want to base the Collection on: SELECT SMS_R_USER.ResourceID, SMS_R_USER.ResourceType, SMS_R_USER.Name, SMS_R_USER.UniqueUserName, SMS_R_USER.WindowsNTDomain FROM SMS_R_User WHERE…
We have the opportunity here for someone to take advantage of an amazing offer we can provide to you for a Microsoft Xbox One Package Deal for just £314.99 GBP. As part of the deal, you will receive the following: Xbox One console (including one wireless controller) Forza Horizon 2 for Xbox One 3-month Xbox…
We recently came across issues where our Configuration Manager Operating System Deployments (OSD) where running extremely slowly and we could not figure out why. After some investigation, we found out that one of our remote Distribution Points (DP) was not working correctly and that rebuilds on one of the sites where actually pulling the image…
If you need to download the Windows 8.1 recovery media for your OEM version of your operating system, then you can do so by clicking the link below and entering the details from your licence sticker (COA). Windows 8.1 Recovery Software You can download the media to a USB stick or ISO file to burn…
Microsoft have now released the preview version of their upcoming Office 2016 release and you can now download a trial version from the list of choices below: Download Get Office 2016 Preview (32 bit) Get Office 2016 Preview (64 bit) Use the product key provided below to activate your trial: NKGG6-WBPCC-HXWMY-6DQGJ-CPQVG Once the trial period…
We recently had an issue where a Domain Controller was giving us this error when we were trying to remote (RDP) on to it: The user profile service failed the logon. no more threads can be created in the system The server itself was on a different site to us many miles away (different country!)…
If you need to download the Windows 7 recovery media for your OEM version of your operating system, then you can do so by clicking the link below and entering the details from your licence sticker (COA). Windows 7 Recovery Software You can download the media to a USB stick or ISO file to burn…
You may have noticed with the batch of Windows updates on 14th April that your Lync Online client has now been automatically updated to Skype for Business 2013. So what are the changes? below is the official Microsoft line… Changes are coming to Lync Online in Office 365. Lync is joining the Skype family, so…