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By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 2 October 20179 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Microsoft

Windows Server Core – Create a new disk using diskpart

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

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 30 September 201724 August 2024
Posted in Guide, Microsoft
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Are Microsoft using your computer as a Windows Update distribution point?

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

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 29 September 201715 February 2025
Posted in Microsoft

Windows 10 Group Policy ADMX Templates

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

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 27 September 20179 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Microsoft

How to Uninstall Windows 10 Built In Apps

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

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 26 September 201724 August 2024
Posted in Guide, Microsoft

Windows Store – Web Security Whitelist

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,

Windows Service Tweaker to Speed up Windows

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 25 September 201726 August 2024
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Windows Services Tweak

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: Instructions Full instructions and advice on how to speed up your Windows installation are available in the article below.

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 3 September 201724 August 2024
Posted in News, Gaming, Microsoft

Xbox Live Gold Free Games for September 2017

So it’s the start of a new month and Xbox Live Gold members can again download some free games! It’s a really good month of free games this September with the awesome Forza 5 included for the Xbox One console. The full set of available games in September are as below: Xbox One: Forza Motorsport

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 30 August 201716 February 2025
Posted in Guide, System Center

SCORCH runbooks not showing in SCCM or SCSM

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

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 28 August 201716 February 2025
Posted in Guide, Microsoft

Outlook Certificate Autodiscovery Error

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

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 25 August 20179 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Microsoft

User profile service failed the logon

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

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Windows Server Core – Create a new disk using diskpart

Are Microsoft using your computer as a Windows Update distribution point?

Windows 10 Group Policy ADMX Templates

How to Uninstall Windows 10 Built In Apps

Windows Store – Web Security Whitelist

Windows Services Tweak

Xbox Live Gold Free Games for September 2017

SCORCH runbooks not showing in SCCM or SCSM

Outlook Certificate Autodiscovery Error

User profile service failed the logon