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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 Released – Full Download and Installation Guide

Finally Microsoft have released the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 as part of a bigger release of products today. We have been holding back on pushing out Windows 10 but with the release of these tools we are now ready to go with the upgrades as we really like the new operating system. We have installed both x86 …

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Force Windows 10 Update

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If you want to force a Windows 10 update, you can do so by following the simple instructions as per below: First of all, you should stop the Windows Update service, you can do this by clicking Start and in the search box type in: net stop wuauserv When the service has stopped, you should delete all files and folders …

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Windows 10 ISO and USB Stick Download

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If you would like to download Windows 10 in full so that you can have it on DVD or a USB memory stick, then you can go to the website below and download the media creator tool from Microsoft to allow you to download and create the installation media for any version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Media Creator Tool

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Windows 10 – Virtual Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts

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If you are using the new windows 10 operating system, then you will probably be familiar with the new feature which allows you to have multiple virtual desktops. This is excellent if you are skiving from work where you can have your personal stuff on one and then quickly flick to another desktop with all your work stuff on it …

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Windows 10 – Cannot connect to network shares or printers

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So, we have been testing Windows 10 and have come across an infuriating problem. If you are using a Microsoft account to login to your Windows 10 machine you may want to add a PIN so that you do not have to keep typing in a long password. In Windows 8.1 this worked perfectly so thought we would add this …

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How to remove windows.old after Windows 10 upgrade

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If you have upgraded to Windows 10 you may find that you have a Windows.old folder in the root of your C: drive. If you want to remove this folder to free up some space, then you can use the Clean Manager tool built into Windows 10. To do this, right click on the Start button in the bottom left …

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Windows 10 Mobile – Release Date and Technical Preview Installation Guide

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As you may have gathered after the launch of Windows 10 to computer devices last week, your smartphones and tablets have not updated to this latest version of operating system. This is because Windows 10 mobile does not come out until “later this year” – which is the official party line from Microsoft. Rumour has it that the release date …

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Windows 10 Enterprise & Education Released on VLSC

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Good news for all business and education users with an Enterprise/Volume Licence Agreement, the Windows 10 downloads are now available on your VLSC website. If you login to your VLSC and search for “Windows 10” then you should now see the full range of Windows 10 products available to you: Comments If you have any questions or comments on this, …

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Windows 10 Release Date for Business and Education Users (VLSC)

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Just a little update on the Windows 10 release – if you are a business or education user and looking for the download in your Microsoft VLSC, then do not bother! It is not released to VLSC until 1st August, so only a few days but you cannot get it just yet!

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C# How to set an expiry date on a program

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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 load the program, then you …

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Windows 10 Released Tonight!

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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 can also get it for …

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Housekeeping for SCCM Application Catalog Requests

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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 the software on various machines. …