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On April 8th 2014, Microsoft ended all support for Windows XP. They then released a number of Windows Updates that displays annoying messages on your desktop telling you that your operating system is now at its end of life. This is the Windows message: The second is the Microsoft Security Essentials one: We have been asked a number of times …
Remove Windows XP End of Life Messages Utility Read MoreAs most of you should already know by now, Configuration Manager 2007 in any of its versions is now no longer supported as the mainstream support deadline passed on 8th July 2014. This means that you should now be looking at moving over to 2012 R2 as soon as possible (its a much better system anyway!). If you require any …
Configuration Manager 2007 – Mainstream Support End! Read MoreToday we have had our 1 millionth page view on TechyGeeksHome! As a complete coincidence this post is also our 300th post since we started some two years ago. We find it completely incredible that our little site with its customised guides (usually to our own requirements!) has managed to gain a million page views and we never thought we …
1 million pageviews and 300 posts! Read MoreMicrosoft have released a number of documents to make up a best practice guide for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2. The documents are free to download and although we have not read through them ourselves yet, we are told that they are very good so worth a read. You can download the documents individually from the link below: Download …
Configuration Manager 2012 R2 – Task Sequence Best Practices Documentation Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the release of WillyTheWorm version 1.1. We have been playing with creating a few very basic retro games for a while now and although these are really only more than testers and nothing to get too excited about, we thought we would release them for you to play with anyway and you can feel free …
WillyTheWorm v1.1 Released – Retro Snake Game Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the release of DustyRacer v1.0. This is very much a test release and more of a practice in coding so please treat it as such! Your feedback and ideas are welcome but we are looking into building this up with lots of new features, like levels that speed up as you get to higher levels, …
DustyRacer Retro Racing Game v1.0 Released Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the release of our first web browser codenamed DustyNet. DustyNet is a simple and easy-to-use web browser. It is lightweight and standalone so can you run direct from a single executable file and even from a USB stick. This is a second release so if you find any bugs or if you want to suggest …
DustyNet Web Browser v2.1 Released Read MoreSkype version 6.16 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. MSI Installer for Distribution Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the …
Skype 6.16 Released – MSI Installer Read MoreWe are very pleased to announce that we now have over 2 million views on our Google+ profile! This is an extremely high number and probably says more about Google’s search engine than anything else but nevertheless, we are very thankful for your continued support. You can visit our Google+ profile page yourself by clicking the image below.
Over 2 million views on Google+ for TechyGeeksHome! Read MoreWe have over time tried many different methods of improving our website by using many 3rd party tools and companies….all of which have failed miserably! In the past we have tried to use “Paywithatweet” for our freeware downloads – this caused a lot of problems and our visitors hated it, so we quickly removed it. We have also used “Bidvertiser” …
News Release – Changes to TechyGeeksHome Read MoreDustyPad is a new multi-tab notepad utility which comes as a standalone executable file for easy and quick use. With DustyPad you can add as many new pads as you like within a tabbed environment and then save your pads for later use. An easy to use interface is also provided to browse through your various pads and you can …
DustyPad v1.1 Released – Multi-tab NotePad Utility Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the release of Remote Computer Description Updater (RCDU) version 1.4. This program can be used to update the computer description on either a local machine that the program is run on, or you can use it to remotely connect to any machine on a domain network using your domain administrator credentials as authentication and change …
Remote Computer Description Updater v1.4 Released Read More
