Microsoft Security Essentials – Updating older Operating Systems

If you are using Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) on an older operating system, you may have noticed that you are not receiving all the latest definition updates. This seems to be a particular problem with businesses having to continue using older versions of Windows Server as from 2003 and below then definitions will not automatically update. But there is a …

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Disk Space Cleanup Utility

For full instructions on how to use this utility, please see our guide here. Video Demo You can see the disk space saver utility in action by checking out of demo video below: How to 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 …

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Windows Server 2016 Evaluation Product Keys

This Windows Server 2016 post now forms part of our evaluation and KMS product key series where we have shared with you all the product keys you should ever require for Microsoft user and server operating systems. You can see the full list available to you by clicking the link below: Microsoft Evaluation and KMS Product Key Series Following on from …

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Create a bootable USB flash drive using large capacity drives

You can use large capacity USB flash drives for almost any data usage these days, these include creating bootable USB sticks for Windows operating systems. But if you try and use a much larger capacity drive (64GB+) then you may have an issue with it working. This is because to boot from a USB stick it should not be any …

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Extract and Save Program and Features Icons

If you are looking to extract an icon from your Programs and Features list to use in any programs, documentation or systems like Configuration Manager, then you can use this guide to do that. The icons are actually stored in the C:WindowsInstaller folder but to ensure that you get the correct one, you will need to search your registry which …

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IIS Management Console to connect to a remote IIS Server

If you want to use the IIS Management Console on a technician’s computer then you may run into the problem that a lot of people have – simply installing the IIS components and console on the technician’s machine will not work. This is because it will only connect to the localhost – you need to add an extension to allow …

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Windows Stuck on Configuring Updates 3 of 3 0% Completed Fix

You may have seen one of our previous posts about fixing the Windows Stuck on installing updates error. Well we have recently come across some issues with the other Windows Update issue where the machine gets stuck saying Configuring Update 3 of 3 0% Completed. We finally found a way of fixing this issue so thought we would post it here …

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Windows Essentials 2012 – End of Life in January 2017

Windows Essentials 2012 will be reaching its end of life in January 2017. This means that you will no longer be able to download the software from Microsoft. However, we have downloaded the offline full installer for Windows Essentials 2012 and you can download it from us. Just click the button below to download the offline installer: Windows Essentials 2012 Offline …

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