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This post details how to setup Outlook client for use with online mail services. This is just a quick reminder for ourselves and is taken from the Microsoft website but feel free to use this information. Gmail accounts Before you can add a Gmail account to Outlook, you’ll need to Prepare your Gmail account for connecting to Outlook and Office …
Outlook Mail Server Settings Read MoreWe have had a few requests from visitors to our site asking how they an activate Windows XP. Well, the simple answer is, you can’t and you should upgrade to Windows 10. However, saying you can’t is not quite right… As most of you will already know, Microsoft have ended support for Windows XP some time ago and you cannot …
Windows XP Activation Read MoreIf you are using WSUS in your environment and you find that your Windows 10 clients are failing to download or install any Feature Upgrades (to 1607 or any CU updates) then you can give this fix a try. You should first ensure that you have not approved any of these upgrades before installing the KB3095113 update on your WSUS …
WSUS – Windows 10 Feature Upgrades Fail Fix Read MoreTo inject Windows Updates into custom-built images that you are using in your Configuration Manager OSD environment, you may find that keeping them up to date is a real problem. If you are happy with the image itself and do not want to make any changes to it, why should you need to rebuild and recapture it to include all …
Inject Windows Updates into WIM Image Files Using PowerShell Read MoreYou can now download Windows Easy Transfer for Windows 10 for us right here. Microsoft had not included it in Windows 10 for some reason but download this file, extract it and run the MigSetup.exe file to start. Instructions Full guide on how to use Windows Easy Transfer in Windows 10 is available here. Note that the same process can …
Windows Easy Transfer for Windows 10 Read MoreIn previous versions of Windows it was always pretty simple to add a program into the start up. You just dragged a shortcut (or the program itself) into the start up folder from the Start button menu and job done. In Windows 10, it is not quite as simple as that. To add an item into the current users startup, …
Windows 10 – Add a program to start up Read MoreIf you are having issues on Windows 10 when opening File Explorer then you may find that when you go into Quick Access that it crashes. This is a problem with the links that are within your Quick Access so you need to clear these and this is how to carry that process out. Open File Explorer and then right …
How to Fix Windows 10 File Explorer Crashes when accessing Quick Access Read MoreIf you need to enable your Windows Telnet Client (like for use with our new Ultimate Settings Panel Tricks Panel) then it is a very simple process: For Windows 7: Click Start > Control Panel. Click Programs and Features. Click Turn Windows features on or off. In the Windows Features dialog box, check the Telnet Client check box. Click OK. …
How to Enable Windows Telnet Client Read MoreCall it evolutionary, revolutionary, contemporary, or just captivating. The world’s dominant OS has been the staple technology running millions of devices owned by individuals and businesses across the world over the last 3 decades. Millennial’s would remember growing up playing Minesweeper as their first PC game and probably cannot imagine a world without Windows. Let’s take a short journey back …
A journey through the Windows of Time Read MoreAre you fed up of restarting or shutting down you computer and it then comes up with the dreaded “Configuring Windows Updates – Do Not Power Off Your Computer”? Well, there is a quick fix to get around this and allow your machine to shut down immediately. All you have to do is to open a command prompt (Windows 10 …
Fast Windows Shutdown – Avoid Configuring Windows Updates Message Read MoreIf you want to use the Microsoft Updates Catalog, then you may find that you come across an error with the add-on refusing to load like this: So to fix this you sure first of all make sure that you are using Internet Explorer and not Firefox, Chrome or even Edge. Then, if it still fails to load, then you …
Microsoft Update Catalog – Add-on Fix Read MoreAre you fed up of having to login to your Windows 10 computer everytime you boot up or restart? Well there is a simple way of turning this feature off allowing your machine to boot straight into Windows. All you have to do is follow the simple steps as per below and your machine should then boot straight into Windows. …
Windows 10 – Skip Login at Startup Read More
