Use your iPad as an extended monitor screen

1 May 202615 July 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

Have you ever wanted to use your iPad as a second monitor to your Mac or PC? Well, now “there is an app for that”!. We recently came across an app in the Apple App Store called “Duet Display” and didn’t really give it much thought as we have seen a lot of these in … Read more

Silverlight Silent Installation and Uninstall

1 May 202611 June 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

If you have a requirement to have Silverlight installed as a silent install, like for deployment through System Center Configuration Manager, then you can use the following guide to allow you to do this. First of all, you will need to download the full installer which you can get from the download link below: Download … Read more

DOSBox – 16-Bit Application Emulator

1 May 202614 May 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

If you have an old 16-bit application that you need to run on Windows 7 or 8.1 or maybe even an old classic game you want to play, you will find that the chances are the modern operating systems will not run them and you will run into an error like this for Windows 7:

Or this one for Windows 8:

So, what can you do?

Well there is hope! There is an excellent DOS emulator that we have tested and now using called DOSBox. It seems to work with all of the DOS programs that we have tested it with and we even downloaded some old DOS games to test it and all worked perfectly.

With a little bit of simple configuration, the DOSBox emulator loads your DOS program in no time and allows you access back into these old programs.

Download

You can download the latest version of the DOSBox program from SourceForge using the link below:

DosBox Download

Instructions

Once you have downloaded the DOSBox program there is a little configuration you have to carry out in the options to get your program “mounted” and then to run, but it is extremely simple to do. Below is a video guide on how to configure the program to run:

Video Demo

Comments

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Create installation media for Windows 8.1

1 May 202611 May 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

If you need to download the Windows 8.1 recovery media for your OEM version of your operating system, then you can do so by clicking the link below and entering the details from your licence sticker (COA). Windows 8.1 Recovery Software You can download the media to a USB stick or ISO file to burn … Read more

The user profile service failed the logon error fix

1 May 20266 May 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

We recently had an issue where a Domain Controller was giving us this error when we were trying to remote (RDP) on to it: The user profile service failed the logon. no more threads can be created in the system The server itself was on a different site to us many miles away (different country!) … Read more

Create Installation Media for Windows 7

1 May 20264 May 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

If you need to download the Windows 7 recovery media for your OEM version of your operating system, then you can do so by clicking the link below and entering the details from your licence sticker (COA). Windows 7 Recovery Software You can download the media to a USB stick or ISO file to burn … Read more

Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 & Windows 8.1

2 May 202620 April 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

You can now download the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for both Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. This allows you to manage your servers for options like DHCP, Active Directory and DNS amongst many others. To download the RSAT installation files, simply click the version you require below: DOWNLOAD RSAT for Windows 8.1 RSAT for … Read more

How to boot into Windows 8 Safe Mode

1 May 202627 February 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

We have had a number of people asking us about how to boot Windows 8 into Safe Mode, mostly so that they can carry out the Windows Update fix as detailed in our guide here: Windows Updates Stuck on Shut Down You should take a look at oiur guide which gives you all the various … Read more

Windows Movie Maker – Silent Unattended Installation

1 May 202629 January 2015 by Andrew Armstrong

If you want to install Windows Movie Maker silently, maybe for distribution using a system like Configuration Manager or Group Policy, then you can follow the guide below to do this. First of all, you will need to download the offline installer from the download location below: Download Then you can create to distribution package … Read more

Windows 8.1 Media ISO Download

2 May 202625 November 2014 by Andrew Armstrong

If you have purchased Windows 8.1 and you have lost or damaged your DVD media or would simply like a backup, you can now download the ISO from Microsoft by inputting your product key. All you need to do is go to the website below: Windows Upgrade Media Download Then click on the “Install Windows … Read more

How to add a Secondary Domain Controller to an Existing Domain

1 May 202624 November 2014 by Andrew Armstrong

If you have a requirement to add a secondary domain controller to your existing domain, then the video guide below should show you exactly the steps you need to take to carry this out. Comments If you have any questions about setting up your secondary domain controller, then please feel free to leave a comment … Read more

Replication Summary on Domain Controllers

1 May 202614 November 2014 by Andrew Armstrong

If you have a number of domain controllers within your organisation, you should ensure that they are all replicating correctly without any errors at all. This check should be carried out regularly to be proactive in finding any potential Active Directory issues that you may face. To do this, simply run the following command on … Read more