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We recently came across an issue where when trying to connect a bluetooth mouse, it kept coming up asking to enter a passkey. Well, with it being a mouse you cannot enter a code so how do you fix it? You need to look in the registry and remove the address for it. Identifying the address is difficult but if …
Bluetooth Mouse asking for passcode Read MoreIf you are looking for the restore media for your Windows machine, then you can download the official media (if you have a licence of course!) from the official Microsoft website. All you have to do is click the link below: Microsoft Windows Download Page Then fill out your details with your licence key information and you can download the …
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Official Downloads Read MoreIf you have used Visual Studio to create an installer, then you will find that their are two output files required for the installation – setup.exe and setup,msi. You can zip these together into a package, but what if you want a single EXE file installer? Well you can use 7-Zip to create a packaged EXE installer which will then …
Create a self extracting archive and launch an installer Read MoreIf you are using System Center Configuration Manager for Operating System Deployment (OSD) then you may come across an error like this even after a successful PXE boot:
SCCM OSD Policy Retrieval Error Read MoreKB3114409 – Outlook in Safe Mode Problem – Microsoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing on Windows computers.
KB3114409 – Outlook in Safe Mode Problem Read MoreRemote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and command-line tools for managing roles and features that run on Windows Server Technical Preview.
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 Read MoreIf you would like to disable Microsoft OneDrive in your corporate environment then you can do so using Group Policy. Simply open up your Group Policy editor and create a new policy (or edit an existing policy) and browse to the following location: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components In this location you will find an “OneDrive” folder: …
Disable OneDrive using Group Policy Read MoreFull list of all required web security proxy whitelist URL’s to enable Google Drive to work within a corporate environment.
Google Drive Proxy Whitelist Read MoreIf you are using a shared mailbox in Outlook 2013 then you may find that when you send items from the mailbox or if you delete items from the mailbox that they go into your own mailbox folders. To fix this and make the sent and deleted items go into the shared mailboxes folders, you need to make a few …
Outlook Shared Mailbox – Sent and Deleted Items into correct folders Read MoreWe recently came across an issue where our Configuration Manager Operating System Deployments (OSD) were failing at the activating Windows step. Having spent far too much time looking into why it was doing this, we eventually found out that it was our proxy servers that were blocking access it the Microsoft activation servers.
Windows and Office Activation Proxy Whitelist Websites Read MoreToday sees the release of “Threshold 2” – a major update for Windows 10. This update includes new features and upgrades to the operating system and also some display and theme changes that were originally planned for the first release. This is the first major new feature update for the Windows operating system using its new model of delivering updates …
Windows 10 Major Update – Threshold 2 Read MoreIf you have users that are still using Windows Live Meeting, you may want the MSI installer to be able to distribute it through Group Policy, WDS or Configuration Manager. So, we have extracted the MSI from the main installer and made it available on our Filestore microsite. DOWNLOAD Visit our Filestore microsite by clicking the button below to get …
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