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We have posted a number of guides about automatically upgrading your computer up to Windows 10 using Windows Updates, however, if you are still having problems, there is one final way of manually going through the Windows 10 upgrade process. First of all, you need to download the Windows 10 Media Creator file which you can get from our downloads …
Manual Windows 10 Upgrade Guide Read MoreFollowing on from our post about forcing the Windows 10 update, we have had a few queries about the Windows 7 SP1 updates that you need to install before the Windows 10 update will start to download and install. These updates are KB3035583 & KB2952664 and they should automatically be available to you through Windows Update. However, this is not …
KB3035583 & KB2952664 – Windows Updates for Windows 7 SP1 – Pre-Req for Windows 10 Upgrade Read MoreYou may have started to receive an error message when you are opening Office documents from a “network” location like SharePoint, OneDrive or an actual network drive today – this is due to yet another Microsoft update causing problems! The error you will probably be receiving is this one: “Incompatible Office products are installed on your machine” After some quick …
FIX – Incompatible Office products are installed on your machine – KB3085509 Read MoreWith the recent release of Microsoft Office 2016 and the subsequent release to volume licence users on VLSC, a lot of people will be rushing into upgrading to the latest version. However, be careful with compatibility with your corporate Exchange servers… Outlook 2016 will work with the following Exchange Server versions: Exchange Server 2016 Exchange Server 2013 Exchange Server 2010 …
Office 2016 – Outlook and Exchange Compatibility Read MoreYou may notice that if you are running either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 that your task manager is showing very high disk usage like the screenshot below: The reason for this is that Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10 automatically manages your machines virtual memory and paging file size by default. This is usually not the best configuration for …
High Disk Usage on Windows 10 & Windows 8.1 Read MoreIf you have got the Windows 10 upgrade tray icon on your Windows 7 or 8 computer and you do not want the upgrade, you may want to remove the annoying icon from your tray. To do this, you need to remove a Windows Update and then hide it so that it does not return. To do this, go into …
Remove Windows 10 Upgrade Tray Icon Read MoreAre you having problems with slow internet at home? are you on fibre but still only getting a few megabytes download speeds when running a broadband speed test? a lot of people think that this is due to the actual internet connection (and to be fair – in some cases it probably is!), but there is something else that you …
Fix slow internet on wireless connections Read MoreYou may come across a requirement to have the full offline installers for Dot Net 3.5 for Windows 8, 10 or Server 2012. This can be for older applications that require Dot Net 3.5 or 2.0. You may also need offline installers if you have WSUS in your environment and you cannot install the added features using Windows Update. So …
Dot Net 3.5 Offline Installers for Windows Read MoreFinally Microsoft have released the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 as part of a bigger release of products today. We have been holding back on pushing out Windows 10 but with the release of these tools we are now ready to go with the upgrades as we really like the new operating system. We have installed both x86 …
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 Released – Full Download and Installation Guide Read MoreIf you want to force a Windows 10 update, you can do so by following the simple instructions as per below: First of all, you should stop the Windows Update service, you can do this by clicking Start and in the search box type in: net stop wuauserv When the service has stopped, you should delete all files and folders …
Force Windows 10 Update Read MoreIf you would like to download Windows 10 in full so that you can have it on DVD or a USB memory stick, then you can go to the website below and download the media creator tool from Microsoft to allow you to download and create the installation media for any version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Media Creator Tool
Windows 10 ISO and USB Stick Download Read MoreIf you are using the new windows 10 operating system, then you will probably be familiar with the new feature which allows you to have multiple virtual desktops. This is excellent if you are skiving from work where you can have your personal stuff on one and then quickly flick to another desktop with all your work stuff on it …
Windows 10 – Virtual Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts Read More
