The Windows 8 Features Install Problem If you are using a Windows 8 or 8.1 machine you may come across the requirement to install additional features like .NET Framework 3.5 for some software to work. When you are asked to do this, you will be presented with a screen like the one below: Normally, if … Read more
Windows 10 users are being told to update now before hackers have a chance to take advantage of a critical flaw. An apparent vulnerability within the Microsoft operating system could let cybercriminals take control of your PC and even delete files. Microsoft recently addressed over 100 flaws in its latest Patch Tuesday update, 16 of … Read more
Introduction System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) is a great tool for IT administrators to use to help push out 3rd party updates. These can include updates for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat, HP, Dell and Lenovo. Thre are also a large number of catalogs that you can purchase or subscribe to so that you can … Read more
Introduction When Windows 10 was first released, Microsoft offered it for free to Windows 7 and 8 OEM customers. This was a limited time offer which did finish a while ago. However, what you may not know is that Microsoft actually still offer Windows 10 to OEM customers for free. Conditions To qualify for the … Read more
The Windows 10 Search Bar Fix disables the Bing search integration in the Windows 10 taskbar search, preventing web results from appearing when searching locally. This registry file restores fast local-only search results. Requirements Windows 10 Administrator rights For full instructions see our guide: How to fix the Windows Search Bar Bug How to Download … Read more
Another set of Microsoft Updates comes around and yet another set of problems arise! Windows Search Bar Bug This time it’s the turn of the Windows 10 search bar to stop working. It seems that this particular bug hits when you click the Start button and type a search – nothing appears! Well, don’t worry … Read more
Introduction Although this is a fairly simple process for more experienced computers users, we have been asked this question a few times over the last few weeks. This seems to be due to more and more people getting network storage devices for Christmas and, instead of using the rubbish software you get with these devices … Read more
Introduction Following on from our guide back in 2016 on how to save disk space when using an SSD drive, we now have two other ways of helping you to space disk space. These are fairly old methods but probably not very well known to those outside of the IT world. Branchcache The first method … Read more
I’ve not done a post about SCCM queries for a while now so in addition to a load I did some time ago, I thought I’d bring things up to date with a few new queries starting with Microsoft Server 2019. I’ve been using this one for creating a Windows Server 2019 collection in SCCM … Read more
Do you want to add a great live tile to your Start Menu in Windows 10 to show you your data usage from the past 30 days? Well there is a very quick and simple way to do this and this guide is for all ranges of technical knowledge, but if you do get stuck, … Read more
If you are running a Windows Server environment and you are becoming increasing low on system drive space, then you may want to consider removing the built in payload files for Windows Features. Windows Server comes with the payload files readily available if you want to add any additional Features or Roles to your server. … Read more
This guide explains Windows Server 2019 evaluation editions and product key usage. It covers activation, limitations, and setup guidance. Following on from our popular posts for evaluation product keys for Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R2 and Server 2016, this post brings us fully up to date with the evaluation keys for Server 2019. This … Read more