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If you have a stubborn file that you cannot delete or move, then you will need to take ownership of the file to allow you to carry out any action on it. To do this is a pretty simple process, just follow our step by step guide below to carry this out and enable you to take control back of …
How to take ownership of a Windows File Read MoreWindows 10 is Microsoft’s latest operating system and many people use it on their computers, whether they are laptops or desktops. Even though it has been praised by lots of users, this OS has its own problems and the biggest one seems to be related to updates. Lots of people complain on forums that the latest Windows 10 update failed, …
What To Do If Windows 10 Update Failed Read MoreMicrosoft Xbox One Controller Driver for use with Windows. Download To download, simply click on the cloud icon to the right side of the Download Link text are shown below: Instructions Full instructions on how to use the MSI installers for mass distribution are also available here.
Microsoft Xbox One Controller Driver for Windows Read MoreFollowing on from our recent guide about restarting a service on multiple devices, we were also asked about starting a stopped service using a similar method. This is pretty simple and can be carried out in almost exactly the same way. Powershell Script So to carry this out, you should create a txt file with the list of device names …
Start a stopped service on multiple devices using Powershell Read MoreWe have recently come across an issue when trying to deploy a test virtual machine using Hyper-V (Generation 2 – UEFI) that once you have selected your task sequence, you get an error and the task sequence bombs out. This is because we had not setup the correct drive partitions to be able to deploy using Generation 2 technology. To …
How to create correct partitions to deploy a Windows image to a UEFI based device Read MoreWe recently had a requirement to restart a single service on multiple devices across a single network. At first, it was going to be the job of the helpdesk to logon to each device and manually restart this service. However, as usual, there is always a way of using Powershell to speed up such tasks. Powershell Script This simple Powershell …
Restart a service on multiple devices using Powershell Read MoreIf you are using Windows Server 2012 or newer, or if you are just using Windows Server Core, then this Powershell script will help you out by enabling Remote Desktop and setting the correct firewall inbound rules. Simply open up an elevated Powershell command box, or use Powershell ISE and use the two scripts below, one to enable Remote Desktop …
Enable Windows Remote Desktop Protocol and Set Firewall Rules using PowerShell Read MoreDoes your 1st line help desk get fed up of having to reset end users passwords “because they didn’t know their password was expiring?” Well, let us show you a way that you can utilise System Center Orchestrator (SCORCH), PowerShell and Active Directory Web Services (ADWS) to email all end users a few days before their password is due to …
Active Directory Password Expiring Email Notification Read MoreWhen using System Center Service Manager (SCSM) you can sometimes end up with Incidents, Change Management items or Service Requests that need to be deleted individually. You an carry this out by using a combination of SMLets and PowerShell. INSTRUCTIONS The first thing you will need to do is to download and install SMLets on your Service Manager server. Once this …
SCSM – Deleting Individual Items Read MoreAfter our recent post about providing our visitors with a number of evaluation and KMS Microsoft product keys, please see below the latest set in this series. These are the full range of Microsoft Evaluation keys for all editions of Windows 10. Windows 10 Edition Product Key Windows 10 Professional W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX Windows 10 Professional N MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9 Windows 10 Enterprise NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43 …
Microsoft Windows 10 Edition Evaluation Product Keys Read MoreWith the release of Microsoft Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update), you may have a need for the updated operating system language packs. So, below is a full list of downloadable language pack files. 2024 Update Included in this latest up-to-date Windows Language Pack download are the 32-bit and 64-bit language packs for 38 different languages and also the …
Windows 10 Version 1709 Language Pack Downloads Read MoreIf you are getting Group Policies that are not applying to a users machine, you may well come across this error: The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not apply the registry-based policy settings for the Group Policy object LocalGPO. Group Policy settings will not be resolved until this event is resolved. This can be a corrupt registry.pol file …
Group Policy Corruption – Fix the processing of Group Policy failed error Read More
