Making IT Happen
If you use WSUS then you will be familiar with running Server Cleanup Wizard which is fine but what if you want to use Powershell? well, you can also use that to run the server cleanup on all your WSUS servers. By using Powershell you have the option to then automate its running using basic windows […]
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If you are using WSUS in your environment then you should consider also using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) to inject 3rd party updates. You can use SCUP to inject any updates by creating them but also built into the utility are updates for Adobe, HP and Dell. This is great for pushing out updates […]
If you are using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) you should enable, where possible, SSL. To do this is a fairly simple task but needs to be carried out carefully to ensure all your client machines talk to your WSUS server successfully. There is an excellent step by step guide with images here: Enabling SSL […]
We know we are a bit late with posting this as the update was released last week and Microsoft have reportedly fixed it now, but thought we would post anyway in case anyone is still having any issues with this update. Microsoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing […]
Skype version 7.8 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and […]
Skype version 7.7 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and […]
Skype version 7.6 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and […]
Microsoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing on Windows computers. So, having spent a few hours searching for todays culprit, we found that the update causing the issue is this one: KB3001652 It turns out that its an update for Visual Studio 2010 so it may not affect […]
Following on from our recent posts about dodgy Microsoft updates, we thought we should post about how to uninstall Windows and Office Updates using WSUS. A lot of the issues people fast with dodgy Microsoft updates are when they are automatically or accidentally released through WSUS to your end users machines meaning that on their […]
So Microsoft have done it again! They have released a “critical” update that has broken everyone’s Excel! We have had a large number of issues today in relation to VBScripting in Excel and it happened at 10am – the exact time our WSUS updates are collected by end users machines. So, having spent most of […]
Dell have an excellent tool freely available called Dell Client Integration Pack. Included in this tool is something called Warranty Status. What this part of the tool does is looks at your SCCM SQL database for Dell machines and their asset tags, then checks against its own warranty database for the warranty information. It then inserts […]