If you are facing various issues while working with your Ext2 Linux system, this might be happening due to bad sectors on your drive or due to damaged file system. In such situation, first action you must take is: Diagnose your hard disk health status, probably it is containing bad sectors or the partition table…
We are delighted to announce that this weekend we have gone over the 2 million total website hit mark. This is absolutely great news for us especially as we are just a very small blog website with not much more to offer than what we know and sharing it with our visitors. We are extremely…
As you may be aware, Xbox Gold membership now means that you get two free games each month to download and keep. Most of these are junk and not even worth the hard drive space a game download takes up, but this month is different… One of our favourite ever Xbox One game releases is…
Adobe have now released an update to their Acrobat Reader software to take it up to version 11.0.12. You can now download the MSI, EXE and MSP files for this release from their FTP site which you can get to using the download button below: Download Comments If you have any questions or comments on…
Google has now released a new version of their Chrome browser, version 43.0.2357.134. If you are looking at deploying Google Chrome using systems like Configuration Manager, WDS, SCUP or Group Policy, you will want to use their MSI installer to make it much easier. You can now download the Google Chrome MSI installer from our…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 18.0.0.209. As always, you can download the executable file or get the MSI file so that you can load it into your Configuration Manager Software Catalog. The update is also now available to import through System Center…
Java have now released update 51 of version 8 of their Java Client software. The update is available as an offline installer and using our guide below, you can extract the MSI from it and use it for deployment by using Windows Updates to update current machines or add to your Configuration Manager Application Catalog…
If you want to export an Exchange mailbox to PST with some variables included, then this guide should help you out. In Exchange Management Shell, you can run the following command to export a mailbox to PST with variables like delete all mail from mailbox after export or maybe excluding Contacts or Calendar. The command…
Adobe have now released a new version of their Acrobat Reader DC software. So if you want to distribute the new version through Group Policy, WDS and SCCM then you will want the MSI installer rather than the nasty, hard to silent install EXE files that Adobe roll out by default. The good news is,…
Have you ever wanted to use your iPad as a second monitor to your Mac or PC? Well, now “there is an app for that”!. We recently came across an app in the Apple App Store called “Duet Display” and didn’t really give it much thought as we have seen a lot of these in…
Apple have released iOS 8.4 – you can get the update now by going into your settings on your iPads, iPhones and iPods and updating your device. We know, it was released on 30th June – we are a bit slow on this one so forgive us, we have been very busy in the real…
If you are using Cisco switches, you may find that you need to configure IP helper addresses to give devices on different VLAN’s the correct direction to your DHCP server. To do this, you can use the following commands: # = the number of your VLAN To view the current vlan configuration: This will bring…
If you are installing a fresh copy of Football Manager 2015 through Steam, when you try and load the game after a seemingly successful download and install, you may receive an error similar to this one: “The Steam servers are too busy to handle your request for Football Manager 2015 Error 53” If you get…
Mimecast have now released version 5.4.1263.13520 of their Outlook Client. This version of the MSO client now supports the following: Support for the new Australian grid Fixes from previous releases Fixed an issue when replying to a message where the address was formatted as “”Smith, Sarah’ (ssmith@domain.com)’”. Fixed an issue where Archive Folders other than…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 18.0.0.194. As always, you can download the executable file or get the MSI file so that you can load it into your Configuration Manager Software Catalog. The update is also now available to import through System Center…
If you are using a Shoretel IP telephony system, then you may know that you can play about with changing the ringtones on the end users handsets. The below video guide details exactly how to do this for all handsets of a particular model in your Shoretel system. Comments If you have any questions or…
If you are using a Shoretel IP telephony system, then you may know that you can play about with changing the ringtones on the end users handsets. The below video guide details exactly how to do this for just one handset in your Shoretel system. COMMENTS If you have any questions or comments on this…
If you are using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) then you will need to know how to capture a boot image. In the video demo below, this shows you exactly how to carry out this task correctly. VIDEO COMMENTS If you have any comments or questions on this guide, please feel free to leave us a…
If you are using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and you need to add a boot image into the system, then you should view the below tutorial video demonstration on how to successfully carry this out. Comments If you have any questions or comments on this guide, then please feel free to leave us a message…
If you are looking for some free cloud space and want a very quick and easy web user interface and also a Windows Explorer based software installation then you should look at using OneDrive. You can get 15GB free storage by clicking on the link below and signing up for an account. You can then…
We have been mentioning Windows 10 a lot on this website recently and a few people have been asking us where they can get the preview version of Windows 10 to start getting used to it. Well, you will need to go to this link below: Windows 10 Insider Preview Program Sign up for the…
If you are a Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 user then you may have noticed recently that after a batch of Windows Updates, you now have a Windows 10 icon in your system tray (bottom right). Clicking this icon brings up a small utility that enables you to be able to reserve your free copy…
Good news on the gaming front – Microsoft have finally started listening to their customer base (years after its release but never mind!) and have now applied an update to the Xbox One console allowing users to now play Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One console. This is good news for those that spent…
We are pleased to announce the release of Ultimate Settings Panel version 2.8. This release has some minor code updates and some very minor bug fixes. It still has 10 different configuration tabs including Windows 8.1 and a total of 224 configuration items available in the Pro version. NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED You can get new…
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…
So, something that we have been waiting for is finally here – Xbox One live streaming through to Windows 10! You have to be in the Xbox Preview Program and obviously also have Windows 10 installed, but all you have to do to get this working is to fire up your Xbox One and enable…
Our favourite free zip utility 7-Zip is now being beta tested with a new version release. The release is version 15.05 beta and you can download the MSI installer by clicking the download button below: Download You can also download previous and stable versions from this location as well as in different languages. Comments If…
The best notepad utility available, Notepad++ has recently released a new update taking it up to version 6.7.8.2. We have now created an MSI installer for this new version and you can now download it from our microsite by clicking the download button below: Download Comments If you have any questions or comments on this…
If you have a requirement to have Silverlight installed as a silent install, like for deployment through System Center Configuration Manager, then you can use the following guide to allow you to do this. First of all, you will need to download the full installer which you can get from the download link below: Download…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 18.0.0.160. As always, you can download the executable file or get the MSI file so that you can load it into your Configuration Manager Software Catalog. The update is also now available to import through System Center…
You may run in to a situation where you need to completely factory reset a Shoretel phone handset. This can be due to a handset being unresponsive or not talking to its headquarter server or local MGC, amongst other reasons like selling your handset! To carry out a full factory reset you should take the…
Technology has transformed the way we shop. With access to countless goods at the click of a button, consumers now have much more power than their counterparts of yesteryear. They can enjoy the convenience of making purchases online and they can compare and contrast deals within an instant. This might be great news for shoppers,…
