We have now joined VK.com which is a massive Russian social media site. We do tend to get emails from our Russian visitors who inquire about sharing our posts on VK.com so we have now also added a VK.com sharing button at the bottom of all our posts. You can see the sharing button at…
We have recently started to have problems with running a CScript command in one of our SCCM task sequences where we send the local computer description to Active Directory to automatically set the Active Directory computer name description. It has always worked fine but seemed to have stopped working after the latest hotfix. So, after…
This is more of a reminder for ourselves, but if you are looking to download Microsoft SQL Server 2012 express, for which you can use to install the SQL Console Management Tools as well, then the download link is below: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express Download
We have recently been installing WSUS on a rebuilt Microsoft Server 2012 and found that although the role would install without any issue, when we tried to run the configuration wizard we were getting an error and in the log file it stated: “Config file did not contain a value “ContentDirectory”” So, first of all,…
Google have now released a new version of their Chrome browser, version 52.0.2743.116. 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 direct from…
Although the public cut off for getting your free Windows 10 upgrade was 29th July 2016, there is still a way you can get this free upgrade. Microsoft will still allow the free upgrade to happen for Windows 10 customers who use assistive technologies. The official line from Microsoft is: “We are not restricting the free upgrade…
In case you missed it earlier this month, Microsoft have now released WWE 2K16 on the Xbox One console for free! So long as you are a Xbox Live Gold member, you can go onto your console and get the free game download to keep for the next two weeks. Also available for the rest of this month…
If you are a regular visitor to our site then you will have noticed our new website design! This has been setup in an effort to speed up the site as we were getting some issues with delays and time outs. We have now moved host to a much quicker server and this new theme…
As you may have noticed, we are currently experiencing some issues with our downloads using the “Twitter Follow” option. We are looking into this and hopefully will have it fixed soon, but in the meantime, please use either one of the other options or email us directly on downloads@techygeekshome.info and we will send you a…
We were recently setting up a new WSUS server in our lab and also setting up System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) and kept getting an error when trying to connect SCUP to WSUS which were installed on the same server. The error we were getting was: “Failed to connect to the update server. Check your…
If you have multiple zip files, like if you have downloaded a number of computer drivers for example, you may want to extract them all in batch and into their own folders. To do this, you should first install 7-Zip from the link below: 7-Zip Download Once you have this installed, you should then highlight…
Are you fed up of receiving all of those annoying game requests on Facebook? Well there is a very simple fix to turn off the gaming notifications within your Facebook app. All you need to do is to go into your Facebook app and then click “More” in the bottom right. Then click on “Settings”…
Apple have released iOS 9.3.4 for iPhone, iPod and iPad. Details about the latest update can be found by clicking the button below: Apple iOS 9.3.4 Update Rumour has it that although Apple have claimed that this is a general security update, it is actually to prevent Apple devices being jailbroken. So, if you are…
We have been carrying out some work on various HTA’s for SCCM OSD processes lately and that has included automatically setting time zones. We struggled to find a comprehensive list of the time zone settings so thought that we would share that information here. If you find anything that we may have missed, please let…
With the recent release of Windows 10 1607, system administrators may have noticed that their RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) have gone missing. Well this is by design (albeit Microsoft design!) and you can now download the RSAT for Windows 1607. To get the new RSAT software, just click the link below: RSAT for Windows 10…
To all you Apple Mac users out there there has today been a release of the new operating system called macOS Sierra Beta 4. You can get this download by clicking on the button below and signing up to Apple’s Beta software program: macOS Sierra Beta 4
If you are having buffering issues, then there is a secret menu that you can get into and make some changes and also view whether there is any interference to the wireless connection on the Now TV box. All you have to do is carry out these remote key presses in this order: Home Button x…
If you are trying to run Windows Updates on your Windows 7 machine but it is seemingly stuck on “Checking for Updates” for hours, then there is a fix for it. You should download the Microsoft fix using the download button below and install this before trying to run the updates again. Download KB3135445 If…
If you are looking at upgrading your user machines up to Windows 10 1607 then you can do this quickly and easily using an inplace task sequence with Configuration Manager. All you need to do is create an operating system upgrade source for Windows 10 1607 and then create the upgrade task sequence and deploy…
F1 2016 is released on 19th August (in the UK) for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC. The makers have introduced some new exciting features to try and make it as realistic as possible including: Incentives for playing Free Practice and not just skipping straight to qualy Formation laps to warm up your…
If you are an Exchange administrator and are having trouble in accessing other mailboxes although you have full access, then you may find that you need to remove the “Deny” permission on the mailbox you are trying to access. Sometimes this can be your own account or maybe a group like “Domain Admins”. To check…
Have you ever added people on Facebook and never got a response back? Well, you can checkout all your historical friend requests and see who has completely ignored them! Just click the link below to see all the people who never clicked accept when they first got the friend request from you…. Facebook Friends Requests
If you have a Dell computer and need to reinstall the operating system back to factory settings, but you have lost your original restore media, then Dell kindly offer an online solution to this problem. Unlike a lot of other companies like HP and Acer, Dell allow you to enter your machine details and download…
We have had a few people asking us where the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in WSUS as they cannot find it. This is because it is not released through WSUS until August 16th so synchronise your WSUS in just over a weeks time and you should then see if appear in your list of WSUS…
We believe that VLC Player is the best media player available on the internet at the moment and has been for some time, but there is no MSI installer for it. MSI installers can be used easily for distribution using systems like Configuration Manager, WDS or Group Policy. So, we have taken the standalone version…
The ever popular SSH and Telnet utility PuTTy has received a beta update taking it up to beta 0.67. You can download the new version using the download button below: Download PuTTy The changes in this new version are: Security fix: a buffer overrun in the old-style SCP protocol when receiving the header of each…
With the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we have had a few people telling us that they do not seem to be getting the update available in the Windows Update. So, to speed things up a bit, you can download the required file to manually start the upgrade process. All you need to…
Adobe have now released their Adobe Reader DC version 15.017.20053. You can download the MSP and EXE files for the update directly from Adobes FTP site by clicking the link below: DOWNLOAD Download Adobe Reader DC v15.017.20053 HOW TO USE THE MSP FILE You need to download the original MSI installer which is also available from…
FileZilla Client 3.20.0 has been released and you can now download the latest version from the download button below. DOWNLOAD Download FileZilla Client NEW FEATURES Display error message if entering a non-existing path on local file search Building and running FileZilla now depends on libfilezilla >= 0.6.1 (https://lib.filezilla-project.org/) Bugfixes and minor changes: Fixed regression introduced…
Google have now released a new version of their Chrome browser, version 52.0.2743.82. 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 direct from…
So it’s been a whole year since the release of Windows 10 and Microsoft have today released the “Windows 10 Anniversary Update”. There are a number of new features and changes being included in this update including: Start Menu layout and design changes Taskbar changes Microsoft Edge Extensions added and new improvements Windows Ink new feature…
So you may have seen our previous post on how to set the local computer description during SCCM OSD. Well now, with a little help from a script and MDT, we can take that local computer description and make that the Active Directory computer description. To do this, you first need the required script, which…
