Why You Need At Least 144Hz Refresh Rate when Playing PUBG, Fortnite, and CS:GO
This article talks about why you need at least 144Hz and what other benefits it has to offer on top of that.
June 2018
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WordPress Archives Drop Down Redirecting to Homepage
We picked up a problem with our blog today where when selecting a month from our Archive drop down (on the right side column), no matter which month you selected, it was redirecting back to the home page of our site. It turned out that the problem was actually with the Yoast SEO Plugin configuration….
Exchange Shell – Export all shared mailbox permissions to CSV
Sometimes as IT professionals, we get asked to supply a lot of data to company bosses. This can be extremely frustrating especially when what you want to do is fix stuff, but IT is becoming more and more like an admin role all the time. It doesn’t mean you stop fixing stuff, it just means…
How to Successfully Launch Your Online Video Business
Online video has become hugely popular in the last decade, as technology has become accessible and affordable, and sites like YouTube have become the go-to place to find great content online. Whether you’re a business, musician, comedy group or filmmaker, online video enables you to put yourself in front of millions of people from countries…
Spam Phone Callers List
Are you receiving a number of spam phone callers recently? We have noticed lately that we are receiving more and more calls where they call you for one ring and then hang up. Most of the time the calls are coming from Chad, Algeria or Somali. However, there are a number of UK cold callers…
CMTrace Bundled with Configuration Manager Client Install
CMTrace is an awesome tool and I have been copying it onto an end users machine using a batch file during the OSD process for years. But finally, Microsoft have added it into the Configuration Manager Client installation. So, once you have an up to date client installed on a users machine, you can browse…
Passing The Cisco Certification Exams – Tips & Tricks
Cisco is renowned for certifying IT professionals who are building their career in the networking industry. It is the best platform that is entrusted by many employers all over the world because of its training that has helped to shape the networking industry. The main certifications that are offered are CCENT, CCDP, CCNA, and CCIE…
Upgrade your Certificate Authority from SHA1 to SHA2 (SHA256)
Do you need to upgrade your Certificate Authority from SHA1 to SHA2 (SHA256)? Well we recently had to carry this out as a test in a lab environment. None of us knew how to carry this out from the top of our heads, so like all good IT guys, we used the power of Google….
KB4284826 & KB4284867 Might Break Windows 7 Machines
Microsoft are really outdoing themselves at the moment as it seems that they have released another pair of updates for Windows 7 machines that reboots the computer when connecting to a wireless or VPN connection. We have had around 40 machines with these two updates that have seen this problem. We have had to remove…
SCCM OSD Stuck on “Just a moment…”
We came across a problem with our SCCM OSD recently where it was getting through approximately half the build process and then seemingly getting stuck on “Just a moment…” before timing out and not completing the build. This was a bit of a head scratcher as there did not seem to be any crash or…
Online Equivalents: Life Through a Mouse and Keyboard
Ready Player One was a box-office success this year and the film brings to light a conception of the future worth contemplating. In Ready Player One, people mostly live their lives online, in a virtual reality called “the Oasis”. This begs the question: is that what we’re headed towards? Here are four online equivalents to…
Windows Server – Internet Security Blocking Downloads
If you are an IT administrator then the chances are that you have come across issues with trying to download files directly from a website to your server. You would have received this security alert when trying to download: Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded. Although this is a…
How to Choose the Right Online Casino
Playing casino games online has turned into an extremely popular hobby in the last few years. Indeed, there are now so many different online casinos around that finding one that suits you best might take some time. If you want to play a few games, then there are a number of things to take into…
Adobe Flash Player MSI Installers Package v30.0.0.113
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 30.0.0.113. As always, you can download the executable file but if you want the MSI files so that you can load it into your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or deploy via Group Policy, then you can download…
Service Manager Database Using High RAM
We recently had a problem with our Service Manager database server using massively high RAM usage. It was using up all the RAM we gave it no matter how much extra we allocated to it. So we needed to try and figure out why it was doing this, like all good IT people, we started…
Powershell – Export all Active Directory User Information to CSV
If you need to export all Active Directory user information to CSV, then you can use a simple Powershell script to carry this out. First Import the Active Directory module: Then get the user information from Active Directory. For the example below we are just going to grab all information, hence the * wildcard, but…
Are Corporate Data Centers Becoming Obsolete?
With the rise of big data and machine learning, companies everywhere are paying more attention to their data strategy. After all, if you don’t keep up with the rapid change of digital technology brought on by advances in data analysis and storage, then your company could fall behind. And that’s why corporate data centers could…
Adobe Reader DC version 18.011.20040 MSP Update Released
Adobe have now made available their Adobe Reader DC version 18.011.20040. 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 v18.011.20040 Instructions You can find full instructions on how to use a MSI installer here. To use the…
Mozilla Firefox v61.0 MSI Installer Download
If you would like to distribute Mozilla Firefox using Group Policy, WDS or SCCM, then you will probably appreciate having the MSI installer to do this. As you are probably aware by now, there is a website that build and distribute the MSI installers for Firefox. There is an archive of available MSI installers but…
Adobe Reader 17 version 17.011.30080 MSP Update Released
Adobe have released an update to their Adobe Reader 17 software taking it up to version 17.011.30080. We know that this has been available for around a month now, but thought we would supply you with some extra information about downloading the MSI and MSP and how to use them to mass distribute to end…
Google Chrome version 67.0.3396.62 Released and MSI Installer
Google have now updated to a new version of their Chrome browser, version 67.0.3396.62. 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…
CredSSP Error Breaks Remote Desktop Connections
You may have come across a problem when trying to connect remotely to a server using remote desktop connection. If you are receiving a CredSSP error like the one below: Then the chances are you have this update: CVE-2018-0886 – which seems to be from March 2018 but we have only just started to see…
