You may have noticed that our guide on how to fix the Cisco VPN Client to work with Windows 10 had some broken links to the download packages. We have only just noticed this so apologies for that but we have now fixed all the broken links and you can now view the view instructions…
If you are using Windows 10 in your corporate environment then you may want to have the available language packs to either install manually or through deployment systems like SCCM, Group Policy or WSUS. When we were looking for the language pack files, we found it very difficult to find them on the internet so…
Notepad++ has now been upgraded to version 6.9.2. You can download this latest version by clicking the download button below: Download Notepad++ v6.9.2 We will shortly be working on an MSI installer for this releases so be sure to check back here for more information.
Paint.Net is an excellent free to use program that for a lot of people can rival the more expensive drawing programs like Photoshop and Corel Draw. The current release is now at version 4.0.9 so we thought we would create a quick guide on how to add this excellent program to your SCCM Application Catalog….
Mimecast have now released version 6.3.1608.16170 of their Outlook Client. To push this out using SCCM or Group Policy, we recommend using the MSI command below: msiexec.exe /i “MSOInstall.msi” /passive /norestart What this will do is to firstly run the installer, then the /passive will show a basic user interface without user interaction, but will…
Google have now released a new version of their Chrome browser, version 51.0.2704.106. 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…
Autodesk DWG Trueview 2017 was released back in March but we have only just got around to deploying it to our System Center Application Catalog for users to install. The process is pretty simple and the below guide will show you how to add it to your own Application Catalog. Prerequisites First thing you need…
We are a bit late with this one but Teamviewer have released version 11.0.59518 of their excellent remote control and support software. This is a free to use software for personal use and is excellent if you want to help out a family member or even just remote control your home PC from somewhere else….
VLC Player 2.2.4 has been released and is probably the best media player on the internet. VLC Player is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. This is basically your all in one media centre and…
Just a quick post to remind all of our visitors that if you have been considering moving to Windows 10 but have not quite got round to it yet, then now is the time. Microsoft will only be pushing it out for free until 29th July 2016 – after that you will have to pay…
With the release of AutoCAD LT 2017 a few weeks ago you now may want to get the language packs to go with the full installation. You can now download the range of language packs using the links below including some previous versions: AutoCAD LT 2017 Language Packs AutoCAD LT 2016 Language Packs AutoCAD LT…
If you use Yammer in your corporate environment then you will be aware of Yammer Desktop Notifier. This is a simple program that sits in your notification area and notifies you of messages on your Yammer site depending on what settings you enter. This is a great little tool to keep up to date with…
The Xbox One S has finally been announced with a release date in the UK set for 31st August. It will come with a 2TB hard drive for extra storage which was always a problem with the Xbox One if you purchase games online an it will also be 40% smaller. It also boasts an…
Google have now released a new version of their Chrome browser, version 51.0.2704.103. 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…
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. Luckily there is a site that provides the MSI installers for Mozilla Firefox called FrontMotion. There is an archive of available MSI installers but the latest one available is…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 22.0.0.192. 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…
Skype version 7.25 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…
In 2005 Lance Armstrong won a record seventh straight Tour de France title, Microsoft founder Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood and Prince Charles got married. Meanwhile, the Facebook website was available to a limited number of students at colleges across the United States. The site, which was found at the web address – ‘thefacebook.com’…
Did you forget or lose admin Windows password for UEFI-based Acer PC? Did you know how to get into and boot UEFI-based computer? Did you want to bypass Windows password on Acer with UEFI-based mode? If you are nodding in front of computer, keep on reading to know how to recover Windows 10/8.1/8/7 password for…
Adobe have now released their Adobe Reader DC version 1501620045. You can download the MSP files for the update directly from Adobes FTP site by clicking the link below: DOWNLOAD Download Adobe Reader DC v1501620045 HOW TO USE THE MSP FILE You need to download the original MSI installer which is also available from our Downloads…
We are delighted to announce the release of a new program from TechyGeeksHome called Exchange Toolkit Panel. This program has been custom designed by us to help Exchange Administrators to have quick and easy access to much of the functionality in Exchange Management Console. This is a version 1.1 release (version 1.0 was for private…
We are giving away 10 free copies of Ultimate Settings Panel Pro for this weeks Freebie Friday over on our Twitter account. You can check out what Ultimate Settings Panel Pro has to offer by heading over to our microsite. To be in with a chance of winning one of the 10 copies, head over…
If you have a Raspberry Pi you may not want to have a monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to the device. So the best solution is to be able to remote desktop onto the device from your Windows laptop or desktop. Well you can do that with a few simple commands on your Raspberry Pi….
If you are using Raspbian Jessie on your Raspberry Pi then you may want to use Node.JS. You can use Node.JS for a number of things one being running a Twitter Bot to automatically retweet, like or favourite tweets based on Twitter search queries. To install Node.JS on your Raspberry Pi, simply follow the steps…
If you are getting this error message when you open SQL Server Configuration Manager in SQL Server: Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the server is unreachable. Note that you can only manage SQL Server 2005 and later servers with SQL Server Configuration Manager. Invalid namespace [0x8004100e] Then there is a…
Chances are that you have heard of Goat Simulator and if you haven’t, Google it or even better, take a look at some of the videos on YouTube. Either way, Goat Simulator is awesome! So, what if you could get it for free on the Xbox One console? well, you can if you are a…
It is true that not many computer users and even technicians know much about data recovery. There have been tens of hundreds of PCs across that have at least suffered loss of data under different circumstances such as virus, power outage, file deleted by mistake, hardware malfunction, and system crash to name a few. Unfortunately,…
We get a lot of requests for us to review various pieces of hardware and software here at TechyGeeksHome and publish our findings on our blog. We also get a lot of requests for guest posts, basically companies wanting to advertise their product on our blog. We are more than happy to carry out these…
If you are trying to run Windows Updates and they seem to be stuck for a long time on the “Checking for Updates” screen, then this guide will show you how to fix this problem. This is the screen that you may see for hours when you run Windows Updates on your computer: To fix…
With Windows 7 being a number of years old now, when you rebuild a Windows 7 machine you will find that there are 200+ Windows Updates that need to be applied to your installation. So what if you could add all those updates into your Windows 7 installation source media so that they are applied…
Windows 7 is now a pretty old operating system and most restore media that people will have for their machines will be a few years old. This means that when a restore is done with these OEM restore disks there will be a huge amount of Windows Updates to carry out. Well Microsoft have now created…
If you are creating an image for Enterprise deployment then you may not want all the junk apps that come built into Windows 10. We are talking about Candy Crush and Metro etc… So, how do you get rid of them from the WIM file that you have created for your image? Luckily there has…
