If you are a Mimecast user and are also using Windows 8.1, you may find that when you have installed the Mimecast client for Outlook (MSO) and try to enter your domain or cloud credentials, the username has SMTP set and cannot be changed and the password part is greyed out. You will then receive…
Although most people will be using full versions of Windows Server 2012 products by now, some may still use the evaluation VHDs from Microsoft. We have just downloaded all 11GB of VHD files from Microsoft for doing some testing and got to the point where we need to enter the Contoso Administrator password. After trying…
Adobe have now released update 11.0.06 for their Adobe Reader XI software. This is available to push out as a windows update using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) and WSUS or Configuration Manager. However, if you want to download the MSI and MSP for distribution using the Software Catalog, WDS or Group Policy, the links…
Skype have now released version 6.11 and have also made public a download location for the MSI. This is excellent news for those that wish to deploy Skype through Group Policy, SCCM or WDS so if you have been waiting for this, the link is below: Skype Latest Version MSI Download Link
We have been using SCORCH for a while now and have acquired a number of Integration Packs. So, we thought we would zip them all up and add them to our site for you to download and use. Sorry but we cannot remember where most of them have come from as they have been gathered…
If you wish to play God with your Windows operating system and have the ability to change virtually every setting on your machine in one easy to access window – then this little tool is for you. Simply download the installer, install on your Windows machine and you will gain full access to all the…
If you have Windows XP, or if like me, you have to rebuild many friends and family members old computers, then you will probably be aware of Microsoft Security Essentials – the free Microsoft security program. Microsoft have provided this free of charge to Windows XP and Windows 7 users for some time now but…
If you want to identify machines with a specific piece of software installed, you can utilise the Add/Remove Programs software inventory to do this by using this query. select distinct SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.OperatingSystemNameandVersion, SMS_R_System.ClientVersion from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS on SMS_G_System_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.DisplayName = “Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010” order by SMS_R_System.Name In this…
If you want to identify machines that have been newly discovered within the last 24 hours, then you have use the query below. select SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.CreationDate from SMS_R_System where DateDiff(dd,SMS_R_System.CreationDate, GetDate ()) <= 1 If you want to change the 24 hours value, then just amend the where value of 1 (this is a day…
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…
If you are having trouble in getting the Dot.Net 3 feature to enable on your Windows 8 machine, there is a way that you can do this offline by using DISM and the original Windows 8 media. Instructions Firstly, you sure ensure that you have your original Windows 8 media in your optical drive (or…
We have recently been asked about how to add a static page to Google Blogger, but not have it added to the menu tabs – whilst keeping other tabs in place. So in essence – how to create a hidden custom page. We use these to give general information on pages without them being added…
Following on from our previous utility Google Blogger SiteMap Generator, we are pleased to launch the online version of that program. Instructions Enter your Google Blogger URL into the first text box and then select the number of posts you want to include in your sitemap. Once you are happy with your inputs, click the…
If you need to identify machines within your SCCM environment that have a certain amount of RAM or less, you can use the following WQL query to do this. SQL Query Code You can change the where value “1024000” to the amount of RAM that you are looking for. More Queries Our full range of…
If you would like to identify the machines that have had a valid hardware inventory scan within the last x amount of days, you can use this WQL query as per below. select SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_G_System_WORKSTATION_STATUS.LastHardwareScan from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_WORKSTATION_STATUS on SMS_G_System_WORKSTATION_STATUS.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where DateDiff(dd,SMS_G_System_WORKSTATION_STATUS.LastHardwareScan,GetDate() ) <= 15 This query is defaulted to 15…
If you would like to search for a machine based upon its MAC address, you can use a WQL query to do this. The WQL query that you should use for this is below: select distinct SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.MACAddresses from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.MACAddresses = ##PRM:SMS_R_System.MACAddresses## order by SMS_R_System.MACAddresses More Queries Our full range of SQL and…
If you are looking for a SCCM query query that will return all machines that are in a specified organisational unit (OU), then you can use this one below. All you need to do is change the demo OU below to your own required OU. Organisational Unit TECHYGEEKSHOME/LAB/COMPUTERS/WINDOWS 10 Query Script SELECT distinct * FROM SMS_R_System…
This is a query for ConfigMgr 2012 and it will return the machines that do not have the 2012 client installed on them. This is useful if you have gone through an upgrade from 2007 to 2012 and need to know if or where machines have not fully upgraded themselves so that you can take…
We are pleased to announce the release of our RemoveIE software in an MSI format. This will allow you to distribute the application to a large number of computers using tools such as Group Policy or SCCM. The MSI program is a free download and this does allow you to distribute the software within your…
We are pleased to announce the release of our Google Blogger SiteMap Generator software in a MSI format. This will allow you to distribute the application to a large amount of computers using tools such as Group Policy or SCCM. The MSI program is a purchasable item and will cost you £19.99 however this does…
Recently, I started playing Need for Speeds Rivals on the new Xbox One console. This is a title that I’m very familiar with and have played all versions over the many years of the Need for Speed franchise. However, Rivals has been nothing but a major disappointment – don’t get me wrong, the game itself…
If you are trying to run a Powershell script, you may find sometimes that you get this following error message: Cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. There is a very simple fix for this, all you have to do is ensure that you run your Powershell program as…
We have recently come across an excellent Powershell tool which identifies and installs all prerequisites for Configuration Manager 2012 R2 installations. Take a look at the website below for further information: ConfigMgr 2012 R2 – Prerequisites installation tool
The below SQL query can be used against your SCCM database to return information about your servers. You can edit this query to bring back different information and also use it to create a report using SSRS. This query by default brings back the following information: Server Name Server Make Server Model Server Operating System…
Most users in organisations believe that Google Earth is a great tool for their work and freely install it on their work machines and think nothing of it. Well, Google Earth is NOT free for commercial use and if business users want to use Google Earth for work purposes on work machines, then a licence…
If you want to identify machines with Google Earth software installed, you can utilise the Add/Remove Programs software inventory to do this by using this query. This WQL query can then be used as part of an import function to create a device collection within SCCM. More Queries Our full range of SQL and WQL…
You can use Problem Steps Recorder to automatically capture the steps you take on a computer, including a text description of where you clicked and a picture of the screen during each click. Once you capture these steps, you can save them to a file that can be used by a support professional or someone…
We have had reports of people purchasing Need for Speed: Rivals for their Xbox One and installing the game, starting the tutorial at the beginning and then finding that the car does not move!! A quick fix for this is to completely power off your Xbox One console and start up the game again –…
If you are a regular visitor to our site, you may have noticed that over the last few days that we have been trialling a system called “Paywithatweet”. This is where people have to post a tweet or Facebook message to enable them to download any programs from our website. Well, after getting a lot…
We are pleased to announce the release of our Icon Converter software in a MSI format. This will allow you to distribute the application to a large amount of computers using tools such as Group Policy or SCCM. The MSI program is a purchasable item and will cost you £19.99 is now FREE for all!…
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