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KB4577064 – Breaks Windows Server 2008 DNS

5th November 202024th November 2020 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We recently ran into a problem on an older domain running Microsoft Server 2008 SP2 (not R2) as its DNS server. The problem was that the DNS service on the …

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Simple Fix to Windows 8 Features Install Issues

14th October 202014th October 2020 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

The Windows 8 Features Install Problem If you are using a Windows 8 or 8.1 machine you may come across the requirement to install additional features like .NET Framework 3.5 …

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KB4284826 & KB4284867 Might Break Windows 7 Machines

18th June 201811th September 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

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 …

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KB4093118 & KB4093108 – Another Faulty Windows Update Released by Microsoft

16th April 201811th September 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - 2 Comments.

Microsoft have yet again released another Windows Update which has caused corruption and crashing on Windows computers. We have particularly hit with issues on Windows 7 machines. Although there are …

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WSUS – Cleanup using Powershell with email notification output

21st August 20174th October 2020 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

lntroduction If you are using WSUS in your environment, you may want to run a scheduled task to cleanup old updates and compress some of the larger updates to free …

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SCUP – Adobe Flash Player Updated Catalog

2nd February 201713th September 2020 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

If you have been using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) to push out Adobe updates to your end users, then you may have recently noticed that the Flash Player catalog …

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WSUS – Windows 10 Feature Upgrades Fail Fix

28th December 201624th March 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

If you are using WSUS in your environment and you find that your Windows 10 clients are failing to download or install any Feature Upgrades (to 1607 or any CU …

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WSUS Installation Errors on Microsoft Server 2012

22nd August 201624th March 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

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 …

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SCUP – Failed to connect to the update server error

17th August 201624th March 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

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 …

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WSUS – Server Clean Up Using Powershell

22nd February 201621st April 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - 3 Comments.

If you use WSUS then you will be familiar with running Server Cleanup Wizard which is fine but what if you want to use Powershell? well, you can also use that …

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SCCM – Inject Windows Updates into WIM Image Files Using Windows 10

22nd February 201615th July 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - 8 Comments.

If you have custom built images that you are using in your Configuration Manager OSD environment, you may find that keeping them up to date is a real problem. If …

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System Center Updates Publisher Signing Certificate Step-by-Step Guide

18th February 201623rd March 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

If you are using WSUS in your environment then you should consider also using System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) to inject 3rd party updates. You can use SCUP to inject …

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Enabling SSL on WSUS

17th February 201628th April 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - 6 Comments.

If you are using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) you should enable, where possible, SSL. To do this is a fairly simple task but needs to be carried out carefully …

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KB3097877 – Another Faulty Windows Update Released by Microsoft

15th November 201511th September 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We know we are a bit late with posting this as the update was released last week and Microsoft have reportedly fixed it now, but thought we would post anyway …

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Skype 7.8 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

18th August 201514th July 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

Skype version 7.8 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 …

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Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.232 Released – MSI Download

12th August 201514th July 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - 1 Comment

Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 18.0.0.232. As always, you can download the executable file or get the …

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Skype 7.7 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions

22nd July 201515th September 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

Skype version 7.7 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 …

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Adobe Flash Player 18.0.0.209 Released – MSI Download

16th July 201515th September 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

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 …