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How to Embed a Video in Word

29th April 20198th September 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - 2 Comments.

Step by step guide on how to embed a video into a Microsoft Word document.

Guide / Microsoft / Windows

Enable NTVDM

8th April 201925th August 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We were recently asked to enable NTVDM on a number of Windows devices in our corporate environment for our firmware engineers. Due to the amount of devices that we needed …

SCSM / Guide / Microsoft / SQL

How to migrate a SCSM database

4th March 201920th April 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We recently had a situation where we needed to upgrade our SQL server that had the System Center Service Manager (SCSM) databases on it. This meant that we would need …

Guide / Microsoft / Powershell / SCOM / SCORCH / Servers

System Center Operations Manager Invalid Management Group Removal

25th February 20199th October 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We recently carried out some work for a client who had a completely ruined installation of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Who had done what to it, we may never …

Guide / Microsoft

Office 365 URL and IP Addresses

18th February 201927th April 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

If you are using Office 365 in your corporate environment, then it’s a pretty safe bet that you are also using some sort of web security. We have come across …

Guide / Microsoft / SCORCH / SQL

Migrate a System Center Orchestrator database to a different SQL Server

17th December 201819th September 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We were running through our list of servers and looking at what each one was doing in terms of Domain Controllers, Exchange servers, SQL servers, System Center servers etc when …

Guide / Microsoft / Query / SQL

SQL Query to find members of an Active Directory Security Group

26th November 201820th April 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We recently helped out with a data migration which included creating a completely new set of Active Directory security groups. They wanted all the members to have the same level …

Guide / Microsoft / Virtualisation / Windows

Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter

12th November 20185th October 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

I have been using a physical computer for some time to run some automated programs that I use. However, that physical computer is now not in good shape and needs …

Guide / Microsoft / Windows

Organization security policies block unauthenticated access [2019 Updated]

29th October 20186th October 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

Introduction Are you trying to access a network share using unauthenticated user credentials? – in simple terms, are you trying to access a network share without using a username and …

Group Policy Administrative Templates Catalog

Group Policy / Guide / Microsoft / Windows

Group Policy Admin Templates Catalog

15th October 20183rd September 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

Group Policy is an awesome tool for IT Departments to ensure that their end user computers have the correct enforcement settings on them. It also ensures that company policies are …

Guide / Microsoft / News / Servers / Windows

KB4457139 – Windows Server 2008 NIC Issues

2nd October 20182nd October 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We have over the last week or so had problems with Windows Server 2008 servers where, although they seem to be connecting through the network without any problems, like filestores, …

Guide / Microsoft / Windows

Windows Service Stuck in Stopping Mode

24th September 201830th November 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

A simple step by step guide on how to fix a Windows service stuck in stopping mode.

Microsoft / Guide / News / Windows

KB4457144 – Windows 7 Rollup May Cause NIC Issues

11th September 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

Windows 7 seems to have been suffering a lot recently with Microsoft releasing updates on an almost weekly basis that breaks something within the still popular Operating System. You can …

Exchange / Guide / Microsoft

Get folders and sizes for all mailboxes using Exchange Shell

3rd September 201830th November 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We recently had a request to provide to our Project Management team, a full list of all Exchange mailboxes with all folders within each mailbox and also the total sizes …

Guide / Microsoft / SCCM

Creating Current User Registry Keys in a SCCM Package

20th August 20183rd May 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

We were asked recently about how to use a SCCM package to amend current user registry keys (HCU). To be honest, we didn’t really know, HCU registry changes have always …

Microsoft / Guide / Servers

Test your SMTP server using Windows Telnet Feature

13th August 201830th June 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

If you want to test your SMTP server is working correctly, you can use the telnet feature within Windows. The following guide will walk you through the steps to carry …