Please note that version 2.6 has now been released – click the link below: Ultimate Settings Panel Pro v2.1 We are pleased to announce the release of Ultimate Settings Panel Pro version 2.0. WHAT DO I GET IN THIS VERSION? No exit or link backs No adverts No branding MSI and EXE installers included as…
We have released a number of freeware products over the last year, some very successful with a largeamount of downloads and some not so with hardly anyone interested! But what we have had to do with all of the freeware products we have released is to either put them in an install wrapper, use download.com,…
Adobe have now released update 11.0.09 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…
We are now working on a number of projects to supply our visitors with the best freeware and Pro utilities and also MSI installers for programs that are not easily available. You can view our various SourceForge Project sites by clicking the links to them below. Project Version Notepad++ MSI Installer 6.7.5 PuTTy MSI Installer…
Please note that version 2.6 is now available by clicking the download button below. We are pleased to announce the release of Ultimate Settings Panel version 1.2. This utility now has well over 50,000 downloads across various download sites so we will continue to improve it over time. Download Update Log In this version we…
If you are looking for a PDF utility then we can recommend UnityPDF. We have been testing it for a few weeks and it allows you to merge, split, divide, extract and insert PDF documents. It is very simple to use with a user-friendly interface, but its big plus point is that it is completely…
Skype version 6.20 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…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 15.0.0.152. 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…
Please note that version 1.5 of Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer is now available using the link below: Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer version 1.5 We are pleased to announce the release of Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer version 1.3. There are some minor bug fixes been added to this and also a Check for…
We are pleased to announce the release of Ultimate Settings Panel version 1.1 This was a newly released utility from ourselves two weeks ago and it has been downloaded over 30,000 times within that period from various download sites and even appeared in a Norwegian magazine! As we stated on the first release, it was…
This is something a little different to our normal posts, but its important information to us as we have a Murphy TV at TGH Towers! We had a new Sky+ HD box installed and the Sky remote would no longer work to control the TV controls like the volume. So if you have a Murphy…
If you are a Configuration Manager administrator, the chances are that you are using the Application Catalog to allow users to install their own software.A great feature of this is that you can put in specialist or licensed software and add a “Request” button. This means that your end users will only get the software…
In Configuration Manager 2012, there is a section under the Monitoring ribbon called Distribution Status. This will give you a lot of information about your distributions and your distribution points. If you look at Distribution Point Configuration Status, this gives you a good understanding of whether your drivers, packages, applications and images have deployed correctly…
If you want to report on machines that have Outlook archive (PST’s) on them, where they are and how big they are, then you can use this guide to create a report that will do this for you using Configuration Manager. First of all, you will need to tell your Software Inventory to look for…
Please note that version 2.6 is now available by clicking the download button below. We are pleased to announce the release of our new utility, Ultimate Settings Panel. We have designed it to be an all in one settings solution for a multitude of configuration options in Windows, Office and Configuration Manager. DOWNLOAD You can…
We have had a report that one of our WQL queries has not been working correctly, this is the one for devices that have Configuration Manager client installed but do not have System Center Endpoint Protection installed on them. The original post is here: WQL Query for Devices without Endpoint Installed So, we have looked…
Please note that version 1.5 of Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer is now available using the link below: Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer version 1.5 We are pleased to announce the updated release of our popular utility – Windows 7 Lock Screen Changer. You can download the latest version by clicking the download button below:…
Adobe have released another update to their Adobe Flash Player software, this time taking it up to version 14.0.0.146. 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…
We have had a lot of people asking us about how to get the MSI files for the Java Clients and we have written a few popular guides on how to do this, however, there are still a large number of people of there that just want the files to download with having to mess…
You may have started to come across image files that are in WEBP forma on the internet recently. These are usually opened using Google Chrome but this can be very annoying if you have saved a number of these images and want to browse through them using Windows Photo Viewer instead of having to open…
VLC Player 2.1.5 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…
We use FileZilla a lot and we wanted an MSI installer for it. However, we could not seem to find one anywhere and FileZilla themselves do not supply one. So, we decided to create one ourselves. Depending on how popular this proves, if it is worth our time we will keep up to date with…
We have recently been doing some big OSD projects and with testing for such big projects comes the point where some of your testing will fail, so to find out why a test sequence fails, the first thing you should look at is your log files. However, ConfigMgr makes this an annoying process as the…
Java have now released update 67 of version 7 of their Java Client software. The update is available as an offline installer and using our guide below, you can extract the MSI from it and use it for deployment by using Windows Updates to update current machines or add to your Configuration Manager Application Catalog…
When running Configuration Manager OSD Task Sequences, it can be extremely frustrating trying to find the ever moving log files if you get an error during the deployment. The log files move locations on your hard disk depending on what stage of deployment your task sequence is at. To try and help you find where…
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Cumulative Update 5 has been released by Microsoft. The issues that have been fixed in this update are as below (source: Microsoft): Task sequences The Continue on error check box is not selected under Task Sequences when an Install Software step and a Virtual Application package are defined as…
Skype version 6.18 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…
We have recently had problems with our global distribution points in ConfigMgr after the monthly content validation has happened. On some of our distribution points (not all) we are getting and error stating: “Failed to validate content hash” With our monitoring on the Distribution Point Configuration Status looking like this (click the thumbnails for the…
As you may be aware, we supply a number of custom designed and created freeware utilities. All of these are available from our website by click the Downloads button on the top menu bar. However, if you like to use alternative sites for your downloads, then we also have all of our products available to…
If you have been trying to load any roles or features onto your Server 2012 R2 Core using Powershell, then you may find that you are the victim of this error message everytime you try to run your command: No matter was source you enter, it will not work. This frustrated us for days until…
Java have now released update 65 of version 7 of their Java Client software. The update is available as an offline installer and using our guide below, you can extract the MSI from it and use it for deployment by using Windows Updates to update current machines or add to your Configuration Manager Application Catalog…
If you have Windows Server 2012 R2 Core installed but you want to be able to use a Graphical User Interface (GUI) then you can use the following Powershell command to enable it: Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell –Source d:sourcessxs NOTE: you should ensure that your source location is correct and up to date with your Windows Updates….
