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Windows Server 2019 Evaluation Product Keys

29th July 201929th July 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

Following on from our popular posts for evaluation product keys for Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R2 and Server 2016, this post brings us fully up to date with the …

Guide / Microsoft / Windows

Missing Windows 10 Desktop Wallpaper Fix

29th July 20194th August 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

How to fix the Windows 10 Desktop Wallpaper Disappearing Problem

Group Policy / Guide / Microsoft / News / Powershell / Windows

Windows 10 1903 RSAT Installation

24th June 201921st June 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

The Windows 1903 upgrade has now been released however, yet again, RSAT has not been included in the upgrade. So it comes as a bit of a shock when you …

Microsoft Windows 10 Methods for upgrade to Windows 1903

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How to Manually Update to Windows 1903

22nd June 201922nd June 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

If you are looking to update your Windows 10 to the latest version of 1903, you would normally just head into Settings > Update and Security and then check for …

General Tech / Microsoft / Office

How to configure Outlook 2016 in Windows 10

24th May 201924th May 2019 - by Annabel Johnson - Leave a Comment

Wondering how to configure Outlook 2016 in windows 10? If yes, then I am here to help you out. Once you made decision to buy outlook 2016, then you already …

Guide / Microsoft / SCCM

Windows 10 Language Packs

13th May 201914th May 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - 4 Comments.

We manage a number of businesses across the world and we very often have to ensure that end users in different countries have their required Windows languages available to them. …

Assassins Creed Unity Notre Dame SideView

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Assassin’s Creed Unity – Free on PC

17th April 201917th April 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

UBISOFT has released Assassin’s Creed Unity for free after the fire that devastated Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral. Assassin’s Creed Unity is set in Paris at the time of the French …

Guide / Microsoft / Windows

Enable NTVDM

8th April 201919th April 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 …

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

29th October 20183rd November 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

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 password? …

Group Policy Administrative Templates Catalog

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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.

Guide / Microsoft / 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 …

Group Policy / Guide / Microsoft / MSI / SCCM / USP / Video Guides / Windows

Windows 10 God Mode – Setup and Deploy

6th August 20185th June 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

God Mode for Windows is nothing new but have you got Windows 10 God Mode setup and do you want to deploy to end users? As you may have seen …

Guide / Microsoft / Servers / Windows

Enable Windows Task Scheduler History

18th July 201823rd June 2019 - by A.J. Armstrong - 4 Comments.

How to enable Windows Task Scheduler History information if it is not showing on your computer or server

Guide / Microsoft / News / Servers / Windows

Broken Microsoft Update – KB4338818

13th July 201811th August 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - 18 Comments.

You may have installed Microsoft Update KB4338818 during Patch Tuesday and now your Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is broken right? Maybe even some Windows 7 machines? Well guess what? …

General Tech / Review

AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Review

1st July 20181st July 2018 - by A.J. Armstrong - Leave a Comment

Hard drives and partitions are not strange things in our life and work. You will meet some problems with partitions or hard disks when you buy a new computer, when …