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For a while now Network Administrator has had a plugin that allows you to force windows updates on remote machines. Many of you use it as a backup when your Windows Update Server (WSUS) is not working. Before our plugin would just run the standard update procedure, but this would break if the remote machine […]
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Before I talk about the free E-Book…I want to thank everyone who subscribed to our remote support beta. This beta is just a start, over the weeks and months we will be adding: -File Transfers -Chat -Remote Command Line -Ability to add registered computers, so you can get to a computer any time If you […]
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A number of you are asking how to enable the admin share in Windows 8 – I wrote this article to show you how. What is the admin share? It is a special share that allows programs to remotely push software and settings. The simple fact is if you need to push software across your […]
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If you have laptops floating around that have a Windows fingerprint reader, you better take a closer look at them right now. Up until a few months ago, almost all laptop manufacturers have used the same software for their readers. The list includes Acer, ASUS, Dell, Gateway, Lenovo, MSI, NEC, Samsung, SONY, and Toshiba. The […]
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A few weeks back I wrote an article on how to get your Windows product key with a script. This script has a problem with 64 bit versions of Windows. Why? Because there is a feature in Windows that will redirect registry requests to a 32 bit key…unless you disable it. When the script tries […]
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I have been playing around with Windows 8 a lot lately. As I browse the forums at Microsoft, I have realized that they are not going to bring the start menu back. No matter how much people complain, they simply refuse. I heard there is a registry hack that can bring the start menu back. […]
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Yesterday Microsoft Released the latest Windows 8 preview. I have been reading some of the Microsoft blogs, and although this release still has the Aero interface (That glassy look)…according to a blog post by a Microsoft Employee this will be gone in the final release: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/05/18/creating-the-windows-8-user-experience.aspx He even went on to say: “…(The Vista and […]
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Microsoft has released a public beta of Windows Server 8. You can get a free copy from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/v8-default.aspx It can’t run in most virtual environments, so if you are going to try it out…you will probably need a physical machine. The first thing I noticed – There is no start menu: While digging around […]
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I got a question from Lewis this week: “I hope this email finds you well. I have a plotter here at my company, and the driver is really temperamental. At least twice a week the driver crashes, and then all of the jobs get stuck in the spooler. To fix it I need to stop […]
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Sometimes the simplest tips are the best. Normally I would not even write about this but it is such a great time saver, it is worth repeating even if only a few of you don’t know about it. I know you have seen this before: What is the problem here? Well, what if you want […]
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