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Windows 10 has many lesser known variants including Windows 10 Long Term Servicing Branch, Windows 10 Embedded and Windows 10 Team. In the fall of 2017, a new variant named Windows 10 Pro For Workstations will be added to the list. Windows 10 for Workstations is a high end version of the Read more…
I have been trying to get a simple CMD script or PowerShell or even a utility to get Windows 10 to download and install Windows Updates for about a year. It has not gone well. Note that Angus Briggs at PDQ support told me about a very simple PowerShell command that will Read more…
Windows 10 Team is a specialized edition of Windows 10 that includes a number of custom collaboration tools and functions, that is currently only available on Windows Surface Hub. That naturally leads to the question “What is Windows Surface Hub?”. Windows Surface Hub is a 55″ or 84″ LCD touch screen with an integrated Read more…
We explain and demonstrate what Intel Optane is, what you need to run it, and if it will really improve your PC’s performance. What is Intel Optane? Intel Optane is an accelerator for your hard drive. Intel Optane is stick of non-volatile memory, which means it does not get wiped clean Read more…
If you have ever tried to ping a computer that is offline, you will see one of two responses: REQUEST TIMED OUT, or REPLY FROM XX.XX.XX.XX: DESTINATION HOST UNREACHABLE The difference is what is responding: If you see REQUEST TIMED OUT, the destination host had no reply within 1 second. Read more…
Even the latest Windows 10 1703 still has SMB1 enabled by default. If you want to keep yourself safe from WannaCry / WannaCrypt0r 2 variants you need to disable SMB 1.0. You can disable SMB 1.0 in 5 ways: A – How to Disable SMB 1 using the GUI Click the START Read more…
If your Windows 10 Start Menu icons and tiles turn dark and / or get a ‘download progress bar’ under them you can easily reset them. In previous versions of Windows 10, if your start menu icons stopped working you could resolve it but was a quite a task. In Windows 10 Read more…
If you have Windows 10 Enterprise or Education you should be able to use a GPO to set a custom lock and home screen. Unfortunately, Windows 10 1703 broke that and it has been driving many IT staff crazy trying to fix it. After a few weeks of banging around with Microsoft Partner Read more…
In early versions of Windows 10 it was not readily possible to downgrade from Windows 10 Enterprise to Win 10 Pro. In fact, the supported process was to perform a clean install. The dance around that was to make some registry changes and then perform an in place upgrade using a Read more…
If you have a corrupt profile in Windows 10 there are two easy ways to remove it and rebuild it: 1: REMOVE CORRUPT WINDOWS PROFILE USING GUI: CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM AND SECURITY > SYSTEM > ADVANCED SYSTEM SETTINGS (from the menu on the LEFT) . Click SETTINGS button in the USER Read more…
If you have Windows 10 1703 or newer your Internet Explorer will have a “Edge Tab” to the right of your “new tab” tab. This means people will frequently launch the Edge Browser when they are really trying to open a new tab. Microsoft calls this ‘assisting people to migrate Read more…
If you run Windows 10 in a corporate settings you will likely want to set a few default entries in the START menu and TASKBAR. If nothing else you will likely want to remove the default junk that Microsoft clutters the START menu with. Fortunately after a few hours of Read more…
If you have Sophos Safeguard you likely have annoying popup messages saying things like: Sophos Safeguard: Communicating With Server Sophos Safeguard: No New Settings Available Sophos Safeguard: Synchronization with Sophos Safeguard server succeeded These will occur several times a day and drive your staff insane. Fortunately there is an easy way Read more…
Below is a complete list of Windows variables. If you are writing any sort of script, PowerShell, or command line you will need to know: The variable for username is %username% The variable for the Windows Directory is %windir% or %systemroot% The variable for Program Files is %ProgramFiles% or %ProgramFiles(x86)% Read more…
The path to users Startup folder in Windows 10 is: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startupie. C:\Users\JimmyJo\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup You can open a users Startup folder by going through Windows Explorer, command line or by right clicking on the START button and typing the command shell:startup . The path to the ALL USERS Startup folder in Windows 10 Read more…