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If your Windows 10 or Windows 11 or even Windows Server, is having problems like: there are a five easy things you can do to fix the problems: 1 – Uninstall Windows Bloatware Programs Just right click on your start button and select INSTALLED APPS (or PROGRAMS AND FEATURES… depends Read more…
Welcome to our YouTube tutorial on customizing your Windows 11 taskbar to mimic the look and behavior of Windows 10! In this video, we’ll guide you step by step on how to set your taskbar to display open windows as separate icons, just like in Windows 10, and how to Read more…
If you’re working with a Asigra backup and you launch the DS Classic client, you might see this error: This likely resulted from your Java runtime being updated and you either need to recreate the shortcut or adjust the path. Asigra does not use traditional shortcuts; it is just a Read more…
If you are frustrated by Outlook opening links in Edge browser, even though you have set a different default browser in Windows 10 and 11, then this video is for you. In this video, I will show you how to fix this issue and make Outlook respect your default browser Read more…
If you were on a Windows computer and you need to know the MAC address it is using you can simply use IPCONFIG /ALL in a command prompt. However, what if you don’t know anything more than the host name or IP address of a device, it is a bit Read more…
There are many reasons why you might need to know the MAC address of a device on your network but one of the most common reasons is because you need the MAC to give the device a reservation in your DHCP server. Let’s go over a few concepts. What is Read more…
If you pay attention to your Windows Updates you’ll notice there several different categories of updates and this can cause confusion. In particular, a Windows “Update Stack Package,” a “Servicing Stack Update,” and a “Cumulative Update” are all different types of updates that serve distinct purposes in maintaining and improving Read more…
Generic Volume License Keys (GVLK) are the codes that are used to activate Windows desktops and servers with a companies internal Key Management Server (KMS). GVLKs are also referred to as KMS client setup keys. Installation media from Microsoft for Enterprise editions of the Windows operating system may already contain Read more…
Many of our clients know their Volume License / Open License / Open Business / Open Value / Enterprise / Education Windows Server activation keys but they do not have an ISO for their product. The easy solution is to log into the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (MSVLSC) and Read more…
Are you using the standard DISM command to activate your Windows and finding it is stuck at 10%: Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /AcceptEula /ProductKey:12345-12345-12345-12345-12345 Deployment Image Servicing and Management toolVersion: 10.0.14393.0Image Version: 10.0.14393.0Starting to update components…Starting to install product key…Finished installing product key.Removing package Microsoft-Windows-ServerStandardEvalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.14393.0[===== Read more…
If you are struggling to activate your Windows Server and see ERROR 0X0C004F074 The Software Licensing Service reported that the computer could not be activatedwe have the answer. What does error is probably trying to tell you is that The server is trying to connect to a key management server Read more…
If you are an administrator, or even just a curious power user, there will come a time when you will want to know who shutdown a computer, or who logged off of a computer last. How To Tell Who Shutdown a Windows Computer If you want to know who logged Read more…
In this short article we are going to explain several things that all tech’s need to understand both the Delivery Optimization service in Windows. 1 – What is the Windows Delivery Optimization Service (WUDO)? The Windows Delivery Optimization Service (aka WUDO) let’s your computer pull parts of updates from computers Read more…
If you find that your Microsoft Edge browser is no longer entering the username and password fields for you come up we have a simple fix. For some reason auto fill was turned off after an update to Edge and you just have to turn it back on (step 11 Read more…
In this video, we’ll show you how to easily find the root cause of a Windows Blue Screen / Green Screen of Death. We’ll show you how to open, read, and analyze mini-dump files from crashes. Whether you’re experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) or a Green Screen of Read more…
This one has bothered us for a while and tonight I decided to dig in and figure it out. With a number of our clients we have to log into the console to do patching and the only way we could run that in the past was to manually start Read more…