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We’ve recently had a situation in which a client could not see a number of files on their C drive even though they had turned on hidden files, as you can see in the see: However if you look at the bottom right corner of that screenshot you will see Read more…
A common question we have receive every year is, What files can be safely deleted from my C drive to free up space? As a result we have written several articles explaining what files and folders can safely be deleted including THIS one from a few months ago, but today Read more…
If you are new to Microsoft Edge as a browser you might be surprised to find that under the hood it’s actually running on Google Chrome which is why so many of the features are so similar. However there is still a pile of new icons and new features in Read more…
What Does CHKDSK /SPOTFIX Do? CHKDSK /SPOTFIX is a new feature of Check Disk that became available with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and is exclusive to NTFS partitions. /SPOTFIX scans only the areas that have been detected as problematic by NTFS, instead of the whole drive. As a Read more…
“An Intel EVO Design” is an ingredient brand meaning that it is not a single function or feature or device. When you see the Intel EVO sticker or graphic you really can be assured that you’re getting high quality equipment that will work seamlessly together and provide usually executives and Read more…
In this short article we are going to provide half a dozen answers to common Local System account questions. What is The Local System Account In Windows? The Local System account is a user account created when the operating system is installed and is used primarily to run Windows Services Read more…
The Virtual Disk Service (VDS) is a dead communications API (application program interface) that was replaced in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 with the new Storage Management API. VDS was a COM service which is a loose way to allow programs communicate. You can think of COM as in Read more…
It is not clear to even most experienced administrators why they might see the error message: even when they are administrators on the local machine or domain administrators which have FULL CONTROL specified in the NTFS security tab. The reason is because the folder in question is missing a critical Read more…
We like and use CCleaner even at our large corporate clients but over the years it has had some serious problems and today we particularly don’t like that it almost surreptitiously wants to run in the background, monitor our staff and chew up resources. CCleaner for Windows Hacked to Spread Read more…
You may receive, “Your Account Was Not Setup On This Device Because Device Management Could Not Be Enabled” After trying to setup a Microsoft Office 365 service (like OneDrive or Outlook) or in our case the user was trying to ADD ACCOUNT to her existing accounts. You might be surprised Read more…
There certainly can be a lot of confusion when you see the “Looks like this isn’t a Microsoft account. Try another e-mail or sign up for a new one” as shown in screenshot below: Put simply, Microsoft Office 365 accounts from your company or school are not considered Microsoft accounts Read more…
Virtual machines built in azure will be defaulted to having updates automatically downloaded and installed when they are released on patch Tuesday. When you look at windows update you will see it says Some settings are managed by your organization which inplies that there is a group policy object being Read more…
UPDATED Nov 2023 – Minor correction in the scriptAug 2024 – Add reference to snapshot Azure VM’s from multiple subscriptions NOTE: If you have multiple subscriptions that want to snapshot all of the virtual machines in all of the subscriptions, take a look at THIS article we just published. Over Read more…
In the last 6 months we have seen an ever increasing number of successful ransomware attacks and you NEED to think about it before your company is attacked. Ransomware attacks are becoming more common and sophisticated than ever before. A ransomware attack can occur at any time, and it can Read more…
A client of ours has a Lenevo Thinkbook 14 Gen 2 which she wants to wipe and load a fresh Windows 10 or Windows 11. She followed our video instructions on how to do a bare metal Windows 11 (same as Windows 10) install but got stuck on the WHERE Read more…
Azure Code Signing is a service provided by Microsoft that enables software developers to securely “sign” their code using digital certificates. When code is signed with a digital certificate, it provides an assurance that the code (any code – Windows executables, PowerShell scripts, and Java code…) has not been tampered Read more…