SOLVED: Plantronics Mic Not Working on Mitel MiCollab Client
If you have a microphone that is not working on a Mitel MiCollab Client (formerly Mitel UCA) you likely have to remove the TELEWORKER GATEWAY setting. Before making any changes, test your microphone is...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Allow Users To Use Antivirus Not Listed in the ESAP for Pulse...
If you have a Juniper / Pulse Secure VPN device and you use the Host Checker to confirm that connecting PC’s have an Anti Virus on them, you will eventually have a situation in which you need to allow...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Delete An Upgrade From WSUS
If you have a problematic Upgrade entry in WSUS, you may want to remove it. The next time you perform a sync with Microsoft, it will re-appear. In my case, I had problems with “Windows 10 Pro, version...
View ArticleSOLVED: WSUS: Exception calling “DeleteUpdate” Because it is still deployed...
If you are trying to use PowerShell to delete an update from WSUS but are receiving an error similar to: Exception calling “DeleteUpdate” with “1” argument(s): “spDeleteRevision: cannot delete...
View ArticleSOLVED: Windows Update Error 31 and Windows Update error 8024200d and Feature...
If you are running a WSUS server and are seeing your client PC’s stuck a DOWNLOADING 0% of FEATURE UPDATE WINDOWS 10, you likely have not completed all of the manual steps required to allow WSUS to...
View ArticleSolved: Cannot Install Outlook Junk Email Reporting Tool Due To Missing...
If you are trying to install the Microsoft Junk E-Mail Reporting Add-In and you see: “The installation is unable to proceed due to missing dependencies.” you might be tempted to believe the...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Perform a Chkdsk on a Clustered Shared Volume on an iSCSI SAN
If you have a Dell EqualLogic SAN or similar product providing shared disk for your cluster and you see: CHKDSK SCAN NEEDED ON VOLUME don’t panic. In the ‘old days’ a Chkdsk could take days to...
View ArticleSOLVED: Should Defrag Be Run On a SAN or Clustered Shared Volume
I recently ran into a Microsoft Article indicating that it IS advisable to defrag a Clustered Shared Volume especially if that disk is housing Virtual Machines with Dynamically Expanding Disks....
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Fix Corrupted or Renamed Zip Files
In my case I had 4 ZIP files as part of a Split (sometimes called Span) that had been moved from floppy disk to a DVD and renamed. This made it impossible form Windows EXTRACT or WinZip or 7Zip to...
View ArticleSOLVED: What Do The Windows 10 Product Names Mean in WSUS
If you are trying to decide what Products to include in your WSUS settings, this is the article for you. SCOM and WSUS currently have a dozen Windows 10 “products” listed but the descriptions are...
View ArticleWindows 10 1607 is now CBB and Businesses That Don’t Upgrade Now Will Be Left...
On November 29th, 2016 release 1607 of Windows 10 became “Current Branch For Business” (CBB) and 1607 will start being deployed to all 1507 Machines as of January 2017. Microsoft has a ‘2 version’...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To See What Apps Have Access To Your Facebook Profile
Personal data security has never been so important, yet many people grant websites and apps access to their Facebook account as if it is worthless data. If you have not reviewed the apps that have...
View ArticleSOLVED: Step By Step USMT Script To Migrate as Single User On Windows 10
If you are replacing your Windows 10 hardware or just moving a user from one PC to another you can use User State Migration Tool (USMT). Download the latest Deployment Kit USMT directly from Microsoft...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Use Google Maps To Avoid Toll Roads
This short video explains how to use Google Maps on your mobile device to avoid toll roads. If you use your Android cell or Apple iPhone or even your tablet / Apple iPad for navigation and you want to...
View ArticleSOVLED: VIDEO: How To Embed An Interactive Google Map Into Your Website
If you have ever tried to figure out how to insert a clickable interactive map into your website, you likely have found a number of utilities and plugins that will do the work for you. However, there...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Apply One Certificate To Two Exchange Servers
If you have a UCC certificate with multiple server names in the SUBJECT ALTERNATIVE NAMES and you want to apply that certificate to more than one server, you cannot do it through the Exchange...
View ArticleWhy Is The Next Windows 10 Build Named ‘Creators Update’ and What is ‘Project...
The next major release version of Windows 10 is code named “Redstone 2” for Microsoft’s developers but for the public Microsoft is now promoting it as the “Creators Update”. As the name suggests many...
View ArticleSOLVED: Outlook Not Showing Presence Icons From Skype – Lync
If your Outlook is not showing the Presence Icons (Green, Red, Blue… squares beside names) there are several possible issues: UPDATED January 18 2017 – If you have Mitel MiCollab make sure you read...
View ArticleSOLVED: How To Stop Samsung Android From Trying to Split Screen Apps
A few years ago, Samsung introduced a new feature called MultiWindow which allows you to run two applications at the same time. In my case, I had an Samsung Galaxy S6 that had it’s screen ‘bouncing’...
View ArticleSOLVED: GPO to Disable the RESTORE Button In Shadow Copies
If you want to disable the RESTORE button in PREVIOUS VERSIONS/SHADOW COPIES using a Group Policy Object (GPO), you are smart. Humans make mistakes so IT Administrators need to set policies to protect...
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