Intro I recently bought a Windows 11 Pro license key and found that the key wouldn’t activate to Windows 11 Pro from Windows 11 Home. I quickly remembered that Microsoft sells distinct types of Windows keys, there are upgrade keys and activation keys. You must use a Windows Pro upgrade key before using a standard …
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Intro I’ve been contracted to file 1 million emails from Exchange Public Folders to a filing system using Mail Manager so, I’ve become pretty acquainted with issues that can arise from Mail Manager as I use it extensively everyday for weeks. One of the most common issues I get, is Mail Manager repeatedly crashing (and …
Intro Something I am met with for time-to-time is users who report having unwanted 3rd party access to their computers, this can be legitimate, such as an old IT service provider or malicious like from a Microsoft support scam; it is known that ScreenConnect / ConnectWise Control has been used in support scams (as with …
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Intro Excel spreadsheets are used to store and redistribute tons of information! I was recently contacted by an end-user seeking how they can stop accidental modification of their Excel file by securing it with a password. After a bit of looking around, I found the answer: Method ⚠️ This should be used as a method …
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Intro Elevating local accounts is something that pop-ups up from time-to-time, as I have been migrating my clients away from local and domain accounts and towards AzureAD, I find myself having to confirm the best way to elevate certain accounts to local admin, my usual process of going to lusrmgr.msc is no longer effective with …
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Intro Starting my journey using ConnectWise Automate, I quickly realised the most obvious way of running PowerShell scripts, natively in the ConnectWise Automate scripting language frequently results in scripts never finishing or only partly executing, I’ve spent hours troubleshooting and found the best way to run PowerShell scripts in Automate! This info is the result …
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Intro One of my clients uses Teams for internal communication and Zoom for external sales presentations. They have been plagued with Teams meetings being automatically added to their Outlook calendar events. I personally understand the annoyance of Microsoft’s push to use Teams at every opportunity, despite the development of Teams, it is still not the …
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Intro Some time ago I was requested by a client to roll out a script so their computers are locked when left unattended, I can certainly understand the importance of this feature as having a computer used by an unauthorised third-party is potentially catastrophic! The security risks are endless and imagine if there isn’t a …
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Intro ScreenConnect by ConnectWise; aka ConnectWise Control is powerful remote support and desktop control software which is a personal favourite of mine.It has some of the best features in its class including one piece I find immensely useful called ‘Backstage’, this allows you to remotely connect into a remote session with limited features with the …
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Intro Adjusting calendar permissions using PowerShell is the most common thing people administrating Microsoft 365 Exchange Online will use, and in my case, it is the first function I’ve used PowerShell for professionally. I find the command can be confusing despite using it countless times due to the ambiguity in the syntax; I’ll frequently refer …
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