If you have software you need to uninstall via a script there are six easy ways to go about it: 1 – Uninstall Using The Software’s Own Tool Many pieces of software come with their own custom uninstaller. For instance if you want uninstall Dell SupportAssist, the command is: C:\Program […]
This was a very unusual situation. Normally we see computers unable to connect to a UNC share using the Host Name but being just fine with the IP address. When you see this you almost certainly have a DNS issue. This case was the other way around: Can connect on […]
*** UPDATED Dec 19 2020 with Updated Tool *** Our copies of the MCPR have expired and we can’t get new ones. The MCRP is the CONSUMER version of the uninstaller and will not help with Enterprise McAfee products. Sooo, there are three solutions to removing old McAfee corporate products: […]
When starting an Office 365 Pro Plus (Office 2016, Office 2019) product like Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook you may be prompted to log in. At that point you may see: Sorry, another account from your organization is already signed in on this computer There are two ways to […]
What is Ray Tracing: Ray Tracing is the newest way for video cards to generate the graphics. Video cards typically draw a thousands or triangles to represent angles and then fill those triangles in with “shaders”. This process is being replaced with Ray Tracing which builds a graphic pixel by […]
Watch this short video of Microsoft announcing Project xCloud and remember this was from Oct 2018. They explain how they are adding some hardware to their Azure data-centers to allow XBox One games to stream to any device including something as lowly as an Android cell (and yes that is […]
If you are having problems with Azure Storage Explorer there are several things you need to do to reset it back to factory:
Azure Storage Explorer is Microsoft’s tool to directly access files in Azure Storage. It is still relatively new and it has problems from time to time including the infamous “Cannot Read Property ‘ConnectionString’ of Undefined” 1: Fix Azure Storage Explorer Cannot Read Property ‘ConnectionString’: For most people the solution is […]
If you are using Azure File Shares you will find connection errors on various Operating Systems and configurations. This article is designed to tell you what you need to know quickly. Azure File Share Requirements: SMB3 : You need to be on Windows 8.1 or above or Windows Server 2012 […]
The instructions and video below assume you know very little about Azure and have nothing but a Windows Server 2016 (or 2012R2 or 2019) server. In case you don’t already know, Azure Storage lets you create a real UNC share on to an Azure cloud disk, kind of like what […]
If you are working on Microsoft connected systems (Office 365, Azure, Windows Update…) and you see some odd behavior, it might not be you. The question then becomes, where can you go to see if Microsoft is down? We use the following five sites to see if Microsoft is having […]
It is relatively easy for a video game to introduce a communal element. By creating an online mode in which players exist in the same universe, whether with the aim of working together or competing against one another, video games can move beyond the game’s core narrative to offer something […]
Understanding Azure Blob storage is often made confusing by the term BLOB itself and the large number of options Microsoft offers. So lets clear your mind with some to-the-point straight talk. What is Blob Storage? Blob is just an acronym for BINARY LARGE OBJECT and what they are is just […]
If you see a NETWORK SIGN-IN option at the bottom right of your Windows 10 login screen, it is giving you the option to sign in to your corporate network by connecting to the VPN first. If you click NETWORK SIGN-IN you will see a gold lock icon with an […]
Dell Endpoint Security Suite (ESSE and ESS) looks like a fantastic product I was very excited to play with it. ESSE should not be confused with your ordinary security tools, or perhaps it should, because it includes most of them. Dell ESSE provides: An awesome encryption suite that includes everything from […]
On Thursday Microsoft gave up the ghost on their internet browsers. “The Ghost” in this case is the haunting memory of just how big Internet Explorer was in the early 2000’s and how they let it all slip away. (See browser market share graph near the bottom of this page.) […]