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Images thumbnails not showing in Windows
I came across this issue today where a customer could not see any previews of the pictures in his picture library and only the icons where shown. To fix this I had to do the following; Within File Explorer (previously known as Windows Explorer)...
Remove Windows Update Services and the WSUS folder
Windows Update services is a good idea but for smaller companies running SBS 2011 or 2008 the WSUS directory grows and ends up using a lot of the disk space. Also the WSUS database uses up a lot of memory on the server. You can uninstall WSUS to...
Eject a CD from a Mac without a Mac Keyboard
I was working on a customer's Mac the other day and came across this issue as I was using a PC keyboard and needed to eject an installation CD. There are two ways in which you can do this; Using a PC keyboard you need to hold down F12 as you...
How to show the Library folder on Mac OSX Lion
To temporarily reveal the ~/Library folder you need to do the following; Open Finder and on the menu bar, at the top, select Go to reveal the drop-down menu. Hold down the Option key (marked ALT) and you will see the ~/Library folder appear. You...
Scrolling issues after upgrading to OS X Mavericks
I have come across an issue where I was having scrolling issues after upgrading to OS X Mavericks within Web Browsers and I had to close and re-open the app to get scrolling back but it would only work for some time. The only work around that I can...
Update Windows 8 to Windows 8.1
Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 as a free update for Windows 8 users. It is pretty straightforward to do the update and here is a summary of what you need to do; Press the Windows Key to get the Start screen and then select the Store tile....
Screen rotated by 90 degress in Windows
I came across an issue the other day where a customers screen had been rotated by 90 degrees and they couldn't figure what they did to do this. We found that there are some keyboard combinations that change your screen rotation which they must have...
How to update your iPad or iPhone to iOS7 when it is released
iOS7 is due to be available for download in the UK after 18:00 this evening. There are two ways in which you can easily update your devices; Update Wirelessly Go into Settings>General>Software Update When the update is ready it will give you...
RDC for Mac error – Problems during the License Protocol
I came across an issue where I could no longer remote desktop to a Windows Terminal Server after installing Remote Desktop Licenses on it and I got the above error. It turns out that this is a bug and you need to update to RDC for Mac v 2.1.2...