If you haven’t heard, Windows 7 extended support is going end of life January 14th, 2020. What does this mean? It means that Microsoft will no longer provide security patching or operating system updates for Windows 7. Is my computer going to stop working? No, your computer will continue to operate, however as time goes…
I ran into an interesting issue where a Windows 10 VM wouldn’t clone. This was a fresh installation of Windows 10 based from an ISO customized with MSMG, which is by far one of the best methods when removing the junk from Windows 10, especially the unwanted apps. Make sure to document your removals and…
There are many benefits of monitoring. As we develop technology, we develop ways to make sure the technology runs correctly. Imagine if your car didn’t tell you when there’s an issue with your engine or if your tire pressure light didn’t come on when you had a leak? The same can be applied to a…
It seems like every application wants to be on the most recent update or patch or revision. Do I really need another app update? Is it going to slow my system down? Can I say no and if so for how long? Those are typical questions that we hear from clients. The ultimate answer is:…
I ran into an issue where a XenDesktop VDA didn’t appear to be saving changes. This is a huge deal if the machine begins a Windows Update and the update requires a reboot. Yep, you’ve guessed it, it causes a continuous Windows boot loop. That’s another issue in-and-of-itself. Check out that resolution here. In earlier…
I’m guessing you’re in the situation where Windows decided to “Update and Shutdown/Restart”, but when your system comes back up, it continues to update and reboot over, and over, and over, and over. Well, that’s typically caused by a corrupt Windows update or the VM isn’t saving it’s changes. Here’s a way to stop your…
Thank you for patiently waiting while we worked out the kinks with setting up our website just the way we like it. It’s been a great feat, given that we’ve customized a lot of the content and layout. We hope you enjoy the blog post, as we’re trying to at least provide 1 post per week…