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10/01/2021

RISC has re-branded to Base2 Solutions

Solutions for all modern technology, Software, Hardware, Networking, supporting residential, business, and corporate clients. From high end servers to tablets, we can get your sorted.

22/02/2020

Windows 7 is dead :(
Upgrade to 10 Today for a little as $50 !
(Port Augusta based business)

Solutions for all modern technology, Software, Hardware, Networking, supporting residential, business, and corporate clients. From high end servers to tablets, we can get your sorted.

14/03/2019

After the temporary outages with gmail servers yesterday I thought I would share this link for anyone that may be interested.
You can check for known issues outages that Google publish here.

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23/11/2018

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Be aware without a care. Bitdefender 2019 – Taking cybersecurity to the highest level.

31/12/2017

Need to re-install your OS but cant find a disk? Before you run out and buy a new version check with your IT professional. There are ways to re-install your OS, if you have a genuine product key. There are also ways to extract your product key from failed computer systems.

04/12/2017

It's that time of year again. Take the time to safe guard those precious memories!

17/08/2017

If you are using a high cost internet connection you may find you would like to restrict your usage to save some money. There are a couple of options in Windows 10 that will help with this.
First you can set your internet connection as metered, which will automatically reduce the data usage. Then in addition to this you can regain control of the Windows updates, and manage this yourself.

Set connection as Metered
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Disable Automatic updates with Group Policy
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Disable Automatic updates with the Registry
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17/08/2017

Example of how to enable a metered connection in Windows 10. This example shows an Ethernet connection but can be applied to other connection types.
Cellular connection types will default to metered.

17/08/2017

Set Via Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
Create a new key under Windows key called WindowsUpdate.
Now under this create another called AU.

Add a new DWORD "AUOptions"

You should now have this
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
with AUOptions Set its value to 2.

The following are valid options
2 – To notify for download and notify for install
3 – To auto download and notify for install
4 – To auto download and schedule the install
5 – To allow local admin to choose setting

17/08/2017

Set with Group Policy
Run gpedit.msc
Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update
Double-click on Configure Automatic Updates
Select Enabled
Select Notify for download and notify for install.
Restart PC