How to Convince The Boss We know, that you know that our software is pretty awesome, but does the holder of the purse strings know that too? So how do you convince and impress your boss? It can be hard persuading the Big Kahuna when it comes to purchases or changes. Luckily we can help […]
I don’t know how things go at your workplace, but sometimes our employees can be a little disorganized and messy. System administrators who are messy? What, never…shocking right? Sometimes it’s nearly impossible to find us at our desks when walking into our offices. We easily blend into the piled high boxes of cables, wires, and […]
LAPS isn’t a horrifying disease, it stands for Local Administrator Password Solution. After a computer is joined to the domain the local administrator account isn’t used often or is disabled and not able to be used at all. This creates a problem, do you keep an admin account with no domain ties enabled or do […]
The PDQ 10 (Pudgy, Donut, and something else clever with a Q) You might be wondering what PDQ 10 is? I’ll say this…we’re not referring to a past version of our software or future software release. Simply put, it is the inability to resist the endless supply of candy bars, soda pop, and other snacks […]
Happy Holidays From All of us at PDQ.com! 2018 was good to us here at PDQ.com. We introduced some awesome new features within our software (specifically the optional Agent within PDQ Inventory), our staff grew in numbers, and we still love what we do and where we work. We wanted to say thank you for […]
Greetings, citizens of the internet! I’m going to share with you how to deploy PDQ to client consoles. It’s pretty straightforward, but there are a few tricks I need to explain first. Also, these packages will probably not be added to the Package Library any time soon. I would love to have them in there, […]
So you wanna know what Windows Store apps are installed to a computer? Microsoft’s new method of software distribution has been a pain point for software inventory, but thankfully we’ve found a method to help gather what apps are installed to a computer and today we’ll talk about how to inventory Windows Store Apps. Inventory […]
So you’ve found yourself in a dilemma, you’ve just made a bunch of new GPO’s (Group Policy Objects) and you’ve got your manager breathing down your neck. You need these changes to apply NOW, not on the Active Directory timeline. Not to fear, PDQ’s got your back in this post we’ll talk about how to […]
Introduction to password hygiene Our ideas and knowledge about secure passwords have evolved over the last five years. In this post, I’ll talk about password hygiene and policies that may help you create stronger passwords and fortify the security in your environment. First, forget everything you’ve been taught about passwords. Second, it’s important to understand […]
