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Failed Server Upgrade (WS2016 to WS2019)

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Hi,

When attempting to upgrade Windows Server 2016 Std to Windows Server 2019 Std, I receive the below error message:

"Windows could not configure one or more system components. To install Windows, restart the computer and then restart the installation."

This always occurs at "Working on updates 52%. Don't turn off your PC. This will take a while."

When the server rolls back, it shows the following error:

"0xC1900101 - 0x30018: The installation failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during SYSPREP operation"

I've seen references to running "rundll32.exe pnpclean.dll,RunDLL_PnpClean /DRIVERS /MAXCLEAN", but I've seen the same error on two servers, both VMs (one on VMware the other on Hyper-V), so don't believe it to be driver related.

Windows Defender has been disabled and the Windows Firewall is off for all profiles.

Any suggestions as to what may be causing this?


Windows Update patch issue with Windows Server 2008 SP2

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I would like to raise an issue regarding Windows Update patch with Windows Server 2008 SP2.

Background:

This server has not being patched since 2012 that leaves a big gap and due to constraint to access internet for Microsoft Internet Update, patches are made available from an offline WSUS (import server).

The imported metadata and the copied WSUS Content from Exported consist of

  • classification such as Critical, Definition and Security Updates.
  • Production Windows Server 2008

To fix the issue mentioned, I have tried out to install the security updates that are before 2019 first and gradually patch it till 2020.

Most of the patches were successfully installed until it failed for :

  • KB4474419(2019-06)
  • KB4474419(2019-09)
  • KB4524135(Cumulative Update for IE9)
  • KB4520002(2019-10 Monthly Rollup)

When it failed, several restarted occur to fall back.

  

Info for the Current Server:

OS Name : Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard

OS Version : 6.0.6003 Service Pack 2 Build 6003

Any workaround or quickfix will be appreciated.

Thanks.

DNS vulnerability July 2020 - cannot install workable patch on Server 2008 R2

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A problem....

The patches supplied for download with respect to urgent DNS vulnerability, on Windows Server 2008 R2

KB4565524
KB2565539
cannot be installed as they stand on that platform.


They require that the Windows Module Installer must be updated:
"The Windows Modules Installer must be updated before you can install this package"


The error message references this page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/925316/error-message-when-you-install-a-msu-update-package-on-a-computer-that


Which points to KB955430 for Server 2008 - which unsurprisingly is ’not applicable’  to the platform, 
and points to KB2533552 for Server 2008 R2 - which seems to be a completely unrelated patch, which is ’already installed’

Therefore, how do I install this essential patch on our remaining instance of Windows Server 2008 R2?

Updates failing on 2008 R2 server

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Hello

I am trying to do updates on a couple of 2008 R2 servers. I have tried to install the following updates: 4537829, 4537813 and 4537767, but I am not able to because I either get a message saying Microsoft Module Installer needs updating or the update fails to load. I have tried to research this and can find no way to update the Module Installer. The Stack update, 4537829, fails each time I try to load it. Is there a work around for this? Update 4538483 does load.


Stephen Keating

Application Pool Start/Stop

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Hello,

Which log should I check for the Application Pools Start and Stop events.

I have several Application pools which are stopping randomly creating some issues...

Thanks,
Dom


Security / System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch / SQL

Download Windows Server Essentials to USB

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I just bought a new pc that has windows 10 home on it. I have my product key for windows server essentials. How do I install the OS windows server essentials on this pc? Can I create installation media from the microsoft website? Where is the ISO located? Is there a link online that I can go to to download the software to a usb?

Meet error "Windows update could not be installed because of error 2149842967" when installing hotfix KB2553549

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Hello Sir,

I want to install hotfix KB2553549 on my server (Platform:Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard).
When installing fix, it pops out a window shows the update is not applicable to my computer.
And I check event viewer, the error message is ""Windows update could not be installed because of error 2149842967".

I've checked there is no installed updates on my server. May I inquire is there any other issues may cause this problem? 

Thanks a lot for your help~

Server 2003 R2 red arrow on DCOM

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Hi,

I have red arrow on My Computer in Component Services. When I right click on My computer, properties only one tab is available, COM Security. I tried adjusting permission according to the settings on good server 2003 machine, and that brought back 4 tabs back except MSDTC. However after reboot it went back to original state. If I try to connect to dcom from different machine it throws access denied error. When I right click on My Computer and Refresh all components I get "Error code 8004E00F - COM+ was unable to talk to the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator."

Thank You!


how to delete log file caused by OPC UA discovery server after stopped it

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hi all,

I have a virtual machine of windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise ,installed on it OPC UA discovery server service ,this service caused c drive to reach full disk size a lot of times ,I stopped it ,but I want to delete log file caused from log process of this service without affecting other services on this virtual machine.

note : tried to delete (opcualds.log) file caused archiving process on the server to stopped.

configuration file content (ualds.ini),log section:

[Log]
# Log System: syslog (system log), file (custom log file)
LogSystem = file
# LogFile: path to logfile. This is only required for LogSystem=file.
LogFile = C:\ProgramData\OPC Foundation\UA\Discovery\opcualds.log
# Log Level: error, warn, info, debug
LogLevel = debug

                                            thanks 



Windows Event Collector

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Hello, everyone!

I have an issue about HeartbeatInterval (time:ms) in the WEC. 

This is my configuration file:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subscription Id: customtest1
SubscriptionType: SourceInitiated
Description: Source Initiated Subscription Sample
Enabled: true
Uri: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/windows/EventLog
ConfigurationMode: Custom
DeliveryMode: Push
DeliveryMaxItems: 1
DeliveryMaxLatencyTime: 30000
HeartbeatInterval: 15000
Query:
            <QueryList>
                <Query Id="0" Path="Application">
                <Select Path="Application">*[System[(Level=1  or Level=2 or Leve
l=3 or Level=4 or Level=0 or Level=5)]]</Select>
                <Select Path="Security">*[System[(Level=1  or Level=2 or Level=3
 or Level=4 or Level=0 or Level=5)]]</Select>
                <Select Path="Setup">*[System[(Level=1  or Level=2 or Level=3 or
 Level=4 or Level=0 or Level=5)]]</Select>
                <Select Path="System">*[System[(Level=1  or Level=2 or Level=3 o
r Level=4 or Level=0 or Level=5)]]</Select>
                <Select Path="ForwardedEvents">*[System[(Level=1  or Level=2 or
Level=3 or Level=4 or Level=0 or Level=5)]]</Select>
                </Query>
            </QueryList>

ReadExistingEvents: true
TransportName: http
ContentFormat: RenderedText
Locale: en-US
LogFile: ForwardedEvents
AllowedIssuerCAList:
AllowedSubjectList:
DeniedSubjectList:
AllowedSourceDomainComputers: O:NSG:NSD:(A;;GA;;;DC)(A;;GA;;;NS)

EventSource[0]:
        Address: WIN10.test.test
        Enabled: true
EventSource[1]:
        Address: WIN7.test.test
        Enabled: true
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As you can see HeartbeatInterval is 15000ms (that is 15 sec). 

But when I check the status every 1 sec (wecutil gr customtest1), I see how the status is changed every 5 sec. 

So It should be (that is when we set HeartbeatInternal is 15s, at this time It will check 3 times every 5 sec)?

Or something is wrong in the configurations?

Custom ISOs with integrated updates

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Hi folks!

I managed to add the June Cumulative (Rollup) update to a Windows Server 2012R2 ISO with

dism /Add-Package

This apparently worked since, in an installed System,

dism /Get-Packages

lists that update. However, when I run Windows Update now, still over 1G of updates are fetched and installed, and the one already integrated is listed as "superseded". How can I make the integrated update be *really* installed?

Support request doesnt work on Microsoft support site

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why do i get this error every time i submit a support request?

An error occurred while creating the support request.

cv:c6zGHo08Mkagdcnr.112

Active Directory Activation Object is not usable | Event ID: 8214

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Hi,

Ive been getting this particular error on some W10 Pro (1909) PCs, when I try to activate via ADBA (Active Directory Activation Object is not usable. Event ID: 8214)

All the PCs  are joined in Domain (including the machines on which this error occurs).

DC - W2012R2

KMS Host Key - W10

What Happens After Activation Window Expires?

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Hello,

I can't find any confirmed nor official document about what happens when the grace period for activation of Windows Server (2016, 2019) has expired? What are the limitations (besides nagging messages here and there)? I'm asking purely technically - I'm aware of licensing limitations and so on. Does anybody knows or can point me an official documentation?

Cheers,

Marcin Winiarczyk

Active Directory Activation Object is not usable | Event ID: 8214 | ADBA

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Hi,

Ive been getting this particular error on some W10 Pro (1909) PCs, when I try to activate via ADBA (Active Directory Activation Object is not usable. Event ID: 8214)

All the PCs  are joined in Domain (including the machines on which this error occurs).

DC - W2012R2

KMS Host Key - W10



User profile is getting corrupted after installing the windows server 2016 OS

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Hi All,

I was using ISO file to install windows server 2016 OS post that one corrupted user is getting created. 

I have verified below registry path for user profiles, did not find any .bak extension SID.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Profile List

Faced the similar issue long back while joining to the domain at that time we have renamed the .bak extension and it worked.

PS C:\Users\Administrator> cd ..
PS C:\Users> ls
    Directory: C:\Users
Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
d-----        7/22/2020   9:10 AM                Administrator
d-----        7/22/2020   9:14 AM                Administrator.WIN-2JGGGE4HCTI
d-r---       11/20/2016   5:24 PM                Public

Courrupted User: Administrator.WIN-2JGGGE4HCTI

Please suggest some fixes for this.


event 3104 on terminal server

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I have a terminal server (Windows server 2016 )  which generate event 3104 I found some solution for it in bellow link and apply them but still problem not solved yet , is there any other solution to get ride of this error ?

https://appuals.com/fix-enumerating-user-sessions-to-generate-filter-pools-failed/

I receive this error every day.

 

IE11 on server 2012 always wants to download XML, we need to show XML in IE

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I have RDP users that need to view XML with XSLT defined in Internet Explorer 11. The XML file and XSLT file are on the local file system, and in IE 11, it always want to download the XML file and not show the XML transformed on the screen.  How can I get IE 11 show the XML transformed by the defined XSLT file from the local file system?

This is what the top of the XML looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="C:\Program Files (x86)\Intuit\QuickBooks 2020\components\payroll\ROE.xsl"?>

<ROEHEADERFileVersion="W-2.0"SoftwareVendor="Intuit Inc."ProductName="QuickBooks Payroll"ProductVersion="30">

Windows Server OS (2008, 2012, 2016) continues to use the old DNS addresses

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I'm working on a project to move our servers from the current Microsoft DNS over a third-party product. Before decommissioning the DNS role from our servers, we want to make sure all devices have stopped using Microsoft DNS so I've been capturing debug traffic from the DNS servers in order to validate this expectation. Imagine my surprise when I find that all my Windows servers - servers that have been reconfigured to use the new DNS servers - are still querying the Microsoft DNS servers.  This is true for 2008, 2012, and 2016 servers.

What I've tried:
1) Using a PowerShell script to remotely update the DNS settings on the servers.  This worked as expected - I can manually and programmatically validate this - but it didn't actually change the nameservers that were being queried.

2) Perform a change-no-change setting update.  Meaning, if the address configured on the server is 10.10.10.10, I simply manually re-type 10.10.10.10 and accept this "change".

3) Manually type in the old DNS server addresses, accept the changes, close the networking dialog, and then manually repeat the process with the new DNS server addresses.

Of course, a restart of the server does resolve the problem, but I'm a little surprised that this is even necessary and would really prefer to make these changes without having to reboot.  Admittedly, this is the first time I've had a project like this, so I don't know if this is actually expected behavior.  I'm pretty sure I'm not fighting a GPO or something behind the scenes because in all cases where I've set the DNS settings, they're not getting overwritten (I've even confirmed this via the registry).

I'd very much like to hear any thoughts regarding this and how I might get around the need for a restart.

Thank you in advance for your time!
-Todd

Time Sync with PDC- Manual works DOMHIER does not

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I set one of my Domain Controllers to sync time from the PDC using the DOMHIER flag and it fails to sync.

w32tm /config /update /syncfromflags:DOMHIER /reliable:yes
net stop w32time
net start w32time

w32tm /resync /rediscover
The computer did not resync because no time data was available. 

w32tm /query /source
Local CMOS Clock

However if I set that PDC as a manual sync it works

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:"PDC.contoso.com" /reliable:yes
net stop w32time
net start w32time

w32tm /resync /rediscover
The command completed successfully 

w32tm /query /source
PDC.contoso.com

I've tried unregistering and re-registering the w32tm service. It did not make a difference.

net stop w32time
W32tm /unregister
W32tm /register
net start w32time

Why would syncing manually to the PDC work but not DOMHIER? I have no other Domain Controllers having this issue.


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