# Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Fresh install of XP SP2 immediately updated to SP3 (Also, Office 2007 SP1 installed).

After, both Windows Update and Microsoft Update detect updates but fail to install any.  No error codes or entries in the event logs.  No info in WU Update History (nothing ever installed by this method).

Fix is install Windows Update Agent 3.0.

Save this to desktop then run the following from a .cmd file:

net stop wuauserv
"%userprofile%\Desktop\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe" /wuforce
regsvr32 "%windir%\system32\wup2.dll"
net start wuauserv
exit

See

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r20453460-XP-Pro-Updates-Fail-after-Fresh-Install-and-XP-SP3-Loaded

 

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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 19:23:19 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Thursday, 15 May 2008

When completing SBS setup on the final server during a Swing It! migration this error halts setup.

Solutions are: Bypass trust check

  1. Start SBS setup process
  2. Cancel
  3. Locate Sitxxx.tmp temp (%temp%) Directory
  4. Open Setup.sdb in text editor
  5. Comment out the trust check line
  6. Save and continue the setup process from the Sitxxx.tmp directory

Or change GUID on the replica DCs

  1. Regedit - HKLM - Security - Permissions - Add Administrators - Full Control
  2. Cmd - cd c:\windows\program files
  3. nltest/domain_trusts/all_trusts/v
  4. Record domain GUID string
  5. Regedit - HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\PolDnDmG - change GUID to earlier recorded value - restart
  6. Undo permission changes

See KB909639 and article at smallbizserver.net


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Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:59:13 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Thursday, 08 May 2008

"Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your computer account was not found."

Together with Event IDs 3210 and 40960

Prevent by:

HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetLogon\Parameters "DisablePasswordChange"=dword:00000001

See KBs 475468 and 888794

Or, Group/Local Policy

Local Computer Policy | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Settings | Local Policies | Security Options

- Domain Member: Disable machine account password changes (DisablePasswordChange)
- Domain Member: Maximum machine account password age (MaximumPasswordAge)
- Domain Controller: Refuse machine account password changes (RefusePasswordChange)

See: http://www.petri.co.il/forums/archive/index.php/t-10129.html

and: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/9f921edc-87f5-460e-89ee-9ca56ec1d0961033.mspx?mfr=true

and: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/3558c421-ba3d-4b8f-a107-b9058cc0f2861033.mspx?mfr=true

 

 

Thursday, 08 May 2008 21:38:43 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Friday, 02 May 2008

After Swing It! migration if required use: legacydn /forcewrite

 

Friday, 02 May 2008 00:37:28 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback
# Thursday, 01 May 2008

SFC terminates at 39% with the above error.

%windir%\logs\CBS.log shows that a folder is not found:

2008-05-01 11:30:23, Error CSI 0000009b (F) STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND #1442392# from Windows::Rtl::SystemImplementation::DirectFileSystemProvider::SysCreateFile(flags = (AllowSharingViolation), handle = {provider=NULL, handle=0}, da = (STANDARD_RIGHTS_READ|FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES), oa = @0x6be774->OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES {s:24; rd:NULL; on:[120]"\??\C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-i..l-keyboard-0000420_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_e499ad916795d771"; a:(OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE)}, iosb = @0x6be794, as = (null), fa = 0, sa = (FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE|FILE_SHARE_DELETE), cd = FILE_OPEN, co = 0x00004000, eab = NULL, eal = 0, disp = Invalid)

The folder \WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-i..l-keyboard ...etc is obviously corrupted (as it is now a 0kb file).

Used WinImage to extract this file from a Vista Business RTM vhd.  Comparing file size details of other folders and files suggested that this version would work.

To delete corrupt file/folder and replace with good version:

  • Take ownership of corrupt folder/file and WinSxS folder (ie parent) only
  • Give Full Control permissions to corrupt file and delete
  • Copy replacement file
  • Remove permissions from replaced folder and file(s)
  • Give NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller ownership of replaced folder/children and parent directory

Running SFC now completes, albeit with a further uncorrectable error:

... Hashes for file member \SystemRoot\WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-mulanttsvoiceenudsk_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_0d44c2d7a6e22754\M1033DSK.CSD do not match actual file [l:24{12}]"M1033DSK.CSD"

Which is corrected, as above.  Now SFC dectects and repairs a hash mismatch.  A further run completes with no errors.

 

 

Thursday, 01 May 2008 14:07:04 (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  |  Trackback