Microsoft Lync Install Error  “Prerequisite installation failed: Wmf2008R2”
Nov17

Microsoft Lync Install Error “Prerequisite installation failed: Wmf2008R2”

KB ID 0000513  Problem Seen Installing Lync Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2, during the “Setup or Remove Lync Server Components” phase of the Deployment Wizard. Error: Prerequisite installation failed: Wmf2008R2 Details Type: PreInstallFailed Solution Thankfully this is a know problem and Microsoft has addressed it with KB 2522454 1. Drop to command line and issue the following command: %systemroot%system32dism.exe...

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Error Adding Office KMS Keys “0x80072F8F”
Nov17

Error Adding Office KMS Keys “0x80072F8F”

KB ID 0000584  Problem Seen when adding an Office 2010 KMS key on a Windows 2008 R2 KMS Server. Note: Using the Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License pack as per this article. An error occurred: 0x80072F8F To display the error text run the following: slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072F8F Solution 1. If you do run the command that they have asked you to, all you get is; Code: 0x80072F8F Description: A Security error occurred 2. Not very helpful,...

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KMS Activation –    Error: 0xC004C008
Nov17

KMS Activation – Error: 0xC004C008

KB ID 0000637  Problem KMS had been running fine for months, when we started seeing the following errors. When attempting to activate via slmgr Error: 0xC004C008 The activation server determined that the specified product key could not be used. When attempting to activate via Computer Properties. Code: 0xC004C008 Description: The activation server determined that the specified product key could not be used. Solution You need to make a...

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Internet Explorer  “Only Secure Content is Displayed”
Nov17

Internet Explorer “Only Secure Content is Displayed”

KB ID 0000502  Problem I was trying to do some online VMware training today, and this was really annoying me, every link I clicked up it came. Popup: Only secure content is displayed – What’s the risk? – Show all content Eventually after clicking show all content (A LOT) I could take no more, and had to disable it. Solution Warning: There’s a sound reason for this, over https all traffic is encrypted with...

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Internet Explorer – ‘There is a problem with this website’s security certificate’
Nov17

Internet Explorer – ‘There is a problem with this website’s security certificate’

KB ID 0000994  Problem While browsing to a website with an https:// address you may come across the following error; There is a problem with this website’s security certificate. The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority and/or The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website address. Security certificate problems may indicate an...

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