SmoothWall – Allowing Windows Updates and Windows Activation
KB ID 0000441 Problem I’ve had fun this week installing a new virtual environment for a client with a SmoothWall firewall. It took a call to SmoothWall support for me to get Windows updates to work, then after activating a few 2008 R2 servers via phone, I was motivated to get online activation running as well. Windows Activation Error – (We are being blocked by the SmoothWall Proxy). A problem occurred when Windows tried...
Windows XP – Sysprep (for imaging)
KB ID 0000599 Problem A client who we recently did a WDS (Windows 7) install for, needed to image a couple of Windows XP machines, (They had some software that either would not run, or was not supported on Windows 7). They asked me for some documentation on how to do this, it’s been such a long time since I imaged any XP machine, so I took the opportunity to document it properly. Solution Before you begin, be aware you need to...
What is the Microsoft Desktop Player?
KB ID 0000219 Problem The Microsoft Desktop Player is a new tool for IT professionals, (Note: You need Silverlight installed for it to run.) I’ts designed to put IT Pros/Developers in touch with technical content. If you wish you can install and run it as a Stand alone Desktop application First impressions are good, my only gripe is,the settings you can only enter US Zip codes (So we in the UK will have to wait for the post...
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Windows Update Error [Error number: 0xC80003FE]
KB ID 0000220 Problem Windows update produces this error. Solution 1. Click Start > Run > cmd {enter} 2. Issue the following commands, net stop wuauserv {enter} cd %windir%softwaredistributiondatastore {enter} del datastore.edb {enter} net start wuauserv {enter} Note: If is complains it cannot find datastore.edb, then at that point reboot. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links...
Windows Update Error Codes
KB ID 0000246 Problem Windows Updates fail and present you with a failiure code. Solution 8007042b ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED The process terminated unexpectedly. 80072733 DLOAD_FAILURE A non-blocking socket operation could not be completed immediately. 8007001e AN ERROR OCCURED CALLING DLLREGISTER SERVER NULL 80070001 An error occurred during transmission: A network connection with the remote server could not be established. NULL...