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  I am having trouble installing the recent July rollup updates KB5004298 and KB5004285. Updates install fine but after reboot it rolls back. I have tried installing each one individually, used sfc/dism, cleaned up C:\Windows\Temp, cleaned and reset windows update, installed manually, installed direct from MS instead of WSUS, etc. CBS.log seems to give some relevant information but I have not been able to figure out where to go next. IF you are facing the same issue with installing updates please find the solution below. the error is caused by the July update. For that create the below 2 folder if they do not exist Basically, make sure these directories exist (even if they are empty) C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash Hope it helps someone.

  Hi Everyone, I am here back with another issue. If anyone is getting error taking backup snapshot of a virtual machine and getting the below error. Vm backup failling with snapshot error (156)An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine. Apr 28, 2021 2:22:55 AM - Critical bpbrm (pid=15849) from client XXXXX: FTL - vSphere_freeze: Snapshot task for virtual machine XXX-YYY (/vmmor/vm-341) failed, 0 retries remaining, error type: 263, error message: An error occurred while saving the snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual machine.. Apr 28, 2021 2:23:08 AM - Critical bpbrm (pid=15849) from client XXXX: FTL - vfm_freeze: method: VMware_v2, type: FIM, function: VMware_v2_freeze Apr 28, 2021 2:23:09 AM - Critical bpbrm (pid=15849) from client XXXXX: FTL -  Apr 28, 2021 2:23:09 AM - Critical bpbrm (pid=15849) from client XXXXXX: FTL - vfm_freeze: method: VMware_v2, type: FIM, function: VMware_v2_freeze Apr 28, 2021 2:23:09 AM - Critical bpbrm (pid=15849

  On a Server 2008 and 2012 and 2016  RDS service that has been deployed and working for some time you begin to receive errors "The remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop License Server available" as shown below: If this is happening after the license grace period AND you already had a setup a license server, please try the below steps:.   1. Login to the server and open Registry by typing regedit.exe in Run or cmd prompt.(please note that this should be opened as Administrator. 2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\RCM\GracePeriod as shown in below window and select the GracePeriod Key. If the ‘GracePeriod’ key exists you will need to delete it.    3. You must take ownership and give admin users full control to be able to delete  GradePeriod  key.   -  Right Click on  GradePeriod  Key to take ownership of. -  On the  Edit menu , click  Permissions . -  Click  Advanced , and then click the  Owner  tab.

  With Windows Activation, the fun never ends! Recently when I was working on a windows 2016 server activation. Instead of activation of windows.  Instead, I got error code  0xc0000022 , and the perfectly valid built-in OEM key would not re-activate the same Windows on the same hardware – no matter what I did. It turns out the culprit was an ‘ access denied ‘ error in the  Software Protection  service… The error  0xc0000022  means that the  Software Protection Service  (SPS) wouldn’t start. If you’re having a similar activation error – especially with resetting an OEM version of Win 2016 on your server – then the first thing to do is verify that the SPS is the culprit. Check the SPS First, click  Start  (the windows logo button on the taskbar). Type:  services Click the  Services  app icon. Next, scroll down and find  Software Protection , and double-click it to view the settings: Make sure that  Startup type  is set to  Automatic (Delayed Start) . Then, click the  Start  button… If yo

 Hello Everyone, If your getting the below error in your event log and want to remove it. The below error is caused because of Floppy Drive. so Disable it with the below settings. Error 12/5/2018 5:15:08 AM VSS 12289 None – Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error  DeviceIoControl(\\?\fdc#generic_floppy_drive#6&2bc13940 &0&0#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} – 0000000000000538,0×00560000,0000000000000000,0,000001F790975F90,4096, 0 ). hr = 0×80070001, Incorrect function. Error 12/5/2018 4:45:50 AM VSS 12289 None – Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error  DeviceIoControl(\\?\fdc#generic_floppy_drive#6&2bc13940 &0&0#{53f5630d-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} – 000000000000055C,0×00560000,0000000000000000,0,0000028292B56260,4096, 0 ). hr = 0×80070001, Incorrect function. Error 12/5/2018 2:30:01 AM VSS 12289 None – Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error  DeviceIoControl(\\?\fdc#generic_floppy_drive#6&2bc13940&0 &0#{53f563

  Sometime you setup windows server 2008 to vmware using LAN or wifi, you chose Bridge mode to share internet connections between host and virtual machine may be cause of issues with internet connection at virtual machine. They can not connect to the internet or appear a message likes " conflict IP address " Enter:  Run > cmd > ipconfig /all You may see the following issues: or: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-24-08-30-57 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8508:6cb9:5112:f8c9 (Preferred) Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.248.201(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.136(Duplicate) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway

Hi All, Today I am going to give you a script . When the folders of SMTP service like pickup, badmail, Drop and queue becomes full or reaches to some number the below script will kill the SMTP process and will again start the process.  and a output log file will be created when the process is killed. Modify the below script as per you environment. @echo off set /a c=1 for /f %%i in ('dir C:\inetpub\mailroot\Pickup  ^| findstr /i /c:"file(s)"') do set count=%%i if %count% gtr 10 (      for /f "tokens=2 delims= " %%P IN ('tasklist /FO Table /M "SMTPSVC*" /NH ') DO (TASKKILL /F /PID %%P)     net start smtpsvc echo %date%      %time%       %count% - Pickup Folder has reached the limit >>"C:\smtp.log"      ) endlocal for /f %%i in ('dir C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Queue ^| findstr /i /c:"file(s)"') do set count=%%i echo count=%count% if %count% gtr 10   (      for /f "tokens=2 delims= "