Innovation in Technology With Sure Shot Solutions

As we know innovation is every where in every single mind all around the world, so its always better to collaborate, communicate and brainstorm with the ever growing crowd of people across the globe. This will help to ideate & enhance the innovation process for any individual. For this to achieve, one should be familiar with the social networking websites specially to the niche sites designed for specific users. One such example of a niche social network in the field of information technology is findnerd.com which provide an innovative & creative platform for the technology people to enhance and sharpen their tech skills. The specialty of this platform is its community forum that allows users to collaborate with each other to explore & ideate on various technology queries along with genuine solutions, as tech experts can post & view php, C, android, java questions and answers, etc. and can get the highly relevant solutions within shortest possible time-frame. We also know that in web technology environment PHP technology is highly popular among tech nerds so these technocrats look for such tech forum sites where they can search for php questions and answers & innovate themselves.

Edited by Ranjeet.K Thursday, July 16, 2015 6:02 AM

Forum Moderator

How does one go about contacting the forum moderator(s)?

Thank you

A. M. Robinson

Reply:

You can try sending email to MSDN_SQL_Forums@yahoogroups.com - this is a group of all SQL Server moderators / answerers.

It has not been active lately.

Alternative way is to contact any of this forum moderators - it should not be hard to figure out emails of some of them.

Also, depending on the nature of the request, you can post into Forum's feedback forum here.

For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law

My blog

My TechNet articles

Edited by Naomi N Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:10 PM

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Depending on your question you can post it in the appropriate forum:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=usingforums

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MSDN_SQL_Forums@yahoogroups.com

Yahoo groups? I didn't see that coming...

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Reply:

I think it has been more than 2 years I got emails from that group, but it may still be operational.

For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert. - Becker's Law

My blog

My TechNet articles

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Reply:

How does one go about contacting the forum moderator(s)?

Thank you

A. M. Robinson

Mostly Mods have there Email ID in the blogs they write and the link to this is present in there blogs so you can PM them .

Please mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it

My Technet Wiki Article
MVP

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Cannot get new created mailbox by “Get-MailboxStatistics”

[Symptom]
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When Exchange administrator create a new mailbox, they would like to check if new mailbox was created successfully by "Get-MailboxStatistics".

For example, we create two mailboxes, which are named Login@co.com and NoLogin@co.com, and are located at the Database "DB13". Then running "Get-MailboxStatistics –Database DB13" to check if the they are created successfully. However, the return information does not contain the two mailboxes we just created.

[Analysis]
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From Office articles, here is the explanation for the Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet:

Get-MailboxStatistics: Use the Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet to obtain information about a mailbox, such as the size of the mailbox, the number of messages it contains, and the last time it was accessed. In addition, you can get the move history or a move report of a completed move request

Get-Mailbox: Use the Get-Mailbox cmdlet to view mailbox objects and attributes, populate property pages, or supply mailbox information to other tasks

That is to say Iif the mailbox never logon on, we could not view the details of mailbox using "Get-MailboxStatistics". At this moment, we can only use Get-Mailbox to verify whether the mailbox has been created without issues.

The different is shown as the following snapshot:

Now, we logon mailbox which is Login@co.com, the user who is Login has logged, it will have some records in user mailbox, for example lasted logon time. But we could not view the user who is "NoLogin", because he or she never logon mailbox. As the following snapshot:

From this snapshot, we could find the "Last Login Time" of Login account.

Finally, we will view two mailboxes information after we logon the user account which is NoLogin@co.com. As the following snapshot:

[Conclusion]
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It's by design. When you want to check if the mailbox has been created successfully, please do not use the command "Get-MailboxStatistics". Use "Get-mailbox" instead.

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Changed type ForumFAQ Thursday, July 16, 2015 2:43 AM

2012 R2 RDS - RemoteApp via RDS Gateway Name Mismatch Warning

Hi All,

My RDS deployment is as follows...

3 x Session Host servers
1 x Connection Broker
1 x RDS Gateway / Web Access Server (both roles installed on the same server)

All servers are 2012 R2 Standard.

Internal domain is .local and the external domain is .com.au, split DNS is set up in the environment and all relevant A records have been configured internally and externally.

I have a wildcard public cert that I've deployed throughout the RDS deployment (Web Access, Gateway, SSO, Publishing) and have used the wmic utility to install it on the RDP listener on the session host servers.

I've used the Set-RDPublishName.ps1 script to change the name to the publically addressable name.

My problem is that when i launch a RemoteApp connecting through the Gateway, i receive a name mismatch error as it looks to be trying to connect to the internal name of the session host server (.local) which does not match the name on the certificate.

After launching the RemoteApp a popup window appears with the following informaiton:
Remote Computer: blah.domain.com.au
Gateway Server: rdsgw.domain.com.au

The above details are correct (fictitious names obviously), but it seems the "remote computer" name is ignored, and instead it tries to connect to the internal name of the session host server, hence the warning.

Does anybody have any advice beyond what i have configured above? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Simon

Update doesn´t work

Good morning,

I have stucked on a build 10049 and I can´t update to the next build. I´ve tried it throw the windows update but some error are still coming out. I´ve tried it throw the ISO file, as well but there came out this message "Installation couldn´t start up, please restart PC and try it again" (if I restart PC and try it againg same massage come out again)

Also my notification centre doesn´t work. For exam. every day I have a notice about restarting at 22:00 due to update and if I want to change it, I should click on it. But no update was maken and if I click on it nothing happens.

Have a nice day,

David

Edited by Deivoos Tuesday, July 14, 2015 7:56 AM

Reply:

Make sure you have chosen Fast option to get insider builds under Advanced options under Windows Update settings.

Open an administrative Command Prompt window.
Run the following commands, and press Enter after each command:
- Net stop wuauserv
- cd %systemroot%
- Ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
- Net start wuauserv
Try to install updates again. If the issue is resolved and you are able to download and install updates, you can safely delete the SoftwareDistribution.old folder

I shall also suggest you to kindly go through the following:

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/09/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-10166/

Specifically, this means that in the next 24hrs:

Builds 10162 and 10166 will no longer be offered over Windows Update, and whatever build you're on will show as "up to date" if you check for new builds.
ISOs for build 10162 will be taken down from the http://insider.windows.com site and prerelease keys will no longer activate builds.

Once we have a new build available we'll let you know through here with a blog post, Insider Hub, and on Twitter.

S.Sengupta, Windows Experience MVP

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It doesn´t help errors are still coming out. Here is picture for imagine: http://tinypic.com/r/2vb0vw2/8

http://tinypic.com/r/2d7zc50/8

Edited by Deivoos Thursday, July 16, 2015 1:28 AM

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The Last Beta 10 Is Here!

Build 10240 Released 15/7/15 to Fast Track.

Possibly last beta Build before the GA 29/7

Actually, it is... indeed it is the RTM.

Cheers,
Drew

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

Edited by Drew1903 Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:16 PM

Reply:

Here is an interesting tidbit... Last summer, before 10 was announced in September, there were suggestions that it would use its internal code name. There were even screen shots of how its title screen would appear. The name was (is) Threshold and the screen had a big TH or TH1 on it And, now, we have beta Builds with the Branchname TH1

Now, this Build is immediately a noticeable leap towards the 29th! Doesn't even have a watermark! Whole different, more, actual, OS-type presentation @ the very onset; you'll see...

Cheers,
Drew

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

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Reply:

I updated from build 10160 without incident.

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Very cool, Bill, right on.

Cheers,
Drew

Drew MS Partner / MS Beta Tester / Pres. Computer Issues Pres. Computer Issues www.drewsci.com

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Month Name

Greetings!

After a search for a reasonable alternative to DATEPART(MONTH,<<date>>) yeilded nothing I wanted to use, I decided to come up with my own solution. Since I found nothing like it, I figured I would post it here in the hope someone else might find it useful:

RTRIM(SUBSTRING("January Febuary	 March April May June July August September October November December ",((DATEPART("MONTH",DATEADD("MONTH",-1,GETDATE()))-1)*10)+1,10))

It's currently configured to give last months month name. Adjusting the -1 in the nested date add will change this.

Cheers.

Don't forget to mark helpful posts, and answers. It helps others to find relevant posts to the same question.

Reply:

So DATENAME is not available in SSIS? What year is it again?

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Yeah.. all the things it CAN do.. some of the short comings are very much oversights.

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How to delete the Configuration Manager Client Cache of Machines from SCCM Console

Hi,

Is any way to delete the Configuration Manager Client Cache (where the Application download that deployed through SCCM) through SCCM Console with Scheduled time??

Shailendra Dev

Reply:

Nothing built in, cache space is freed up to make room for new deployments automatically, but only after 24 hours.

Edited by Richard.Knight Wednesday, July 15, 2015 7:10 PM

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is that scheduled configurable and changeable ?

Shailendra Dev

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It can't be done out of the box but there's a couple of third party extension that will integrate to your console and let you clear the SCCM cache.

https://psrightclicktools.codeplex.com/

Benoit Lecours | Blog: System Center Dudes

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Local application does not communicates with AppV 5.0 SP2 HF4/5 or SP3 package on Windows 7

Hi,

I'm packaging the application ScanEZ that is meant to be used as an IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 database.

This application is a single .NSF file which will install an application DB and menu bar once you have launched LotusNotes and after 2ble click on the application icon for the 1st time it will show a small menu and will show you a button to let you install it and also to enter your License.

The instructions to install this application are pretty straight forward as if I do it manually I got the installation done using the following commands:

mkdir "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ScanEZ"
copy /y "%~dp0scanEZ.nsf" "C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Lotus\Notes\scanEZ.nsf"
copy /y "%~dp0scanEZ.lnk" "%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ScanEZ\scanEZ.lnk"

If I create the same application doing the same procedure using AppV 5.0 SP2 HF4/5 or SP3 Sequencer it just does not communicates with Lotus Notes correctly as it sends a message that the DB needs to be replicated. But the application that is packaged using AppV 4.6 SP2 it works fine as if the installation was done manually.

So what could I be missing in order to fill the gap for the sequencing using {AppV 4.6} and {5.0 SP2 HF4/5 or SP3} ???

I tried to sequence this application using the sequencer options {Standard Application, Plug-In and Middleware application}.

Unfortunatly it seems that I can't attach any images, maybe the site has some issues otherwise I could show the sequenced application and the result after publishing.

I really appreciate if you have any idea about this problem I'm experiencing.

Thanks in advance.

Joel E.G

Edited by Joel E.G Wednesday, July 15, 2015 5:47 PM

How to enable WMI Recording manually

Hi,
I am working on Enterprise site Discovery, whatever MS mentioned about GPO settings are not available, however, I just want to test the Enterprise site discovery manually first by enabling WMI recording manually, how can I edit WMI settings to enable IETelemetry

please let me know IETelemetry path in WMI to configure.

Reply:

how to configure thumb photo in windows server 2003 + Active Directory 2003 and Exchange 2003

Gurmeet Singh

Reply:

??????????????????????????????????

Gurmeet Singh

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Reply:

If I understand your query correctly, You can have a look on our free Lepide Active Directory bulk image editor tool that provides a very comprehensive way to upload and manage images in Active Directory's thumbnailPhoto and jpegPhoto attributes in bulk. With the help of this free tool,you can upload, remove, change and export images in bulk.

Lepide - Simplifying IT Management

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how to configure thumb photo in windows server 2003 + Active Directory 2003 and Exchange 2003????????

Gurmeet Singh

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Reply:

??????????????

Gurmeet Singh

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Reply:

I suggest you try your posting here.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=exchangeserverlegacy

you can also try this link:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=exchange+2003+user+photo

bunch of hits there.

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Please update

Gurmeet Singh

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Reply:

I suggest you try your posting here.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=exchangeserverlegacy

you can also try this link:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=exchange+2003+user+photo

bunch of hits there.

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How to allow OWA to be accessible from internet with the same public IP for edge 2013 exchange

Hello,

I have a CAS, MBX and Edge all separate in exchange 2013. I have one public IP NATed to internal Edge server private IP. I have issued certificates for OWA, active sync and would like to access mails from internet. I need to know how to finalise the setup so that it uses the same published IP used for Edge server.

If I ask my service provider to redirect my OWA URL to the same Edge server public IP, what is most likely going to happen?

Thanks,

Joel chanda

Reply:

Hello

tip: in firewall set forward tcp 25 to Edge and 443 to CAS
and set external urls and test connect with: https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/

sorry my english

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Reply:

Hello Sneff,

Are you implying that I need to have two IP public addresses for that? Currently I only have one. Please note that CAS is not in the DMZ, its in the private network.

Regards,

Joe

Edited by Jo Chanda Wednesday, July 15, 2015 12:56 PM

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Hello

not need two ip

only in firewall create two port forward.

sorry my english

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Hello,

Not so clear.

EXample of a scenario happening,

Currently our support ISP is redirecting our servername to public IP w.x.y.z, and our firewall is receiving port 25 smtp to allow to EDGE server. The edge public IP is NATed to Edge server private IP.

The OWA URL is in CAS server and is having private ip in the private network, not in DMZ and not NATed.

kindly advise me again.

Thanks

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Hello

you need talk with firewall support. need only 443 tcp port to point the cas server and 25 to edge.

sorry my english

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Sync Outlook Contacts to Samsung Galaxy S5 Smartphone

To All,

I have acquired a new Samsung Galaxy S5 Smartphone (Android) and I have installed SideSync 3.0 onto my PC (Windows 7 64x).

I an using Outlook 2007 for my emails and I want to sync my contacts with my phone.

I would be very greatful for any further assistance.

Regards,

Bob.

Robert Brindle. MCSE, MCSA & MCP/Cisco CCNP & CCNA.

Changed type TakeIX Sunday, July 12, 2015 8:49 AM wrong thread

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To All,

This issue is now solved.

I have downloaded Kies 3 and synced my outlook contacts, etc and now up and running.

Bob.

Robert Brindle. MCSE, MCSA & MCP/Cisco CCNP & CCNA.

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SSRS Parameter Reset Issue

Need help to one defect on SSRS report for refresh parameters. Below are some steps I performed.

1. Select report

2. Select range of dates

3. Enter Guest Last Name "Cooper"

4. Use PDF Export command button

5. Pdf is generate properly.

6. Press Clear Command button, it's Clear all the text box and reset the drop down and date picker control.

8. Select range of dates.

9. Select "View in browser"

Here is the problem the last name parameter keep the value from earlier selection and "Cooper" will shown when we view the report.

Because of above issue my report is not working properly.. I have check the parameter with "Automatic Refresh" & "Always Refresh" Option but not succeed. I have checked with IE as well as Chrome.

Is there any kind of setting required on parameter or server side?

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Anand

Changed type Anand Telgote Tuesday, July 28, 2015 6:47 AM Not getting answer yet

Reply:

Hi Anand,

Are this parameters all dependent on each other ?? if yes then that might be the issue getting the default selection.

This is because When you change the value of the upstream parameter, SSRS will rerun the query for downstream datasets. The downstream dataset (for parameterGuestName) will return Cooper and Cooper as values. Since parameterGuestName is already set to Cooper , the parameter will remain as it was. If you click the parameter dropdown you should see that other guestnames can be selected.

If you want it to reset parameterGuestName everytime parameterDateRange is changed then you will have to make the parameterGuestName values unique for each parameterDateRange value. You could do this by prepending the parameterDateRange value to the parameterDateRange value in your dataset. So, instead of:

eg:

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DateRange|| GuestName

14/07/2008 Cooper

This should be

DateRange|| GuestName

14/07/2008 Cooper14/07/2008

This will solve your issue for sure :)

Don't forget to mark helpful posts, and answers. It helps others to find relevant posts to the same question.

Milan Das

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Hi Anand,

According to your description, the parameter @GuestLastName keeps the value from the earlier selection to filter the report, right?

In your scenario, please check if you have specified any default values for the parameter @GuestLastName. Also please check if you have useed a cache refresh option to create schedules for preloading the cache with temporary copies of data for a report. If that is a case, please disable or delete the cache refresh plan. For more information, please refer to this article: Cache Refresh Options (Report Manager).

If you have any question, please feel free to ask.

Best regards,
Qiuyun Yu

If you have any feedback on our support, please click here.

Qiuyun Yu
TechNet Community Support

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Reply:

Thanks for your reply Qiuyun

Yes you right @GuestLastName keeps the value from the earlier selection to filter of the report.

As you mentioned, I have verified the Cache Refresh Option from Report Plan... It is a blank no schedules for preloading option there.

Thanks,

Anand

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Thanks for your reply Milan...

No there is no dependent parameter selection. The problem is the parameter @GuestLastName keeps the value from the earlier selection to filter the report even after click on clear all option on UI.

Thanks,

Anand

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10162 and 10166 "Suspended" and 10162 ISOs Removed

FYI:

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/09/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-10166/

Paul Adare - FIM CM MVP

Changed type Roger LuModerator Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:17 AM

Reply:

Hi, Paul,

Thanks for your efforts sincerely!

Best Regards.

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Service Manager Console installs, but does not open.

I am running the 64 bit version of SCSM 2012, and am allowing clients to connect via the console from their workstations.

The Console installs correctly on some PCs. I get an Install MOF Bid 1608 error on one clients workstation. On the other it opens, but no window opens and the task manager does not show SCSM console as running.

Could there be a service, or something I am missing? Both of these workstations are not updating properly, could that maybe be the issue? Is it possible my installation is corrupt?

Regards

winston741@

Edited by Winston741 Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:32 AM Spelll Checking

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Facing same issue. can anyone help on the above error ?

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there is no service installed on the client side. only on the management server and the data warehouse management server. as for your workstation console, check you meet the minimum system requirements for client install. check this blog . it also has some material on deploying clients via sccm if your envir has that. if not, then just pay attention to the software requirements.

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Dear Mirzarashid,

When you try to open the SCSM Console, is there any error shown in the Operations Manager Event Logs of the Applications and Services Logs Folder of the Event Viewer, or the Application Event Logs of the Windows Logs Folder?

if yes please share it with us.

Best Regards,

Jreij12

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My computer is failing to switch to another user.

Since the last time I was able to switch to another user, in my 1st computer, only Windows Defender Definitions were installed.

Currently, I'm not able to switch to another user: the computer slows down so much that 10 minutes are not enough to complete the operation. The disk activity LED, which is normally on in these operations, is off most of the time.

Nevertheless, I'm able to log off current user, and then, log on another user.

ADDED: I ran sfc.exe /scannow, but it only found 2 corrupted files, which are remanent from last failed KB3022345 installation: "utc.app.json" and "telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json" (from CBS.log).

Edited by __arpoador Wednesday, June 10, 2015 4:43 AM included sfc /scannow result

Reply:

Have you run DISM? Instructions for that can be found on this wiki.

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How To Enable/Disable Fast User Switching In Windows 8

S.Sengupta, Windows Experience MVP

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Reply:

Have you run DISM? Instructions for that can be found on this wiki.

SFC.exe and DISM.exe outputs, are the same for when I ran them to try to fix KB failed installation.

I ran SFC.exe, and the result is as mentioned above.

As far as I kow, DISM.exe has to do with Windows Update only, anyway, I ran DISM.exe /checkhealth, which told me the erros are fixable.

I ran DISM.exe /scanhealth, which showed to me problems related to Windows Update installation, and not to the present thread.

Running DISM.exe /restorehealth results in failure, telling could not download the files needed, and to use /source parameter.

This is the output for DISM.exe /scanhealth:

-x-

(p) CSI Payload Corrupt x86_microsoft-windows-u..ed-telemetry-client_ ... \utc.app.json
(p) CSI Payload Corrupt x86_microsoft-windows-u..ed-telemetry-client_ ... \telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json
(p) CSI Payload Corrupt x86_microsoft-windows-u..ed-telemetry-client_ ... \utc.app.json
(p) CSI Payload Corrupt x86_microsoft-windows-u..ed-telemetry-client_ ... \telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json

Summary:
Operation: Detect only
Operation result: 0x0
Last Successful Step: CSI store detection completes.
Total Detected Corruption: 4
CBS Manifest Corruption: 0
CBS Metadata Corruption: 0
CSI Manifest Corruption: 0
CSI Metadata Corruption: 0
CSI Payload Corruption: 4
Total Repaired Corruption: 0
CBS Manifest Repaired: 0
CSI Manifest Repaired: 0
CSI Payload Repaired: 0
CSI Store Metadata refreshed: True

Total Operation Time: 1786 seconds.

-x-

Really nothing to do with my current problem. It seems that's only me having this problem...

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This problem is still prevemtimg me using the OS as I need. I tried chkdsk /offline scan and fix, to no avail. Is this problem one of those the Windows team is aware of? Will it be carried to Win10?

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Does anyone know how to correct this annoying problem?

I do need to switch to another user (without logging off current user), and it's taking 100 times slower than normally, which means I gave up doing it.

Every time I log off current user, I lose the internet connection, and it is quite troublesome to acquire a new connection.

What about the skillful MS engineers? Does any of you have a solution?

Thanks.

P.S.: what if this annoying behavior keep existing after Win10 is installed?

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the rac or spc license is invalid

trying to licence a w2k8 standard server we get error 1023 the rac or spc license is invalid

regards

antonio

Changed type Vivian_Wang Monday, July 20, 2015 5:57 AM

Reply:

Hi,

For licensing related issue, you'd better contact Microsoft licensing team. In the United States and Canada, you may call the licensing team directly at 1-800-426-9400 (select option 4), Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (PST) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist. In this way, you will know the detailed information about license.

Worldwide customers can use the Guide to Worldwide Microsoft Licensing Sites http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/worldwide.aspx to find contact information in their locations.

Thank you for your understanding!

Regards.

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"Get Windows 10" Fails due to VMWare SVGA 3D driver

I have 4 Windows 7 x64 VMs running on my vSphere 5.5 that should all be compatible with Windows 10 and receive the free upgrade notification. One machine was a P2V of a failing PC, it has registered OK, the other three were all built as VMs but fail the compatibility check. The "Check my PC" (on all 4 W7 VMs) says that Windows 10 will not function on these machines due to incompatibility with the VMWare SVGA 3D driver, though the multiple Windows 10 preview VMs running clearly shows this is not the case. The only reason I can see the P2V box passed/registered OK was that it once-upon-a-time had a physical ATI video card and there are still some lingering remnants of this. Can anyone think of any work-around or resolutions for this? If I am eligible/entitled to these Win 10 licenses I would like to have them.

On on VM I have removed the VMware SVGA 3D driver and switched to the default Standard VGA Graphics Adaptor, I'm hoping it'll re-run the assessment and pass. I'm not optimistic about it though.

Changed type Michael_LSModerator Thursday, July 9, 2015 1:48 AM Feedback for compatibility

Reply:

Go to the VMWare forums and post your inquiry there. VMWare would be much more qulified to advise you on this situation.

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This seems to be a fault on the MS side, not VMWare. Windows 10 consumer & Enterprise previews both function great within VMs. I've had a few running in my lab (vSphere 5.5), all using the vmware tools & drivers. So, the driver itself is actually compatible and functioning within the Windows 10 OS, it appears to be a fault in the assessment tool that is incorrectly flagging this device as incompatible and thus denying the ability to register.

Edited by Auberon Sunday, June 7, 2015 10:07 PM typo

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Reply:

Auberon,

Thanks for sharing this.

Currently I have no idea regarding the issue you mentioned, and it seems to be a little hard to determine the root cause of it.

We may choose to submit feedbacks on this topic using the Windows Feedabck Tool, and we may also seek help at the VMWare side and see if they could offer any further assistance.

Regards

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I have the same issue as Auberon on a Windows 7 VM running on ESXi 5.1.

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VirtualBox users are getting similar messages. Not surprising really, because the video driver won't be written until Windows 10 is stable (and the Windows 7 one certainly wouldn't do).

Bill

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Same issue for me. Clean installs of Windows 10 work fine inside VMware ESX 6.0 and VMware workstation, however upgrades are blocked because the VMware SVGA 3D driver is reported as incompatible despite the fact that it works fine.

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Frankly I would update from the ISO. Its faster, less prone to false positives, etc

Pro version 10130 ISO download :

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso

product key : 6P99N-YF42M-TPGBG-9VMJP-YKHCF

Wanikiya and Dyami--Team Zigzag

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Not really what I was looking for. I know how to circumvent the problem, but that doesn't change the fact that the driver is being incorrectly identified as incompatible and blocking the correct operation of the upgrade reservation tool. Removing the video driver and reverting to the generic VGA driver is also a workaround. All three of my VMs that were affected are now reporting that they will update without the driver present. The problem still remains that a compatible, signed driver is causing the utility to block completely, not just report a potential compatibility issue post-upgrade.

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According to VMWare, this is a Microsoft issue. A lot of us are feeling frustrated by the finger pointing. In short, VMWare says that Microsoft is not responding to their complaints about Windows not recognizing the driver.

https://communities.vmware.com/message/2523524

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HOW TO SETUP : Windows Requires Administrator Rights to Install USB Flash Drives

Hi guys,

I would like to setup a policy that whenever the users inserted a USB flash drive it will ask for Admin Credentials to continue installation of the USB flash drive. How can I do that?

Many Thanks,

Jake

Edited by Qanna Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:59 AM

Reply:

Hi Jake,

I believe this still works: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/823732

Regards,

Matthijs

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