WINDOWS ACTIVATION
RECENTLY REPLACED THE HARD DISC AND CONVERTED FROM WINDOWS 7 HOME BASIC TO WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE, SERVICE PACK 1.
ACTIVATION IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF OLD PRODUCT KEY, PLEASE SEND ME NEW PRODUCT KEY
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With a dell pc/vista OS,the HD never gets formatted in DOS,even with the pc start-up options,a dell xp cd
is needed to format,once its thru power-off pc,on restart install vista OS cd.Hence,all new HDs come in a raw
state from its mfg,make sure it really gets formatted,then the OS gets installed in MS-DOS.Plus,unplug all
accessories (printer,network cable,) etc,only mouse & keyboard,this is a clean install.Also,how was the
product key edited,once in windows,R.click my computer/properties,look at bottom of page "Activation" &
product key..Also,windows components have activation boxes to chk,& in run or cmd,type: services.msc
in msc,scroll to windows modules,activation,double click on one,set to auto run.
Either way,some Win OS OEM have limited license,time wise..
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Dual Pane Explorer -- PLEASE, PLEASE!
Lots of times (most times) when managing my files, I want a source window and a destination window to drag the files between.
It's such a bore having to open Explorer twice. Especially when you can't just click the Windows Explorer icon on the new Task Bar a second time, because that simply minimises the Explorer window you've just opened!
Instead you have to right-click the icon and choose a different folder in the list. The new Explorer window pops up over the first one, so then you have to drag the second window clear before you can use them.
So now you have this silly sequence:
left-click; right-click, move-the-mouse, left-click; left-click-and-drag
PLEASE give us some way of handling this better. Either:
1/ An optional dual-pane view for Explorer (like Director Opus, et al, offers)
2/ A single click way of opening two, non-overlapping Explorer windows (my preferred option)
Is there any chance at all of this, do you think?
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On the part about opening a 2nd explorer window with a click, I found out just a day or two ago that a scroll-wheel click (mouse3) does just that! I was very pleased. I didn't even expect it to work, but it felt so natural. I find myself using the WindowsKey+E hotkey less and less now.
Edit: Just thought I'd let you know the mouse3 click only opens the new explorer window if the first one opened isn't still in the default folder. This is to prevent accidental double-click I assume.
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Dual pane explorer would probably be quite hard to do since explorer just doesn't work like norton commander used to.
If you need this functionality, go for specialized programs like FAR or Total commander.
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Shift + click on the taskbar icon will open a new instance of the application (if it supports it).
Yes, and I really like this feature.
Unfortunately it doesn't work on the Explorer icon unless you first change the first instance away from the default location.
I would consider installing a third party application (I prefer Directory Opus), but I would much rather stay with the standard Windows stuff for this.
It occurred to me that I could start two instances of Explorer using a batch file, or something, but I don't think it would let me set the size and position of the two windows so they don't overlap.
I think it would be better (and easy) for Microsoft to set something up so that two, non-overlapping, Explorer windows could be opened up quickly and easily.
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I agree, this is unfortunate and also bugs me. Though I do use FAR for when I have more files to move around. Explorer is normally good for single file operations for me.
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You can drag files/folders from the content view into folders in the tree structure. If you pause on a collapsed folder while dragging, the folder will expand.
Although I have to admit a tabbed interface would be neat so you can quickly look at the contents of multiple folders without having to open new instances of Windows Explorer.
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If I'm not mistaken, Windows Explorer is already a dual-pane explorer. There's the tree structure on the left and content view on the right.
You can drag files/folders from the content view into folders in the tree structure. If you pause on a collapsed folder while dragging, the folder will expand.
Yes, it's still really clunky though, compared with having two "contents" panes open.
When I said "dual-pane" I'm pretty sure most people understood that I mean two "contents" panes.
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Works great in Win7 - give it a spin (they're in Australia and I'm in Georgia, so I'm obviously not affiliated w/ the company - though moving to Australia would be cool).
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While I agree that native dual pane support would be wonderful, there is a great inexpensive file manager that meets all of my needs: Directory Opus.
Works great in Win7 - give it a spin (they're in Australia and I'm in Georgia, so I'm obviously not affiliated w/ the company - though moving to Australia would be cool).
Yes, I already use Directory Opus in XP and Vista. There are other 3rd party solutions, too.
I just think this should be built in to W7 (as an option - some people would like it, others not).
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You could simply click on the left of your explore window and go back and forth between recent and previous folders to make transfering easier. That would be a fairly simple coding fix.
Honestly I think it's a bit too late in development to add that feature. Maybe build 8 could offer something like that. Overall I agree and think it would be a pretty interesting concept, just wouldn't be a good idea for Win7 so late into the game.
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Have you turned on Navigation pane view? Dual Panes has been in Windows since Windows 95, you mean you have been opening two instances of Windows Explorer to drag and drop files?
Shon
Yes, of course I know how to do it that way. But it's really clunky compared with having two instances of Explorer open (or, to be more specific, two Contents panes open, one for the source, the other for the destination). You have to rely on the sluggish auto-scrolling in the navigation pane; you have to pause over each folder in the destination tree until it pops open; and you can't see what's already present in the destination folder.
Honestly, when you've tried something like Directory Opus you just wish Windows came with an option to see the source and destination folders - in Contents view - simultaneously.
So yes, for anything more than a quick move or copy of one or two files (for which I tend to use cut 'n' paste), I open two Explorer windows.
What I'd like to see in W7 is an easy way of opening two Explorer windows from the Superbar with one (or maybe two) clicks; or some way of seeing two Contents panes simultaneously in one Explorer window.
Like I say - this is nothing radical. Explorer replacements offering this have been around for donkey's years (since Norton Desktop for Windows 3.1, as I recall), and there are numerous products on the market right now that offer it (my preferred being Directory Opus).
So clearly there is a role for it. But as this is a Beta test for the next version of Windows, I'm just saying it's the sort of thing that should be available "out of the box".
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Fastest way for me to create this with keyboard would be :
Win + E
Win + rightcursor
CTRL + N
Win + leftcursor
This will open 2 instances and position them on the left and on the right of the screen.
or
SHIFT click on icon
SHIFT click on icon
leftclick on taskbar, select Show windows side by side
Helpfull ??
Arjan Sin
- Edited by Arjan Sinnige Sunday, January 18, 2009 2:49 AM
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Please put it back MS.
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Fastest way for me to create this with keyboard would be :
Win + E
Win + rightcursor
CTRL + N
Win + leftcursor
This will open 2 instances and position them on the left and on the right of the screen.
Yes, that's a good way, although there's no way an average user would work that one out.
Helpful, thank you, although of course it's a workaround. I'd like a clean solution in W7.
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SHIFT click on icon
SHIFT click on icon
leftclick on taskbar, select Show windows side by side
Helpfull ??
Arjan Sin
This one doesn't actually work in W7. Shift+click activates the first instance.
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I've changed my explorer icon in the taskbar to point to my computer.
If you change the default location of the explorer shortcut it will work.
See this thread : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/6c2644be-12c5-40c8-8d51-5c49029e10f9
Or search for this thread in this forum : "How to make the explorer quicklaunch icon point to "computer"? (if the hardlink changes)
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Grrr ...
I've changed my explorer icon in the taskbar to point to my computer.
If you change the default location of the explorer shortcut it will work.
See this thread : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/6c2644be-12c5-40c8-8d51-5c49029e10f9
Or search for this thread in this forum : "How to make the explorer quicklaunch icon point to "computer"? (if the hardlink changes)
Arjan Sin
Thank you. But I think we need a simpler and cleaner way of achieving this in W7.
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had the time (nor inspiration) to write it up.
Then it would become one shortcut or key combo.
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I know it can be done with a Visual Basic script but haven't
had the time (nor inspiration) to write it up.
Then it would become one shortcut or key combo.
Arjan Sin
I agree. I was tempted to explore the new Windows scripting facilities, but of course the purpose of beta testing is to identify bugs, shortcomings and feature requests, rather than work around them.
As I say, I use Directory Opus, but would prefer the functionality to be easily accessible from within W7.
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Unless that has changed also.
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While I agree that native dual pane support would be wonderful, there is a great inexpensive file manager that meets all of my needs: Directory Opus.
Works great in Win7 - give it a spin (they're in Australia and I'm in Georgia, so I'm obviously not affiliated w/ the company - though moving to Australia would be cool).
HA! I used Directory Opus about 20 years ago on my Amiga computers. I loved having the side by side windows, with a whole bunch of actions at the bottom of the screen.
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While I agree that native dual pane support would be wonderful, there is a great inexpensive file manager that meets all of my needs: Directory Opus.
Works great in Win7 - give it a spin (they're in Australia and I'm in Georgia, so I'm obviously not affiliated w/ the company - though moving to Australia would be cool).
DOpus works great with W7?
I guess you didn't take the "Replace Explorer" option - I did and ended up having to do another clean install. Hope they'll have it ready for when W7 goes gold (or shortly after), it is a great file manager.
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DOpus works great with W7?
I guess you didn't take the "Replace Explorer" option - I did and ended up having to do another clean install. Hope they'll have it ready for when W7 goes gold (or shortly after), it is a great file manager.
May I suggest you inform Microsoft of this using the Send Feedback facility? Microsoft, as well as the vendor, want to know about any application incompatibilities.
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The publisher of DOpus, GPSoftware is aware of the issues via their user forums. I believe they are adopting a wait and see strategy before releasing anything for Win7. I believe I sent feedback to MS as well.
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" 2/ A single click way of opening two, non-overlapping Explorer windows (my preferred option)"
If you want to open a 2nd copy of explorer from the taskbar, you can click with the middle button (or mouse wheel) instead of right-clicking-and-choosing-it-from-the-jump-list.
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" 2/ A single click way of opening two, non-overlapping Explorer windows (my preferred option)"
If you want to open a 2nd copy of explorer from the taskbar, you can click with the middle button (or mouse wheel) instead of right-clicking-and-choosing-it-from-the-jump-list.
Yes, but they overlap, so you have to move them around (and possibly resize them).
So much easier if we could just have two, non-overlapping windows (or panes) for one click.
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IE 11 Crashes
I have used every version of Internet Explorer. Version 11 on Windows 10 is without doubt the most unstable and unreliable program I have ever used - period. I endure crash after crash. Sometimes while just sitting there reading but most often when following a link.
I know MS wants users to move from IE 11 to Edge so I believe that the crashes are intentional from MS to drive users to Edge. I have issues with Edge. It doesn't allow add-ins that I use daily - like the Norton Vault for Passwords. Rearranging favorites is problematic. And there are others.
I really would like to see MS fix edge - I don't like to use two browsers. But MS should realize that the crash issue with IE 11 does nothing to enhance their standing.
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Mailbox Retention Settings not displaying properly in Powershell or EAC
Running Exchange 2016 CU2, have ran into an interesting situation where I'm trying to modify the Item Retention settings for an individual mailbox. As far as I can tell, when I change the settings in Powershell or EAC, they DO in fact change, however when pulling up it up again in either Powershell or EAC, they still show the original value. I'm pretty sure they do change because if I try and set them again via Powershell, it gives me the "Command completed successfully but no settings of 'user' have been modified'.
The following items seem to be essentially 'stuck' when viewing them in either EAC or Powershell, for any user:
UseDatabaseRetentionDefaults (stuck on $false even though it's set to $True for everyone)
RetainDeletedItemsFor : 45.00:00:00 (which is our Database default)
RetainDeletedItemUntilBackup (stuck on $True, even if I specifically set it to $false)
Like I said, it seems more like an issue with it displaying the proper data. If I, for instance, change the UseDatabaseRetentionDefaults to $false and RetainDeletedItemsFor to 40 days. It still shows 45 days when I issue the 'Get-Mailbox' command, but yet if I set it to 40 days again, it says it doesn't modify anything.
Can anyone confirm?
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SQL 2016 Tabular Metadata --- Document and Track changes in your Tabular Model
Hi
If you have SQL 2016 Tabular Model and you would like to do the mentioned.....
- Document each metadata and display it you your end user in SSRS
- Multi Language
- Dynamic Partition
- Track Metadata changes after each deployment
- and etc...
You may need this link
http://sqldataside.blogspot.ca/2016/10/document-track-changes-tabular-model.html
I am adding all the SQL and PowerShell scripts to do the job for you.
I have posted 5 of them and will be adding the rest hopefully by the end of this year.
Hope you like it and use it.
Sincerely
Nik
Sincerely Nik -- Please kindly mark the post(s) that answered your question and/or vote for the post(s).
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Troubleshooting "We were unable to find any subscriptions associated with your account" errors in management portal
Dear Azure Community,
We are seeing a pattern of customers reporting that they sign in to the Azure management portal and then see a message indicating "We were unable to find any subscriptions associated with your account". That can certainly cause some understandable angst! But don't dismay, you just may have simply signed in to the wrong account.
Cause #1: Wrong account selected during sign-in
One of the common causes is that users are signing in with an account that is different than the account that their subscription is associated with. That is, they authenticate and sign in successfully, but the identity that they sign in with actually does not have access to any Azure subscriptions.
In particular, in October we launched new identity features and tighter integration between the Azure management portal and Azure Active Directory. As part of that, there is a new email-based disambiguation feature in place. When you sign in you are first prompted to enter your email address:
If the email-address you enter here is valid in only one identity namespace, you are then taken directly to the appropriate sign-in page to authenticate. But in the case that your email address is valid both as an Organizational identity and as a Microsoft account (MSA, formerly known as Windows Live ID), you are presented with a disambiguation dialog that looks like this:
The problem is, if you make the wrong badge selection here it means you will get that alarming "No subscriptions" experience. Furthermore, many current users of Windows Azure today have signed up using their Microsoft account, and so the default selection of "Organizational account" is the wrong choice for those users. Just to confuse things further, the sign-in experience will helpfully remember your choice, and next time through the flow you are presented with only the last selected badge showing for that email address, even though you may have chosen an identity that doesn't have any Azure assets associated. Don't worry, in that case, there is an option to restore the missing badges that you can select.
So, in short, if you're confident that you have entered the email address of an account that is Service Administrator or co-administrator of an Azure subscription and you get the "No subscriptions" message, choose the sign-out option, and repeat the flow, this time selecting the correct badge (and look for that option to restore hidden choices).
Cause #2: You are the Account Administrator of the Subscription but not the Service Administrator
Only users who are either the Service Administrator or a co-administrator on the subscription can sign in to the management portal. If the Account Administrator has assigned a different user as the Service Administrator, that Account Admin will get the "No Subscriptions" experience if they sign into the management portal.
Solutions:
- The Account Administrator can sign into the Azure accounts portal (https://account.windowsazure.com) and assign themselves as the Service Administrator
- The Service Administrator or another co-admin can sign into the management portal and add the Account Administrator as a co-admin on the subscription
Cause #3: A problem with the subscription
(This is very rare)
In a very narrow set of cases, the Service Administrator of the subscription may have been locked out of the subscription. To repair, the Account Administrator should:
- Sign into the accounts portal and choose the option to modify the subscription properties
- Assign a different user as the Service Administrator temporarily
- Restore the original user as Service Administrator
In roughly 90% of cases, the Account Administrator and Service Administrator are set to be the same user.
Cause #4: When adding a user as co-admin or assing a Service Administrator, the wrong identity was chosen
This is basically an inversion of case #1. Similar to signing in with an account that is valid both as an AAD organizational identity and as a Microsoft Account identity, when you are adding a co-administrator and the target email address is valid as both types of accounts, you will be presented with a disambiguation UI, assuming the appropriate conditions apply (see below).
The user adding another co-administrator in the management portal or an Account Administrator assigning a new Service Administrator in the accounts portal may make the wrong selection during disambiguation, leading the target user to sign-in and see the "no subscriptions" error.
If you sign in to the management portal using a Microsoft account, you may add co-admins who are:
- Other Microsoft account users
- If you are also a global directory administrator of an AAD directory, and that AAD directory is the one that is associated with your subscription(s), then you can add users from that directory as co-administrators. If you are not the global tenant admin, you are unable to add organizational identities to the subscription. Note that in the MSA case, the Account Administrator or Service Administrator can transfer the subscription to a different AAD directory if they are a global administrator of the directory (Settings->Subscriptions, Edit Directory in the portal).
If you sign in to the management portal using an AAD organizational identity, you may add co-admins who are:
- Microsoft account users
- Users in your AAD organizational directory
Cause #5: Invalid cookie state in the browser
I'm throwing this one in for good measure. Whenever you have sign-in issues, it's always a good idea to rule out some invalid state associated with your browser. Close all browser windows and then start an In-Private session (Internet Explorer) or go Incognito (Chrome) and sign in again. If you are able to sign in successfully that way and access your subscriptions, but you cannot do so otherwise, clear your cache and all cookies and that should resolve the issue for you. You might also try multiple computers from different locations to rule out proxy server or ISP issues.
Conclusion
We hope this posting helps you resolve your issue. If you continue to have issues after following these troubleshooting steps, please don't hesitate to contact customer support. If another user has access to the subscription, that user can sign in to open the support ticket (use the billing support option, which doesn't require a paid support plan). If that is not possible, telephone support may be your only option. The "No Subscriptions" dialog has a link to customer support phone numbers globally. You can refer the support personnel to this posting if necessary. Have your subscription ID and UPN (sign-in email address) ready.
Hope that helps!
-David Messner
Azure management portal team
Moderator: Please make this a sticky posting
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
- Edited by David Messner - [MSFT]Microsoft employee Saturday, November 16, 2013 8:34 PM
- Changed type Will ShaoMicrosoft employee Monday, November 18, 2013 1:59 AM
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Hi David,
Cool! Thank for your sharing, it will be helpful. And I already make this post as a sticky post.
Regards,
Will
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Hi David!
I tried it all but it does not work. I emailed the MS Support team also and they redirect me to this same blog.
Honestly this is Hara-Kiri for Azure.
Ankur
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Please note that if you get this message:
None of your subscriptions are associated with this directory.
Then this indicates a different issue and the above troubleshooting guide does not apply. The typical cause is that you are attempting to sign in with an organizational account on a subscription that is mapped to a different AAD directory than the one your organizational account is homed to (the portal doesn't support ORGID foreign principals at this time). Our support team can generally re-map the subscription to the correct AAD directory to unblock you.
Hope that helps
-David Messner
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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Hello Ankur, I'm sorry that you are having trouble signing in to the management portal.
Anyone with a valid Windows Azure subscription should be able open a "billing support" type ticket, so I'd suggest that if you've covered the troubleshooting steps above but your issue isn't resolved or is different, that you persevere in getting a support case opened. Provide as much detail as possible to the support engineer (a network trace of the issue captured with IE's F12 tools is always helpful!). The issue will get escalated to the product team if necessary to unblock you.
Best regards
-David Messner
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Seems to be totally broken now as far as my Microsoft account. Way to go! Can we go back to before October? It was bad then but at least there has a hack to login.
I'm paying for an account that I cannot manage or access.
Thanks a million. This has set azure cloud adoption back a year or more, great.
Dave
Dave Baker | AIDE for LightSwitch | Xpert360 blog | twitter : @xpert360 | Xpert360 website | Opinions are my own. For better forums, remember to mark posts as helpful/answer.
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To: David Messner,
As we cannot login we cannot raise a ticket with billing or anything else for azure.
Have two valid azure subscriptions, one microsoft account (ex-liveid/ex-officelive) and an organisation account (err microsoft office365).
Cannot access the azure portal!
Please raise a ticket for my as it is impossible for me to do so, the system is broken, the website workflow is flawed.
Dave
ps: cleared cache several times, IE11, does not work from Win 8.1, 8.0 or 7. It is broken totally.
The only possible advised support is "
| United Kingdom | +44 | (0)844 800 2400 |
and believe my that is not a real option. The two times in the past I phoned in I got absolutely nowhere after weeks and the communication just died. Yes, it is that bad.
Dave Baker | AIDE for LightSwitch | Xpert360 blog | twitter : @xpert360 | Xpert360 website | Opinions are my own. For better forums, remember to mark posts as helpful/answer.
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Ok.
I phoned the support number, and despite my low expectations, Microsoft managed to sink to even deeper depths of crassness. I was redirected 3 times to get to Nayaz Khan part of Office 365 technical term who will not take this further...
#1 Refuses to raise a ticket on my behalf
#2 Does not know how to progress or escalate this
#3 Reminds me that Windows Azure has no telephone support
#4 But oh dear I cannot login to Windows Azure to raise a ticket
What is wrong with you people.
Next step -> Scott Guthrie email
I can say that perhaps Microsoft should take consultancy from me to advise on how to improve on CRM and support processes. This is the worst experience that I have had in 20 years of Microsoft software use.
Dave
Dave Baker | AIDE for LightSwitch | Xpert360 blog | twitter : @xpert360 | Xpert360 website | Opinions are my own. For better forums, remember to mark posts as helpful/answer.
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Hello David,
I would appreciate very much if you could help me resolve the issue I am having with my Windows Azure activation.
Context:
I am a member of the Microsoft BizSpark program and I own a Office 365 Home Premium subscription all of which is on my one Microsoft Account.
Issue:
I am trying to activate my Windows Azure subscription that I am eligible through the BizSpark program but I am facing pretty much all of the issues discussed in this thread including the woeful redirection of my calls to nowhere.
Right now, I am receiving this error below (Previously, I have seen all the screens posted in your post and in the users' posts).
Please help.
Thanks,
Suthan
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I have non-native format Microsoft Account i.e. jo.blogs@bollocks.com rather than jo.blogs@outlook.com, jo.blogs@live.com, etc.
The only way I've found to get in to Azure with my Microsoft Account, rather than a work or school account, is to type a dummy Microsoft Account with a format that's native to the Microsoft Account e.g. blahblah@outlook.com.
That then causes the page to redirect you to the Microsoft Account login page for Azure.
Then overtype the blahblah@outlook.com with your actual non-native Microsoft Account e.g. jo.blogs@bollocks.com .
Thanks Microsoft. Are you going to give me back that last hour of my life? Not king likely.
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HI,
How to reach the support team about this issue and what information o they need to resolve this issue that's occuring with my subscription at this moment?
Joost Bazelmans
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Cool lost access my MSDN directory on Azure for the second time ...
Well just time lost and frustration gained
For now I'll just build some vmware machines for development/testing locally and forget about Azure
Much easier and desktop disks goes cheap these days
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c# invalid postbackcaused by chrome autofill
I'm getting the following error:
Invalid postback or callback argument
When chrome fully auto fills all of the inputs in my forms across the website.
But when I manually add the values in the input fields, it goes well. Has any one experienced this?
I think one work around would be to set the autocomplete="off". I wonder if when Chrome autofills all the inputs it adds markup that .NET doesn't like and triggers the postcallback error? Once I get the error and I hit back, it works.
Any insights will be much appreciated it,
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Any insights will be much appreciated it,
Well, you are in the wrong forum to get some insight.
Insight is that a way -------> http://forums.asp.net/
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Powershell doesn't refresh/requesry Hyper-V Information after changes?
I'm using powershell to do some VM Storage Moves which works fine. I use a command like this to tell what I still need to move
Get-VM -computername HPVServer |where {$_.path -notlike xxxx}
After I use my move script, which uses Move-VMStorage, if I rerun the above command, it doesn't pick up that the storage has moved for those VMs. I have to close Powershell and open it back up and then it sees that things have changed.
This is really annoying.
Is there a reason that this doesn't work? Is there a way to tell Powershell to redo the query without me having to close it completely and open it back up? Anyone else have this problem?
Thanks.
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Hi,
My only thought is that if you are storing results in variables and re-running your script, then if those variables are not "refreshed" or "cleared" then the data from a previous version of the script will still be in those variables. This could produce unreliable information.
Without seeing more of the code your are using it will be hard to make an exact determination of the problem.
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It's just a one liner:
Get-VM -ComputerName $SourceHost | where {$_.path -notlike "*odd*" -and $_.path -notlike "*even*"}
$SourceHost is the name of one of my HPV servers.
The vhdx files and such are getting moved into folders that either have the word odd or even in the path. If I open up Powershell (ISE or regular) and run this, then run the script to move the storage, then run this line again, it shows me the same results. If I then close powershell and open it back up and run it again, it will then see that some things have moved.
It's like it pulls in the data the first time and then just uses that cached into when I run it again instead of going out to check again.
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The fact that when you close your ISE and then reopen the command works as expected tells me there is stored information that is being referenced in some part of your script. When the ISE is closed that information is cleared and new information is gathered when the command is run after the ISE is ropened. But when you try to run the same command without closing the ISE you get old information that has not been updated.
Somewhere in your script you have one or more variables that need to be cleared. Try setting all your variables to 0 or $null at the end of the script and try rerunning the script and see if the same information is still there.
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I just did this on Win 10:
Get-VM |where path -notlike "C:\Users\JustKarl\Documents\VirtualMachines"
That returned all of my VM's
I then ran:
Get-VM |where path -notlike "C:\Users\JustKarl\Documents\VirtualMachines" |Move-VMStorage -DestinationStoragePath "C:\Users\JustKarl\Documents\VirtualMachines" Get-VM |where path -notlike "C:\Users\JustKarl\Documents\VirtualMachines"
No VM's were returned on the second where path -notlike "C:\Users\JustKarl\Documents\VirtualMachines"
Karl
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Powershell 5.0 and workflow Restart-Computer over an SSL connection
Hi all,
I've started exploring PowerShell workflows for our remote administration needs and I've hit what I think might be a bug in the Restart-Computer workflow activity. Here's the walkthrough of our steps. PS functions and workflows are run from an "admin" machine, targeting remote servers (from step 2):
1. Spin up a new Windows 2012R2 VM.
2. Install a server SSL certificate.
3. Enable SSL PS remoting (enable a WinRM HTTPS listener, add a firewall rule, remove the HTTP listener and disable WinRM HTTP firewall rules).
4. Register a client SSL certificate on the server, so that we can use PSUseSsl and PSCertificateThumbprint instead of PSCredential for running remote workflows.
5. Run a workflow that will download and install WMF 5.0, reboot the machine, wait for it and install some additional prerequisites.
Now, I've hit the problem with step #5: it looks like Restart-Computer workflow activity does not pick up the PSCertificateThumbprint workflow parameter and throws an "access denied" error when run and there is an audit failure logged in the Windows Security event log.
If I don't use the PSCertificateThumbprint and pass in a PSCredential to the workflow, the computer reboots. However, Restart-Computer seems to be using the WinRM HTTP endpoint to check if the target machine is back up when using the -Force parameter, since the command hangs there until I RDP into the target machine and re-enable the HTTP listener (by simply running winrm qc).As a side note, PSCertificateThumbprint parameter works perfectly well for authentication with our workflows, as well as CertificateThumbprint parameter when using Invoke-Command.
Am I doing something wrong here, or is this indeed a bug?
Thank you,
Marko
- Changed type Bill_Stewart Friday, December 30, 2016 8:02 PM
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We'd have to reproduce your environment to see if we get the same behavior.
You may need to open a support incident. (Reminder: This is a peer support forum, not an official support channel.)
I would also recommend searching the PowerShell uservoice and GitHub resources.
-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]
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Hi Bill,
Thanks for a quick reply. I just did a bit more testing and confirmed the same behaviour with a test workflow when Powershell 5.0 is already installed on a Win2012R2 server.
Where would be the best place to report this?
Also, how detailed should the report be? For example, do I need to specify how to configure HTTPS listener and client SSL certificate connectivity?
Thank you,
--
Marko
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-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]
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HOW TO PIN A FOLDER TO WINDOW 7 HOME BASIC, 64 BIT OPERATING SYSTEM TASKBAR
Need help to pin a Dictionary to TASKBAR. I am a novice home computer user.
I have procured word 2016 from MS directly online. I request for this small help.
Kiran Waljee
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deploying to vmware vm's - use MDT?
general discussion here... I'm thinking treating VM's like physical machines by deploying from MDT is not a good idea... the start to end time will be just like physical machines... yet virtualization offers so many performance gains that would go unutilized by doing that... right? I have not researched deployment options specific to vmware vm's, but I'm hoping starting this discussion thread here will give me some good insight as to what people are doing out there for deploying vm's... to clarify, I mean production deployments of vmare vm's, not just a setup for building images that will be deployed to physical machines.
1. has anyone been using MDT for this? as in the typical LTI deployment over the network?
2. how about using MDT media? that would cut out the network part, anyone doing that?
3. what else is out there?
comments?
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VM's IMHO should always just be another hardware platform, nothing else when it comes to deployment and managment.
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http://deploywindows7.wordpress.com/
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thanks!
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You could use a 'template' in VMWare or your MDT image - they're two different things from a deployment standpoint. I simply took my image I created in MDT and 'cloned' it in VMware so that it can be deployed via Template for the server guys on my team. :)
If you want to deploy to a VM client using MDT, build your LiteTouchPE in MDT, then copy it to the location where you store .ISO files. Edit your VM settings and on the CD/DVD Drive point it to your LiteTouchPE.ISO. Change the Datastore ISO file path. Then you can image the VM from MDT.
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This is exactly the question I'd like answered as well. Whilst no guru I've knowledge enough to understand and use the MDT 2012 toolkit. I notice this thread has not been visited in well over two years. In this time has there been any change in the feeling to using one solution over the other? Or is it best to continue to use the two in parallel?
I'd love to have the time to spend with MDT and create packages to deploy..... However the harsh reality is I don't have the time to spend doing it. Vmware template seems ideal for what I want in relation to speed and quick turnaround. Also the cloning option in Vmware does what I need in relation to multiple server deployments.
Thanks
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Hello c0pe,
We use MDT to build our VM Templates in VMware. That way our physical and virtual machines all come from the same source with the same settings. It is a lot faster to deploy from template in VMWare then to install a whole OS from MDT. The tricky part is keeping the templates updated and automating the process of converting the VM to a template. For that we use vMWare vRealize Automation to rebuild our VM Templates every other month or so. The automation workflow attaches the litetouch ISO so on first boot it connects to the deployment share.
Cheers,
DLofsetdt
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How can I split the needed data from the predefined string
Hello All,
I have a table returning one of the column in this format '1|2|3|4|10', which represent the data as below.
The number of pipes ( '|') are fixed and always be 4.
1st '|'- Critical
2nd '|'-High
3rd '|'-Medium
4rh '|'- Low
5th '|'- Total
and the desired output data as below.
Note - I am using sql 2008 R2.
Sonu88
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Hope this helps..
DECLARE @input varchar(10),@xmlString xml SET @input ='1|2|3|4|10' SELECT @xmlString = CONVERT(xml,' <root> <node>' + REPLACE(@input,'|','</node> <node>') + '</node></root> ') SELECT distinct T.c.value('(/root/node)[1]','varchar(10)') AS 'Critical', T.c.value('(/root/node)[2]','varchar(10)') AS 'High', T.c.value('(/root/node)[3]','varchar(10)') AS 'Medium', T.c.value('(/root/node)[4]','varchar(10)') AS 'Low', T.c.value('(/root/node)[5]','varchar(10)') AS 'Total' FROM @xmlString.nodes('/root/node') T(c) Adding columns..try this out.. I used temp table
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Results') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #Results CREATE TABLE #Results ( id int, xmlString XML ) --INSERT INTO #results VALUES(1,CONVERT(xml,' <root> <node>' + REPLACE(yourcolumn,'|','</node> <node>') + '</node></root> ' ) INSERT INTO #results VALUES(1,CONVERT(xml,'<root><node>' + REPLACE('1|2|3|4|10','|','</node><node>') + '</node></root>' )) SELECT id, t1.xmlString.value('(/root/node)[1]','varchar(10)')AS 'Critical', t1.xmlString.value('(/root/node)[2]','varchar(10)')AS 'High' FROM dbo.#Results t1
- Edited by Venkat786 Wednesday, October 26, 2016 6:18 PM
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Hi Venkat,
How can I pass the column values here as an input?
- Edited by Sonu888 Wednesday, October 26, 2016 5:31 PM
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microsoftedge working wrong
bought new acer computer 10/5/2016 Microsoft edge browser was doing fine as of yesterday won't allow you tube videos to play says restricted need permission to view it. why is this happening now? thanks
tony edwards
- Moved by Garth JonesMVP Wednesday, October 26, 2016 6:49 PM Win 10 Q
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RemoteExchange.ps1 on localhost is not working, RemoteExchange.ps1 from other host to this server is ok
Hi
we have a brand new Installation of Exchange 2016, completed without errors. ECP and OWA are ok, but Exchange Management Shell is not working. Error message:
New-PSSession : [ex00020.x.x.test] Connecting to remote server ex00020.x.x.test failed with the
following error message : The WinRM client sent a request to an HTTP server and got a response saying the requested
HTTP URL was not available. This is usually returned by a HTTP server that does not support the WS-Management
protocol. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-PSSession -ConnectionURI "$connectionUri" -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Excha ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotin
gTransportException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : URLNotAvailable,PSSessionOpenFailed
No Hostname in http binding, Microsoft Exchange certificate in https binding.
Any idea or help will be appreciated.
Thank you
Andreas
Reply:
Hi Andreas,
use the EMT troubleshooter to identify the problem. This tool from Microsoft can be downloaded here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Exchange-Management-b9d918b1
Change the following line (from <-> to) so it works with Exchange 2016:
$global:exinstall = (get-itemproperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Setup).MsiInstallPath
There you will need to replace 4 with 5 in order to get it looking as follows:
$global:exinstall = (get-itemproperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v15\Setup).MsiInstallPath
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Hi Andreas,
use ECP to check the virtual directories: The PowerShell one must exist. You can also give it a try to remove and recreate it.
As another tool, you can try this script-function to connect to the Exchange server:
- Use locally with the -Light parameter
- Use Locally without a parameter
- Use remotely with the -Light parameter (specifying this server)
- Use remotely without a parameter except for the server
Cheers,
Fred
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Hi all
@Dominik:
Welcome to the Exchange Management Troubleshooter!
We recommend that you run the troubleshooter after making changes to
IIS to ensure that connectivity to Exchange Powershell is unaffected.
Checking IIS Service...
Checking the Exchange Install Path variable...
Checking the Powershell Virtual Directory...
Checking the Powershell vdir SSL setting...
Checking the Powershell vdir path setting...
Checking HTTP Port 80...
Checking HTTP Port 80 Host Name...
Testing for errors...
VERBOSE: Connecting to EX00020.x.x..test
new-pssession : [EX00020.x.x..test] Connecting to remote server EX00020.x.x..test failed with the followin
At C:\Users\ageandhec\Downloads\EMTConnectFunctions.ps1:177 char:15
+ $session = new-pssession -connectionURI "http://$fqdn/powershell?serializatio ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotingT
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : URLNotAvailable,PSSessionOpenFailed
The Exchange Management Troubleshooter successfully completed connecting to:
EX00020.x.x..test
Failed to connect to any Exchange Server in the current site.
Problem found:
Looking for error...
Unknown Error
After each error is resolved, close this window and re-run the tool to check for additional problems.
@Fred:
Get-PowerShellVirtualDirectory:
PowerShell (Default Web Site) ex00020.x.x.test
The other tool I will try later.
Cheers, Andreas
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It seems like your PowerShell virtual directory is misconfigured, as Fred mentioned above.
You can try to re-create the PowerShell virtual directory via EAC and try again. After hat, restart IIS and check if all Exchange related services are running.
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Solved - The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security - Windows 7 - Single Domain
So this isn't a question but wanted to post here an issue that we had and now have resolved in the hopes that it may help someone else.
We have mostly Windows 7 workstations connected to a single Domain (2 AD servers, 2 DNS) and began to get calls requesting assistance in changing passwords as we force password resets every 60 days. The error that our users were getting was "The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security". The end result was an update (KB3172605) was causing the issue and after uninstalling the update this issue is now resolved. The reason I wanted to post it here is that the error is not indicative of where the issue lies and when looking on these forums there were some older issues / responses which pointed to firewall or DNS but this turned out to be my issue.
If anything changes about this I will post it here just hope it helps.
TempDB Design and Config
Good morning,
I've got a bit of a rhetorical question which I'm interested to hear some ideas on.
There is plenty of documentation out there regarding multiple TempDB files, and how they relate to the number of cores on a server.
The positioning on these, if possible, should be on different LUNS and such forth.
The question is, at what point does this become excessive?
If I have a server with 8 Data Luns using 15k SATA disks, (comprising of 4 other disks which are RAID 10) and lets ignore log files for now, and 8 cores, each LUN can easily handle 150Mb/s throughput.
So, if I know that my tempdb throughput would never exceed 50mb/s would I be better off having 4 tempdb files (initally) spread over 4 seperate luns, 4 tempdb files on a single lun (leaving the remaining 7 LUNS for the DB's) or... alternatively, what suggestions do you have?
I almost think that putting each of the tempdb files on their own individual LUN is excessive, at most the throughput on an individual LUN would be 12mb/s, however there is the fact that the disk head can access multiple locations at once...
My thought is that it might be best to have 1 LUN for the TempDB's, and then split out the other DB's onto the remaining LUNS since, due to the low use of the tempdb files, it will probably give more flexibility for user db's going forwards...
The only drawback there is that i'm potentially tying my hands a little should the system grow and tempdb use double.
In any case, I'm interested to hear what other people think.
Regards,
Andy
- Moved by Olaf HelperMVP Sunday, February 19, 2017 7:03 AM Moved from "Database Design" to a more related forum
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due to the low use of the tempdb files
Hello Andy,
How do you get this? In common environments Tempdb is highly used and often a bottleneck; you better worry about Tempdb then user db's; see Optimizing tempdb Performance
BTW, if you have a question start the thread as a question, not as a discussion.
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Since I was interested in opinions rather than an actual answer, I thought it best to be a discussion. If its a question, then so be it.
On typical systems, I agree, tempdb can be a bottleneck, however something I spotted on a server the other day spiked my interest and made me want to ask what other people thought.
By watching resource monitor over an 8-10 hour period, i noted that the 4 tempdb files we currently use on a system, never peaked above 1mb/s at any point. Using a maximum of 4mb/s throughput, but typically running at around 0.25mb/s per file.
Other files were spiking at over 40mb/s, but typically averaging around 5-6 mb/s ... in my head, these files are therefore more used and would benefit more from being optimised.
So, having all the tempdb files on one disk, in this instance, would make some form of sense, and then allow the other, heavily used systems more potential IO.
I'm happy to be wrong, I am just interested what other people think.
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There are many, many variables and your experience with your application may be different than others. There is no way of knowing without testing in your environment with your application and real users if there is any benefit.
Also, most of those recommendations were written years ago before modern technology and SSDs, 10G fiber, multi-pathing, etc. They may not apply at all in your environment. You must test it for yourself and make your own decisions.
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I agree with Tom, some workloads require multiple tempdb files, others do not. It is a good practice to from the start assign multiple tempdb files based on your cpu count. In fact the SQL 2016 install program does this now by default.
There are certain wait_stats which indicate possible tempdb contention.
Looking at resource monitor occasionally over an 8 hour period would not show this contention. Careful measurement will. Besides how do you know if your workload might change tomorrow demanding more tempdb files?
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2 Custom LogIn Pages One For English One For Arabic
I have a SharePoint web portal developed with one custom login page for Arabic added when create a site a collection as below. It is already have a entry added then in web.config.
But I need to add a same English login page. How do I add it in terms of dynamically to load the English layout when click a button in Arabic login page.<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/_layouts/myDev/CustomLogin.aspx" />
</authentication>
- Edited by KameshIndika Wednesday, October 26, 2016 9:14 AM
SharePoint 2013 : User Profile Synchronization Service stuck on starting.
Dear All,
I am unable to start User Profile Synchronization Service. Its stuck on starting mode.
Below is my configuration.
I am using SP 2013 with SQL named instance.
Can you please suggest on this issue.
Reply:
Have you followed Spence Harbar's guide to setting UPS up? Getting stuck on starting is often the result of missing a required step and the best approach is to start again and work through the guide from the beginning.
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Thanks Alex for your response.
I followed this article but no hopes.
When i clear cache and start service again, FIM service started successful but after some time its disable automatically and User profile syncronization service stopped in central admin. in that same time i got error in event viewer.
Please advise.
Error:- Event ID 3:- Forfront identity manager.
.Net SqlClient Data Provider: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: HostId is not registered
at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Utilities.ExceptionManager.ThrowException(Exception exception)
at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Data.Exception.DataAccessExceptionManager.ThrowException(SqlException innerException)
at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Data.DataAccess.RetrieveWorkflowDataForHostActivator(Int16 hostId, Int16 pingIntervalSecs, Int32 activeHostedWorkflowDefinitionsSequenceNumber, Int16 workflowControlMessagesMaxPerMinute, Int16 requestRecoveryMaxPerMinute, Int16 requestCleanupMaxPerMinute, Boolean runRequestRecoveryScan, Boolean& doPolicyApplicationDispatch, ReadOnlyCollection`1& activeHostedWorkflowDefinitions, ReadOnlyCollection`1& workflowControlMessages, List`1& requestsToRedispatch)
at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.HostActivator.RetrieveWorkflowDataForHostActivator()
at Microsoft.ResourceManagement.Workflow.Hosting.HostActivator.ActivateHosts(Object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
- Edited by harshad123 Wednesday, October 26, 2016 5:13 AM
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How to Fix Windows Update When It Gets Stuck
"0xc1800118" error when installing Windows 10 Version 1607 by using WSUS
Hi,
We are currently running Windows 10 Pro version 1511 (Build 10586.633) machines and WSUS (6.3.9600.18228) on Server 2012R2. All the Windows 10 machines are getting "0xc1800118" error.
I have referred to the following articles to fix the issue:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/kb/3159706
https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/kb/3194588
The error message I receive is (Setuperror.log):
2016-10-26 13:21:10, Error MOUPG RecoverCrypto: File is encrypted, but no key was provided.
2016-10-26 13:21:10, Error MOUPG CDlpActionRecoverCrypto::DoCrypto(1713): Result = 0xC1800118
I can confirm that the following are installed on Server 2012 R2. KB3094113 & KB3159706 have installed.
KB3159706 Success 28/05/2016
KB3094113 Success 2/04/2016
When I follow instruction of the Article KB:3194588, I could not get the WSUS state and it appears to be Invalid Column names, using following query:
select TotalResults = Count(*) from tbFile
where (IsEncrypted = 1 and DecryptionKey is NULL) or (FileName like '%14393%.esd' and IsEncrypted = 0)
The error message I receive is:
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Invalid column name 'IsEncrypted'.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Invalid column name 'DecryptionKey'.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
Invalid column name 'IsEncrypted'.
Could you please assist?
Regards,
Mitesh Sudan
- Changed type MiteshSudan Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:28 PM
- Edited by MiteshSudan Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:29 PM
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