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how do you repair a word document to print with pictures

how do you repair a word document to print with pictures

how do you repair a word document to print with pictures?How do you then, bring the print back online?
  • Changed type Nicholas Li Monday, September 10, 2012 10:16 AM
  • Changed type Nicholas Li Monday, September 10, 2012 10:18 AM

Reply:

Hi,

This issue refers the knowledge about Windows Office. To work around effectively I would like suggest you post the issue to Windows Office Word forum for further help.


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New FIM 2010 MARunScheduler

I've released a new version 1.0.1 of the MARunScheduler - get it here (http://blog.goverco.com/2012/08/new-marunscheduler.html)


Regards, Soren Granfeldt
blog is at http://blog.goverco.com | twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/MrGranfeldt

desktop still not touch friendly

First off, I absolutely love win8.

I however do not understand why the touch on the desktop STILL is not good for tablets. You have made such strides in Win 8 but left out a very important area. I am a professional photographer and my main programs are Adobe Lightroom and PS. I was hoping to be able to take, edit, and sell via Win 8 on a tablet. It is such a promising operating system until it goes to the desktop. Please fix the desktop or allow all programs to run in Metro.

  • Changed type David Wolters Monday, December 23, 2013 4:15 PM no specific issue to resolve

Reply:

What is exact issue you are facing with touch screen?

Is it issue with Windows or Adobe?

If you refering to Adobe Touch functionality, you should suggest them to develop a metro style or touch screen version of their products. Windows and its applications specially metro are touch friendly, however for desktop apps, the manufacturer should take action and make them touch friendly.


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Windows 8 also supports digital pens which I think will be ideal for the desktop.

have a look at this demo of the Lenova ThinkPad Tablet 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iiMaWD9vgc

  • Edited by PM76 Monday, August 20, 2012 1:44 PM

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Then let Adobe know you want a Metro edition (Or more importantly, need to add a 'touch' button like in the new Office for the Desktop app).  The Desktop can't get much touch friendlier, hence Metro and the headaches its putting on K+M users when on the other side.

  • Edited by CFMASTL Monday, August 20, 2012 3:11 PM

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Yeah I agree, supposedly Windows 8 is designed for touch screens but as soon as you have to do anything mildly complicated you have to go into Control Panel in desktop mode and mash your way through drop down menus and check boxes so it's no better than Windows 7 really at that point.

E.g. changing the power settings.


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Why do you need to edit the power settings from a touch device?

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What do you mean why?  That was just an example but obviously you might be using a tablet and need to change settings on it.

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I connect my camera into the tablet when I shoot. I then have a 10" screen and can see the detail etc. or adjust lighting if needed and can zoom with a pinch as well as fire the camera from the tablet. LR automatically brings the photos in, not to do adjustments per say but to show the client. I could use a laptop, but when Win8 came out I could see all the possibilities for my photography. I do use Win7 now, I was just saying it should be better for touch like Win8 metro. It hasn't changed or gotten any better since they came out with touch for Windows. I'm just wishing here, not complaining.

If you have used Win7 with touch you would know what I am referring to.


  • Edited by JJCRA Monday, August 27, 2012 7:47 AM

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Updates won't install

I have searched through the "Related Topics" threads and 1.) they are all at least 1 year old and 2.) none fixed  my problem. There are two security updates for windows that won't install. I tried the "FIX-IT" troubleshooter three times and nothing happened. I ran Windows Update as an administrator, and it still encounters "an unknown error." Help please. I am using Windows 7 home premium and I have a 64-bit processor. Sorry I had no earthly idea which forum to put this in.
  • Changed type Kim Zhou Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:46 PM

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I also ran the troubleshooter that Windows offers: It was under System and Security in the Troubleshooting folder from the Control Panel. I clicked on "troubleshoot problems with windows update" and it did its little song and dance with "Everythings fixed and awesome now!", which turned out to be a dirty, dirty lie. I still am unable to install these updates.

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Reply:

Have you checked to see if the updates that are failing are listed in your Add/Remove programs (view installed updates section)?  If they are, then that means they did in fact install and you can choose the option to no longer show you those 2 Windows updates the next time they try to install. 


Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.


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Reply:

Hi,


Based the current situation, you may upload the log file for the further troubleshooting.


Please upload your c:\windows\windowsupdate.log file here.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02db-4665-993a-08d865088d65/


Kim Zhou

TechNet Community Support


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Powershell: Post build event in Visual Studio 2010 with feedback

Hello everybody

I would like to execute a powershell script in "postbuild" event in Visual studio. It is rather difficult to get it working. 

My script should run on any develper machine. From visual Studio (which  is 32Bit ) i have to start 32Bit powershell. No problem with that. But often on the developers machines it is not allowed to execute scripts and everyone must execute "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted" . This seems to be the default "out of the box" setting. 

Problem 1: to execute scripts I have to execute a script.....hmmm

So at least one would expect that the build in Visual Studio would break if the powershell script failed. But no, Visual Studio happily executes whatever happens in powershell script. I can start a good old dos batch file an return something with "exit 1". Then Visual Studio breaks.  

Problem 2: How can I get a return value so Visual Studio does not think everything is ok?

I can enter "%windir%\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -Command "& PostBuild.ps1""
But then an error may happen if the user has the policy not set. How can I set the policy to unrestricted and have an error value in dos?
Event if the execution policy is set correctly,  the ps script may fail anyway. How can I get the error code then?

I hope somebody has a tip.
Thanks
Ben


Reply:

It seems to work with the following in post build event:

%windir%\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -Command "& "$(ProjectDir)PostBuild.ps1 '$(FrameworkSDKDir)' '$(TargetPath)' '$(ProjectDir)' '$(TargetDir)' '$(PlatformName)' '$(ConfigurationName)' '$(TargetFileName)'"

If policy is set  restricted, then VS fails. But now it does not fail if an error is in script...


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ok, gave up on this. Case closed. Use an c# exe now.

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Firewall Blocking

how can i block multiple programs by firewall i mean block folder containing many applications can any one tell me ?
  • Edited by Skylooker Monday, May 1, 2017 4:30 PM

Reply:

Hi,

You have to create one outbound rule for one program. Because the program path cannot be specified to a folder.

More information:

How to create an outbound firewall rule for a program or service

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc947786(v=ws.10)


Tracy Cai

TechNet Community Support


  • Edited by tracycai Monday, August 27, 2012 6:45 AM

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Wake from Screen Saver skips first key entered

I have a barcode scanner to check people into a fitness center. I want a screen saver to show up until they scan their keytag and then the screen saver to go away and the scanner to pickup the barecode for the running software.

Almost works fine, except that waking the windows 7 PC from the screen saver uses the first digit of the barcode, so the resulting login page gives an error. 

For example. The barcode would be 12345... windows 7 uses the first "1" to wake from the screen saver and only enters "2345" into the app.

Anyone know of a workaround or hack to make this work. Somehow repeat the 1st digit of the barcode, only when it is waking from sleep.


Reply:

Hi,

I would suggest you to stop using the screen saver and set the time to turn off the display instead.

You refer to the following link to set the Power management.

http://windows.microsoft.com/is-IS/windows7/products/features/power-management


Tracy Cai

TechNet Community Support


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Web chaining with secure sites

Hi,

We have two separate TMG arrays. One goes out of one web connection, and the other goes out another. In our DMZ we have a webserver. The TMG array (the main one our users point to) needs to be able to get to the external interface of a website in DMZ - this is for developers to test. Due to the nature of the cisco firewall for the dmz this won't work, as it won't let the connection back in.

from our other connection we can get to the external interface. So I thought setting up a webchaining rule, with the network being configured for the IP of the webserver, it would forward the request to our other TMG array  - but this doesn't seem to be working - just get a timeout and nothing in the logs. The site only accepts HTTPS connections

thanks


Denis Cooper MCITP EA - MCT


Reply:

Hi,

Thank you for the post.

Would you please elaborate the network topology? how do you configure the web chaining rule?

Regards,


Nick Gu - MSFT


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Lotus Notes MA on FIM 2010 R2 - Failed to connect to names.nsf

Posting this as hopefully it helps someone else who is stuck. When attempting to create the MA for Lotus Notes on FIM 2010 R2, I received the "Failed to connect to names.nsf" error message. I tried granting full control to the Notes program directory, some other suggestions on the forums, all to no avail. The end fix was that FIM 2010 R2 looks to an old registry key for the Notes path/data path values which don't exist if you've never had an older version of Notes on the server. I installed Notes 8.5.1, opened the client and made sure I could get to the server. You then need to create the values under...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Lotus\Notes\8.0\xxx

at....

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Lotus\Notes\6.0\xxx

Once I created the 6.0 registry key and populated it with the String (and 1 D-WORD) values, the MA no longer gave the error.


Reply:

Thanks for sharing Kevin!

Best,

Jeff Ingalls


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Please add a shout-donw quick icon or something like the user-tile of old builds...

Please add a shout-donw quick icon or something like the user-tile of old builds:

The current metro-menu for shut-down etc.. is very tedious and unfriendly...

Oh, yep a clock into start scree would be great!


  • Edited by Alessio T Sunday, August 26, 2012 2:44 PM
  • Changed type Niki Han Monday, August 27, 2012 5:23 AM feedback

Reply:

Thanks for your feedback. I will collect it.


Niki Han

TechNet Community Support


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Mouse Speed in the modern era

One thing I was hoping to see in Windows 7 was the ability to greatly increase the speed of the mouse.  After installing, I see that we are still limited to the same old maximum mouse speed.

With the growth of multi-monitor set-ups and massive resolution monitors, the need is growing to break the same old speed limits.  Why can we not have the OS changed in this one small area?  I prefer not to go looking for a 3rd party app - besides which they rarely do a good job of increasing speed without introducing other problems.

Myself - I have some old wrist injuries, so I need to have my mice at lightspeed or I get quite sore. 

Who else is tired of the same-old-same-old mouse speed limit?

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I dunno what you're talking about - I have a 22-inch 16:9 LCD running at 1920x1080, and to get pointer from left edge to right edge takes 5cm (2 inches?) of movement. That's not much and I like it :)

Regards,
Kristaps.

P.S.: Epic shoop is epic.

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me to i run on 1600 i wish my mouse would go slower.... i have a 1600 Dpi laser mouse,,,, nasty lithe thing...  it is just to fast on some acasions. so sory dude, get your self a high dpi mouse not some cheap  from the scrap yard (do you use the one with the ball in it or t he firs one with the 2 pizza knives as trackers???---- joke)

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I use a Logitech Trackball and I definately need more movement.

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even thouhg i have a dual monitor setup both are only 1280 pixels wide. i have no problem wiht my logitech optical. but i was planning on getting a 24 inch monitor when i buy a new computer for gaming and i do see how mouse speed could become a problem.

i like the game Counter-Strike source when it comes to sensitivities. it has a 1 to 20 scale of sensitivity. 20 is enough to do a 1440 in mid air if you jerk across the mouse pad. its taht kind of sensitivity that our OS needs to provide: enough to get aross the entire screen 4 fold if you jerk the mouse

hope this helps, nitrous_74

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Anyhow, you can change the mouse pointer speed via Control Panel -> Mouse -> Pointer Options, or via SetPoint. So where's the problem again?
Regards,
Kristaps.

P.S.: Epic shoop is epic.

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Reply:
Anyhow, you can change the mouse pointer speed via Control Panel -> Mouse -> Pointer Options, or via SetPoint. So where's the problem again?
Regards,
Kristaps.

P.S.: Epic shoop is epic.
Thought I had clearly stated the problem. Even at max setting, the mouse speed is too slow.

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Anyhow, you can change the mouse pointer speed via Control Panel -> Mouse -> Pointer Options, or via SetPoint. So where's the problem again?
Regards,
Kristaps.

P.S.: Epic shoop is epic.
Thought I had clearly stated the problem. Even at max setting, the mouse speed is too slow.

Which Logitech trackball???  I to use one here and there are ways around the slow mouse speed issue if you have an older
trackball like a Trackman (best dang trackball ever made!!!) in both Vista and Windows 7.  If you have a newer optical you are
probably SOL.

Viper


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Reply:

Obviously, hardware makes all the difference. Personally, I am out of options. I use a $2000 HeadMouse, (www.orin.com). Every version of Windows has had special speed options, BUT NOOOOOOOO! Not Win 7. Microsoft left the speed setting out in the accessibility options. Windows 7 has been a major PITA for me, but it has enough improvements that I want to find a solution. 

Anyone want to trade a copy of Xp-64 bit for Windows 7-64 bit?(j/k)

MouseEx on download.com is a free app for W7 that can increase mouse speed up to 50%, tiny and simple, download - run - set - minimize & forget. Can also be added to start folder.


  • Edited by QuadriPod Monday, August 27, 2012 5:38 PM

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What network traffic does windows generated by default on a repeating basis.

Here is my situation. Recently I had a switch ARP cache (table) get flooded which buried the switch. It repeated it's self on a 20-30 minute basis. The user case is one where we are doing scale testing of a product we develop that runs on Windows Clients and Servers. The scenario is 25 Windows clients each running a spew client generating nearly 1000 connections to 12 different Windows servers. This seemed to flood the switch with a 8k ARP table limit.

Now I understand there are various services that run at startup that would populate the ARP cache on a switch. However what I cannot find are the default services that would generate traffic every 20-30 minutes.

And yes this could be the action of a virus. The network is isolated from other networks and I already ran various scans.


Reply:

Hi,


Please check if Process Explorer, Process Monitor and Network Monitor can help you to troubleshoot the issue.


Hope this helps.


Jeremy Wu

TechNet Community Support


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dns server

windows 7 dns server not responding even after doing the things which is answered above

Reply:

Hi ,


I notice you have posted this issue before. In order to avoid confusion and keep track of issue, I recommend to keep working with the previous thread as link below:


http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/1ecf83c5-2744-42c6-b6fa-2bb5df59c421/#1ecf83c5-2744-42c6-b6fa-2bb5df59c421


Regards,


Vincent Wang

TechNet Community Support


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Startup screen needs advanced options to see what's happening

I'm running the latest MSDN build of Windows 8 Enterprise.

I had a HDD with a bad sector (one among the 6 connected) and on boot, the Windows logo appears for a very long time (over 5 minutes) and nothing happens. It should at least show what its doing so that I know if its a system hang or its doing something like disk scan. Sometimes just the windows logo freezes up or the loading circle just keeps spinning or the loading circle stops and freezes. This is so annoying not able to see what's happening - there should at least be a key stroke advanced option to look at what its doing.

I was able to find the problem and fix it. But then, I have had several blue screens so far - few of them while navigating to a page on Google Chrome browser, playing video on Windows Media Player and PowerDVD.

Everytime there was a driver issue, I had a blue screen and then the system restored to a bare bone windows, and I had to start over again and again. Though there were several reboots after several software installs, it still has only one automatic restore point (no longer there is an option to go back to last known good version).

Anybody else have the same experience?

 


Chandra Sekhar


Reply:
They dumbed it down on purpose. Feedback was given since Developer Preview but it displays nothing except "Scanning and repairing disk" % complete. Dumbing down and removing useful details is Microsoft's way of making it grandma-friendly.

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Mouse guesture like Opera browser

I want mouse guesture in Windows 8 like Opera browser

Mouse gestures in Opera


Reply:
I know! Download opera.

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IPsec Diagnostic Tool Results

I've been trying to get a test server to encrypt and use data integrity by applying IPsec GPO.  Because the GPO was not applying to the workstation, I went ahead and created an IPsec policy locally on the workstation.  I then ran IPSec Diagnostic Tool on the workstation and it showed that the policies were in effect but no secuirty associations were being established.  I double checked the type of encryption and data integrity for both server and client policies to make sure they were identical.  The firewalls on both server and client are turned off.  Any help in figuring out what to do, would be appreciated.  Thanks

Disk Setup Advantages/Disadvantages

Situation:  Small office, about 10 users/20 devices.  Data is in the 2-4TB range.  No dedicated IT staff.

Will start with 2012 Essentials for Desktop/Laptop Backup.  Later, may add file serving.  Server will be fully backed up to a local NAS.  Cloud backup also, exact vendor TBD.  

I think there are three main disk setup options.  Because of the light usage, disk speed should not be an issue.  I worry more about recovering from hardware failure and disaster recovery.  Because of the limited amount of data, there won't be many disks involved.

Hardware RAID - my budget really doesn't allow for a proper hardware RAID card + identical drives at the moment.  Disaster recovery also seems a little more difficult.  

Storage Spaces - Have used the similar drive pooling feature in the first version of WHS.  I'm not sure how to recover quickly from a hardware failure (ie bad Motherboard).  Neat, since the pool could be easily expandable later as our needs grow.  Thoughts?

Windows Drive Mirroring (I assume it's still there in 2012e) - nice, since the drives can be removed and read from a different machine.  Very simple.  Doesn't seem to be used much - is there a reason why?  Leaning towards this one, since it gives some redundancy and is easy to setup.  

Motherboard SW RAID - Could use this for RAID 1, but don't see the advantage over Windows drive mirroring.  Don't see the advantage and can see complications.  Would rather use Windows drive mirroring, which would not be tied to any specific motherboard.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.  Going to start with the RC version, of course.

 

  • Changed type kariya21 Sunday, August 26, 2012 4:29 PM not a technical question

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Situation:  Small office, about 10 users/20 devices.  Data is in the 2-4TB range.  No dedicated IT staff.

Will start with 2012 Essentials for Desktop/Laptop Backup.  Later, may add file serving.  Server will be fully backed up to a local NAS.  Cloud backup also, exact vendor TBD.  

I think there are three main disk setup options.  Because of the light usage, disk speed should not be an issue.  I worry more about recovering from hardware failure and disaster recovery.  Because of the limited amount of data, there won't be many disks involved.

Hardware RAID - my budget really doesn't allow for a proper hardware RAID card + identical drives at the moment.  Disaster recovery also seems a little more difficult.  

Storage Spaces - Have used the similar drive pooling feature in the first version of WHS.  I'm not sure how to recover quickly from a hardware failure (ie bad Motherboard).  Neat, since the pool could be easily expandable later as our needs grow.  Thoughts?

Windows Drive Mirroring (I assume it's still there in 2012e) - nice, since the drives can be removed and read from a different machine.  Very simple.  Doesn't seem to be used much - is there a reason why?  Leaning towards this one, since it gives some redundancy and is easy to setup.  

Motherboard SW RAID - Could use this for RAID 1, but don't see the advantage over Windows drive mirroring.  Don't see the advantage and can see complications.  Would rather use Windows drive mirroring, which would not be tied to any specific motherboard.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.  Going to start with the RC version, of course.

First, I assume by "hardware failure", you mean something other than a single drive failing (as that is pretty much the same across the board, pull out the bad drive and replace with a good one; the only difference is how quickly the new drive/pool can be rebuilt).  Anyway here are my thoughts:

Hardware RAID - That would be my first choice provided I knew for a fact that once I set up the array, I had no desire/intention of adding more space to that pool (as adding more space to that pool would require formatting that pool and starting over).  But, as you said, hardware RAID controller cards are expensive (at least high-quality ones anyway...).  Plus, you would really need a second identical RAID controller "on-the-shelf" in case the RAID controller you're using fails (so you could swap the bad card out quickly).  But when it comes to the speed of rebuilding an array, hardware RAID is the way to go.  Plus, most hardward RAID controllers have other redundancy options besides mirroring (i.e. RAID 5, RAID 10, etc.)

Storage Spaces - (First to clarify, SS doesn't really have that much in common with Drive Extender from WHS.  DE was file-based (you could take an individual drive out of the server, connect to any computer that recognized NTFS and pull data from it).  SS is block-based (which means, in order to recover data from a SS pool, ALL of the drives in the pool must be connected to the server).  Also, the OS must be Win8/Server 2012 in order to read a SS pool.)  If I thought I might want/need to expand my storage later on (and didn't want to add new drive letters/shares), this would be my choice.  In terms of data recovery speed due to a single drive failure, it won't be as fast as hardware RAID (because SS is software based).  SS also provides different redundancy options (two-way mirror, three-way mirror, and parity).

Windows Mirror - (Yes, it's still there :)  )  It only works with 2 physical hard drives (and no expandability).  Since each drive is "separate", it's backwards compatible with older OSes (like you said, each drive can be read separately in a different computer).  Rebuilding speed - still not as good as hardware RAID.  I think it's usually passed over because of the speeds being inferior to hardware RAID controllers.


  • Edited by kariya21 Sunday, August 26, 2012 5:47 PM

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how does client reach NLS server

I am prettry new to direct access.

Piece of Information I would like to understand is when client connects to internet how does it reach NLS server ?

I mean is there any default settings that says when your laptop reboot it should reach nls/webserver first to check connectivity ?

Sor for Dumb question ?

Thanks for help.


Reply:

Hi

When your laptop is connected to Internet, it must not be able to access the NLS. Iy you have a look in your NRPT table (NETSH.EXE NAMESPACE SHOW POLICY), you will see that your NLS is referenced but no IPv6 DNS address associated. This means that you cannot resolve your NLS while connected in DirectAccess. When your laptop is connected on your LAN, it must be able to access the NLS because thats the condition to disable the NRPT and DirectAccess by extension.

When you generate your configuration with the wizard, your NLS is always included in your NRPT as an exception. So you have noting to do.

Cheers.


BenoitS - Simple by Design http://danstoncloud.com/blogs/simplebydesign/default.aspx


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"The task image is corrupt or has been Tampered with. Servicename." error after installing http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-092.mspx patch for Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2305420)

After installing the patch for

Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2305420)

 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-092.mspx

One of our Windows 2008 servers reported corruption with every task in the library, the canned ones as well as a few manually created tasks.  So far I've been unable to find a fix for this, other than rolling the patch back off, and there is little information available about it online.  It looks like one of my peers in Poland is having the same problem (https://wss.pl/frmThread.aspx?id=567769)

  • Edited by GDSX IT Thursday, December 16, 2010 9:18 PM more info

Reply:

Hi,

 

Do you mean the issue happened after installing the KB2305420 and disappears after uninstalling it?

 

Did you logon the same account before and after installing KB2305420?

 

If you create new tasks, will they work properly?

 

I suggest exporting all your created tasks and backing up all contents in C:\windows\system32\tasks.

 

Then delete the tasks folder.

 

Recreate new tasks and check whether they can work.

 

Tim Quan

TechNet Subscriber Support in forum

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  • Edited by Tim Quan Monday, December 20, 2010 6:05 AM

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Reply:

Yes, this problem occurred immediately after installing KB2305420.  Upon opening the Task Scheduler MMC we received popup errors for existing tasks:

The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UninstallDeviceTask
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UserTask-Roam
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.Consolidator
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ServerRoleCollector
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ScheduledDefrag
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.DataPushSampleTester
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ConvertLogEntries
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict2
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict1
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UPnPHostConfig
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ResolutionHost
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.GatherWiredInfo
etc... for additional tasks we'd created

In addition, these tasks were no longer viewable in the MMC.  We confirmed the tasks were still listed in the registry and in c:\windows\system32\tasks.  Uninstalling the patch restored normal functionality.  As a test we exported tasks and then reinstalled the patch.  The same errors occurred, and we were unable to import the previously exported tasks since they already existed in the registry & c:\windows\system32\tasks\ folders.  Manually deleting the tasks, then importing them, does successfully restore them.

However, I am reluctant to consider this a 'fix', if it requires us to export and then recreate every task on the machine.  We've only seen this on a small sample of servers so far in our testing.  But seeing that others have experienced the same thing makes me hope Microsoft will provide a better solution.


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Reply:

Yes, this problem occurred immediately after installing KB2305420.  Upon opening the Task Scheduler MMC we received popup errors for existing tasks:

The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UninstallDeviceTask
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UserTask-Roam
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.Consolidator
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ServerRoleCollector
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ScheduledDefrag
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.DataPushSampleTester
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ConvertLogEntries
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict2
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict1
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UPnPHostConfig
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ResolutionHost
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.GatherWiredInfo
etc... for additional tasks we'd created

In addition, these tasks were no longer viewable in the MMC.  We confirmed the tasks were still listed in the registry and in c:\windows\system32\tasks.  Uninstalling the patch restored normal functionality.  As a test we exported tasks and then reinstalled the patch.  The same errors occurred, and we were unable to import the previously exported tasks since they already existed in the registry & c:\windows\system32\tasks\ folders.  Manually deleting the tasks, then importing them, does successfully restore them.

However, I am reluctant to consider this a 'fix', if it requires us to export and then recreate every task on the machine.  We've only seen this on a small sample of servers so far in our testing.  But seeing that others have experienced the same thing makes me hope Microsoft will provide a better solution.

Yes, I can also confirm this is an issue. Experienced the same problem with Windows Vista Ultimate SP2. After installing the usual crop of updates, I noticed my MySQL backups had stopped. After checking in MySQL Manager, the tasks were there so investigated the Task Scheduler and got the list of errors as above. I restored a complete backup ((Paragon) and checked and the TS was OK. Did the update again (as I did not realise at this point the issue was caused my a Microsoft Update) and got the same problem again.

Did a full restore once again and did a one-by-one, step-by-step install of each update, testing the TS each time at each stage. All worked fine until KB2305420 (the TS security patch!) and it all went wrong again.

OK, at this point, instead of a full restore, I did a System Restore which recovered and fixed the TS Lib however, the option to install the MS updates, inc the faulty KB2305420 has now gone from the update list so; has it, or not, actually been installed and running OK and if it has, is my TS lib safe?

Q1. There must be a way for non-tech users to recover the TS lib after it gets corrupted by a Windows KB - watch this space!  This leads me to Q2.

Q2. Is there a way to backup the TS Lib in it's entirety. NOTE: copying the tasks folder is NOT the way to back up as the registry also keeps the data. FYI, if you have a damaged TS Lib and try to delete all the tasks from the folder and then try and recreate a new task, as the reg entries still exist (and are probably corrupt anyhow) you will find you cant recreate many of the tasks, inc some important MS ones!  Note, you can 'export' tasks but it's a one-by-one affair but don't become complacent with this as you might find an 'Import' won't work either, ie you might get a scripting error - give it a go! 

This is a very messy patch by MS and needs some prompt attention as there will be a lot of unhappy users!  To Microsoft, some mechanism to reliably backup the TS Lib and files is urgently needed - and soon!


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Yes, this problem occurred immediately after installing KB2305420.  Upon opening the Task Scheduler MMC we received popup errors for existing tasks:

The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UninstallDeviceTask
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UserTask-Roam
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.Consolidator
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ServerRoleCollector
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ScheduledDefrag
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.DataPushSampleTester
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ConvertLogEntries
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict2
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict1
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UPnPHostConfig
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ResolutionHost
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.GatherWiredInfo
etc... for additional tasks we'd created

In addition, these tasks were no longer viewable in the MMC.  We confirmed the tasks were still listed in the registry and in c:\windows\system32\tasks.  Uninstalling the patch restored normal functionality.  As a test we exported tasks and then reinstalled the patch.  The same errors occurred, and we were unable to import the previously exported tasks since they already existed in the registry & c:\windows\system32\tasks\ folders.  Manually deleting the tasks, then importing them, does successfully restore them.

However, I am reluctant to consider this a 'fix', if it requires us to export and then recreate every task on the machine.  We've only seen this on a small sample of servers so far in our testing.  But seeing that others have experienced the same thing makes me hope Microsoft will provide a better solution.

Yes, I can also confirm this is an issue. Experienced the same problem with Windows Vista Ultimate SP2. After installing the usual crop of updates, I noticed my MySQL backups had stopped. After checking in MySQL Manager, the tasks were there so investigated the Task Scheduler and got the list of errors as above. I restored a complete backup ((Paragon) and checked and the TS was OK. Did the update again (as I did not realise at this point the issue was caused my a Microsoft Update) and got the same problem again.

Did a full restore once again and did a one-by-one, step-by-step install of each update, testing the TS each time at each stage. All worked fine until KB2305420 (the TS security patch!) and it all went wrong again.

OK, at this point, instead of a full restore, I did a System Restore which recovered and fixed the TS Lib however, the option to install the MS updates, inc the faulty KB2305420 has now gone from the update list so; has it, or not, actually been installed and running OK and if it has, is my TS lib safe?

Q1. There must be a way for non-tech users to recover the TS lib after it gets corrupted by a Windows KB - watch this space!  This leads me to Q2.

Q2. Is there a way to backup the TS Lib in it's entirety. NOTE: copying the tasks folder is NOT the way to back up as the registry also keeps the data. FYI, if you have a damaged TS Lib and try to delete all the tasks from the folder and then try and recreate a new task, as the reg entries still exist (and are probably corrupt anyhow) you will find you cant recreate many of the tasks, inc some important MS ones!  Note, you can 'export' tasks but it's a one-by-one affair but don't become complacent with this as you might find an 'Import' won't work either, ie you might get a scripting error - give it a go! 

This is a very messy patch by MS and needs some prompt attention as there will be a lot of unhappy users!  To Microsoft, some mechanism to reliably backup the TS Lib and files is urgently needed - and soon!


Follow up:  After the last System Restore', the updates were no longer shown and the TS Lib was intact.  Now, there were 5 'Important Updates' (not of the security ones, ie the remaining ones after the damaging one) which I applied.  After a reboot, all is still fine and the TS Lib is working as it should.  Windows then tells me what Updates have been installed and promptly tell me the one I skipped (KB2305420) needs installing along with 3 others I 'restored' from.  OK, I selected all except the KB2305420 and applied the updates.....   all is still fine!

So, KB2305420 is damaging to your PC's health!  Why, don't know that one yet!  Anyone have any ideas?


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Yes, this problem occurred immediately after installing KB2305420.  Upon opening the Task Scheduler MMC we received popup errors for existing tasks:

The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UninstallDeviceTask
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UserTask-Roam
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.Consolidator
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ServerRoleCollector
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ScheduledDefrag
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.DataPushSampleTester
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ConvertLogEntries
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict2
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.IpAddressConflict1
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.UPnPHostConfig
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.ResolutionHost
The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.GatherWiredInfo
etc... for additional tasks we'd created

In addition, these tasks were no longer viewable in the MMC.  We confirmed the tasks were still listed in the registry and in c:\windows\system32\tasks.  Uninstalling the patch restored normal functionality.  As a test we exported tasks and then reinstalled the patch.  The same errors occurred, and we were unable to import the previously exported tasks since they already existed in the registry & c:\windows\system32\tasks\ folders.  Manually deleting the tasks, then importing them, does successfully restore them.

However, I am reluctant to consider this a 'fix', if it requires us to export and then recreate every task on the machine.  We've only seen this on a small sample of servers so far in our testing.  But seeing that others have experienced the same thing makes me hope Microsoft will provide a better solution.

Yes, I can also confirm this is an issue. Experienced the same problem with Windows Vista Ultimate SP2. After installing the usual crop of updates, I noticed my MySQL backups had stopped. After checking in MySQL Manager, the tasks were there so investigated the Task Scheduler and got the list of errors as above. I restored a complete backup ((Paragon) and checked and the TS was OK. Did the update again (as I did not realise at this point the issue was caused my a Microsoft Update) and got the same problem again.

Did a full restore once again and did a one-by-one, step-by-step install of each update, testing the TS each time at each stage. All worked fine until KB2305420 (the TS security patch!) and it all went wrong again.

OK, at this point, instead of a full restore, I did a System Restore which recovered and fixed the TS Lib however, the option to install the MS updates, inc the faulty KB2305420 has now gone from the update list so; has it, or not, actually been installed and running OK and if it has, is my TS lib safe?

Q1. There must be a way for non-tech users to recover the TS lib after it gets corrupted by a Windows KB - watch this space!  This leads me to Q2.

Q2. Is there a way to backup the TS Lib in it's entirety. NOTE: copying the tasks folder is NOT the way to back up as the registry also keeps the data. FYI, if you have a damaged TS Lib and try to delete all the tasks from the folder and then try and recreate a new task, as the reg entries still exist (and are probably corrupt anyhow) you will find you cant recreate many of the tasks, inc some important MS ones!  Note, you can 'export' tasks but it's a one-by-one affair but don't become complacent with this as you might find an 'Import' won't work either, ie you might get a scripting error - give it a go! 

This is a very messy patch by MS and needs some prompt attention as there will be a lot of unhappy users!  To Microsoft, some mechanism to reliably backup the TS Lib and files is urgently needed - and soon!


Follow up:  After the last System Restore', the updates were no longer shown and the TS Lib was intact.  Now, there were 5 'Important Updates' (not of the security ones, ie the remaining ones after the damaging one) which I applied.  After a reboot, all is still fine and the TS Lib is working as it should.  Windows then tells me what Updates have been installed and promptly tell me the one I skipped (KB2305420) needs installing along with 3 others I 'restored' from.  OK, I selected all except the KB2305420 and applied the updates.....   all is still fine!

So, KB2305420 is damaging to your PC's health!  Why, don't know that one yet!  Anyone have any ideas?


Follow Up #2

Apparently, uninstalling the KB will 'restore' the Task Sched Lib back to normal.  I say restores as it appears the files are not actually corrupted, they are incompatible with the latest Patch.

So, GDSX IT, just try uninstalling the Patch and see what you get.


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I am having the exact same ussue with Window Vista Home Premium.  The only solution I have found was to do a System Restore, turn off automatic updates, and selectively install updates so that 2305420 is always excluded.  I wish I knew a way to make that update go away so that it doesn't try to install.

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Hello,

I’ve figured out where the problem is.

It should have a value called “Hash” in each key that represents each task with error, but for some reason that I really don’t know,  the value is not there.

To solve the problem, copy the value “hash” from another server with same version of operation system.

Take care because, the values hash only match on same version of operation system.

The keys on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks are not the same, but the values in hash are.

If you get some permission problems, don’t change the owner of key. Instead of that, run a task with System Account to add the values on registry. (using some like “regedit.exe –s hashes.reg”)

I hope this helps,

E.F.


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I'm entering this thread because I've experienced the same problem after updating KB2305420,and I hope someone can make the right contact with Microsoft so that they will issue a patch to correct this.

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I also experienced the same problem on one of my servers, Server 2008 64 bit.  Uninstalled KB2305420 and rebooted the server and the problems went away.  This patch needs to be looked at more carefully, recoded and re-released, as it is obvious that this is a bad patch and is causing issues.

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Unless someone calls in and MS can repro no fix will occur.

Please if you are experiencing this issue can you email me at susan-at-msmvps.com and I'll set up a support case with Microsoft to get this investigated.


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Hi,

This is a known issue and is being looked at. We have updated the KB with this info and workaround.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2305420

Known Issues

After you upgrade from Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 to Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 by using an installation package that includes this security update (KB2305420), you may find that scheduled tasks do not work correctly. For example, you may receive an error message that resembles the following when you open Task Scheduler:


This task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.


When you close the message, the task no longer appears in Task Scheduler.

Workaround

Important When you use the following registry workaround, any tasks that may have been corrupted by malware will also be validated. We recommend that you validate the Action that is associated with each task, including inbox tasks, to verify that the task is valid and is not associated with malware.

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756  (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows


NoteYou must perform the following steps while logged on as a local user who has administrative permissions.

To recover the corrupted tasks, follow these steps:

Step 1: Locate the corrupted task references in the registry and in Task Scheduler

To do this, follow these steps:
Open Task Scheduler.
Expand Task Scheduler Library tree in the left pane, and located the folder that contains the corrupted task. Make a note of the location of the corrupted task. You will need this information later in this procedure.
Locate the registry sub-key that corresponds to the corrupted task in one of the following registry sub-key. You can locate the subkey by searching for the name of the task:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree
Click the registry sub-key that corresponds to the corrupted task, and then make a note of the GUID value in the "Id" entry. For example, {2911FBBD-A0AA-4A79-A8EE-84EF7555A71B}. You will need this information in the next step of this procedure.
Locate the registry sub-key that corresponds to the corrupted task in one of the following registry three sub-keys. To locate this sub-key, search for the GUID value that you noted in the previous step. For example, {2911FBBD-A0AA-4A79-A8EE-84EF7555A71B}. The task will exist in only one of the three locations:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Plain Or: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Logon Or: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Boot
Make a note of the registry location of the corrupted task. You will need this information later in this procedure.
Step 2: Create a temporary copy of the corrupted task file

To do this, follow these steps:
Open the following folder in Windows Explorer:
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\System32\Tasks\<Corrupted_Task_Name>


Locate and then copy the task file that corresponds to the corrupted task to a temporary location.

Step 3: Clean up the corrupted task

To do this, follow these steps:
Delete the task file that corresponds to the corrupted task from the Tasks folder (%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\System32\Tasks).
Delete the registry sub-key that corresponds to the corrupted task from the following registry sub-key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree
Delete the registry sub-key that corresponds to the corrupted task from the following registry sub-key. The task will be in GUID format. For example, {2911FBBD-A0AA-4A79-A8EE-84EF7555A71B}.

Note Refer to the note that you made earlier in this procedure to locate the registry folder.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks
Delete the registry sub-key that corresponds to the corrupted task from one of the following registry three sub-keys. The task will exist in only one of the three locations and will be in GUID format. For example, {2911FBBD-A0AA-4A79-A8EE-84EF7555A71B}.

Note Refer to the note that you made earlier in this procedure to locate the registry folder.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Plain Or: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Logon Or: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Boot
Step 4: Re-create the task by using the temporary backed-up copy

To do this, follow these steps: To do this, follow these steps:
Open Task Scheduler.
Expand Task Scheduler Library tree in the left pane, and open the folder that previously contained the corrupted task.

Note Refer to the note that you made earlier in this procedure to locate the folder.
Right-click the folder that previously contained the corrupted task, and then click Import Task.
In the Open dialog box, select All files (*.*). Browse to the temporary folder that contains the backed up task file, and then select the task file. Click Open. The new task is created and is visible in Task Scheduler.
Or, you can use the following command line command to restore the backed-up task:
Schtasks.exe /CREATE /TN <New_Task_Name> /XML <Xml_File_Name>



Sumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support

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This is far too involved to accomplish manually!  Based on the number of tasks that have been impacted by this patch MS should supplly another patch to fix the problem At least a hive file to repair the registry! I have around 40 tasks that have been affected and do not plan to edit every registry entry in the taskcache the patch was released on 12/13/2010 so I guess this was the ms christmas gift, to provide a challenge for us when we became bored over the holiday break! What is the estimated time of arrival for the fix to the hot fix? Uninstalling it removes the problem so what is the risk in removing the patch By the way this is on a windows 7 64 bit machine so it is not just relegated to servers

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I agree.  I am having this problem with Windows 7 on a 64 bit computer.  I am not comfortable messing around with the Registry or other complecated procedures where I could mess things up more than they are.

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I'm also having the problem on HomeEdition SP2 Vista. First noticed recently while checking the defrag task scheduler and getting all the similar above errors, see 12-21-10 post.  checked to see when kb 2305420 installed; automatically on 12-15-10.  i only use default tasks in the scheduler.  Hope ms has a solution for this.  Also, defrag won't run manually or it never completes.

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Hello,

We upgraded yesterday from Windows Server 2008 Standard 32-bit SP2 to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32-bit SP2 to be able to use more than 4GB of memory. The upgrade worked fine, but we could not open the Windows Server Backup  snap-in as described in this thread. When we simply uninstalled the update, the problem immediately disappeared.

I appreciate the thoroughness of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2305420, but feel that the number of steps involved is too arduous. Can we please receive a replacement for 2305420 or a hotfix to run after installing the original one?

Thank you,


Frank Kyosho Fallon Zen Mt. Monastery

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I do understand the pain with the worksround. Unfortunately that is the only way out.

In case a revised version is released later, you can see that information in the KB or the 'Revisions' section in the bulletin.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2305420 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-092.mspx

Revisions
• V1.0 (December 14, 2010): Bulletin published.

 


Sumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support

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I checked with th product team in here and we dont have a consistent repro of the issue to investigate this further.

Is the issue still reproducible at your end? Can you provide us with some logs to look at this further?

 


Sumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hi Sumesh,

You're asking if the issue is still reproducible at our end. It definitely occurred about 2 weeks ago. We uninstalled the update, feeling that our system security is pretty good and that we are not willing to manually perform all the corrections you list as being needed. I don't see how to provide logs without reintroducing the update and all the associated errors into our system. We installed an upgrade version of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32-bit SP2; why can't you do the same on a test system and then perform Windows Update?

Take care,


Frank Kyosho Fallon Zen Mt. Monastery

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We have tried and not able to reproduce, it seems it only happens in certain configurations and not all upgraded servers.

 


Sumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support

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Dear Sumesh - As long as we can install and then uninstall the security patch, I would be willing to consider helping you identify the problem further. Can you tell me what specific files I should look for and where I would send them, including if they are large?

Take care,

Frank Kyosho Fallon Zen Mt. Monastery

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They can't repro at will folks.

This is a corruption in tasks.  You have some third party software that is setting up tasks that when the checksum changes it doesn't do it right.

This is the reality, if they don't have what you have, they can't repro.

I can't repro either.  We all need help from the people that can repro.

Please, work with Microsoft here because it's not a repro at will situation.


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We appreciate your willingness to collect the data for us.

I have uploaded the instructions and the necessary files to the below workspace. Please download them using the receive files option.

Once all the data is collected, please zip up everything to a single cab file and upload to the same workspace.

WORKSPACE URL:
https://sftus.one.microsoft.com/choosetransfer.aspx?key=d33c6cb4-e7f8-44c6-a956-22e2c6909d8d

Password:
5F#@tl^%PfpO7Y-f

 


Sumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hello Sumesh,

I've done my best to follow your very good instructions and have sent my zipped results to the location specified.

I must say I had what looked like a problem after the repro, where I ran the stop trace command. The start work fine, but the stop and format commands gave kind of funny results. I marked the result text in the Admin/Command window and pasted the results into text files I included with my upload.

I draw your attention to various errors appearing in the Operational log of the TaskScheduler at 10:56 am on 2-3-2011. I rebooted at 10:12 am after installing the security update.

My server manager console appears to be operational so far this time. I am able to open the MMC snap-ins for Windows Server Backup etc.

Can you please tell me as quickly as possible whether I am able to continue without uninstalling KB2305420? I am leaving for vacation in a few days and want to be sure our system is secure and operating well.

Thank you ,


Frank Kyosho Fallon Zen Mt. Monastery

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Thanks for the files, i have passed it on for further investigation.

The recommendation is to have the latest patches installed; you may review the FAQ/"Task Scheduler Vulnerability - CVE-2010-3338" section in the security bulletin to understand how it may impact you : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-092.mspx

 Once again thanks for your help.

 


Sumesh P - Microsoft Online Community Support

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I had this exact same issue 'The task Image is corrupt or has been tampered with...' with many windows system's tasks. It was fixed by removing the KB2305420 My system is Server 2008 Standard(x64). It has not been upgraded, it was a clean install on new hardware a couple of years back. I have many scheduled tasks that I create myself, mostly batch files that perform backups, create text files, move/copy files and folders etc. These had been working well until about when I installed the update KB2305420. I have a user that I created especially to run these scheduled tasks. I have a workgroup (not a domain) and the same user exist on multiple machines in the workgroup. This is so that shared folders can be accessed with common credentials. These scheduled tasks had all stopped working, but only on my server 2008 x64 machine. I have been able to manually run the tasks, just not get them to automatically run. Removing the KB2305420 update, and then opening each task and saving them seems to have fixed my problem. I had tried copying the tasks from a backup, but I was unable to change the owner of the files in c:\windows\system32\tasks\ so that I could delete the old ones and overwrite with new ones. I was at the point of completely reinstalling the OS and rebuilding the machine from scratch when I saw a couple of threads (including this one) detailing this specific KB update, and in desperation I tried removing it and it seems (so far) to have worked. I had been searching intermittently for solutions to the error message I had been getting for about six weeks, with no success so far.

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Hello Sumesh and Other Readers,

A curious solution to this problem has taken place on our system. I described attempts above that Sumesh began gathering data with me from our system to look into further. We uninstalled the Security Update in January, and the problems immediately went away.

I re-installed the update from the download site, expecting the problems to re-occur. They did not. I have no explanation for this. They simply disappeared. Was there a slightly different version of Security Update 2305420 that we installed the second time?

The long and short of it is: We No Longer Have the Problem!


Frank Kyosho Fallon Zen Mt. Monastery

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I have been reading this thread with great interest and was hoping a simple solution would be posted such as you have.However I carried out your action on Apr 6 only to find out the problem still existed afterwards.It may make a difference as to what system it is applied to mine is Vista Home Premium.I hope someone will continue to shine more light on this subject to arrive at a solution for all.

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I ran into this too.  I followed the steps in the KB article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2305420) (and pasted above) and it worked.  I agree that it's tedious and it should be easy to create a fix-it tool for it, but at least the steps are provided and it fixes this issue.

For me there were 4 tasks under the Windows folder.  I deleted them one by one and re-imported them and now it works as it should.

 


  • Edited by Scott Forsyth Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:31 PM Added link

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There is *NO* reason to go through all the steps Microsoft suggests.  A simple uninstallation of the KB2305420 update resolved the issue.  I agree, Microsoft should fix this!  My system is a HP DL360 G6 with Server 2008 32-bit fully patched (well, now absent one update).


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Hi,

 

How I can tell if a task is corrupted by looking at the Expanded Task Scheduler?

"Expand Task Scheduler Library tree in the left pane, and located the folder that contains the corrupted task. Make a note of the location of the corrupted task. You will need this information later in this procedure."

 

Thanks.

Danny.


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FYI I wrote a script to handle this for the 40 "corrupted" tasks on one of our in-place-upgraded servers:

http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Repair-CorruptedTampered-c8d2e975

I hope this helps those who stumble accross this post and need help automating the repair. I also included detail about how to find which tasks are corrupted which is a required step to prepping the batch file.


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I am having this problem on a 2008 64 bit server with service pack 1 and I can't find the referenced update mentioned in add/remove programs windows updates.


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2008 r2 standard with service pack 1

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I believe this hot fix is included in 2008 R2 SP1 because it was release for 2008 R2 RTM. I.E. It's not one you can uninstall, nor should you if you can fix the scheduled tasks.


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This happened to me as well, but with Windows 7 SP 1, and for seemingly no reason. The workaround method above worked for me but I'm suggesting the following modification.

  1. Backup all files in the %windir%\System32\Tasks\ directory to a new location.
  2. Open the Task Scheduler panel and in Explorer window to %windir%\System32\Tasks\
  3. Start clicking on the folders in the Task Scheduler Library until you get an error.
  4. Go to the corresponding folder in %windir%\System32\Tasks\ and delete all the items
  5. In scheduler click off then back on the folder. This should happen without an error.
  6. Click Import Task and import each file from your backup location.
  7. The task is restored and the error corrected.

This method could be automated with some scripting and the Schtasks.exe /CREATE /TN <New_Task_Name> /XML <Xml_File_Name> command. 


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@Janga - did you look at the script I wrote to take care of this situation?

http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Repair-CorruptedTampered-c8d2e975


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Hi,

 

How I can tell if a task is corrupted by looking at the Expanded Task Scheduler?

"Expand Task Scheduler Library tree in the left pane, and located the folder that contains the corrupted task. Make a note of the location of the corrupted task. You will need this information later in this procedure."

 

Thanks.

Danny.

I have the same question.  I went through all the Task Scheduler Library folders and saw nothing about corruption, and yet I am still getting these error messages, and I can't create new tasks.  I searched my updates and KB2305420 is not there.



  • Edited by No1KCfan6 Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:48 AM wanted to add to post

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@No1KCfan6

Can you post the error you get when you try to create a task? Also have you researched that error first as you may be having two issues.


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The server encountered an unexpected error in the synchronization service.

Hello, 

We received a weird error message in Event Log and I have no idea what it means.  Has anybody encountered this error?

EventID : 6301

Source: FIMSynchronizationService.

The server encountered an unexpected error in the synchronization engine:

 "BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(15136): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(14776): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(14909): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(14991): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(15651): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(15584): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\scriptmanagerimpl.cpp(1398): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\scriptmanagerimpl.cpp(1501): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\scriptmanagerimpl.cpp(2140): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3264): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\scriptmanagerimpl.cpp(2503): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): D:\bt\9394412\private\source\MIIS\server\shared\inc\ScriptManager.h(611): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\iafexec.cpp(782): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\amexec.cpp(2342): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\amexec.cpp(1834): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\amexec.cpp(2101): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\iafexec.cpp(7279): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\rules\iafexec.cpp(3838): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
ERR_: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sync\synccoreimp.cpp(4331): 0x80230405 - import-flow failed 0x80230405
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sync\synccoreimp.cpp(4340): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sync\synccoreimp.cpp(8695): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sync\synccoreimp.cpp(3793): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sync\synccoreimp.cpp(3574): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(15136): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(14776): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(14909): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\server\sqlstore\csobj.cpp(14991): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
BAIL: MMS(3232): d:\bt\9394412\private\source\miis\shared\entry\tower.cpp(12079): 0x80230405 (The operation failed because the object cannot be found)
Forefront Identity Manager 4.1.2273.0"

 

Reply:

Which way did you use for synchronization?

  • Create manually a management agent
  • Use QuickStart tool.

Assuming you have had Active Directory so my post may be helpful for you: http://thuansoldier.net/?p=2426

-T.s


Thuan Soldier
SharePoint Vietnam | Blog | Twitter


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Reply:

I imported previously created MA from ILM and currently running profile runs using a powershell script.  


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Reply:

Hi,

I think that maybe CS in your Management Agent are corrupted.

Try to delete Connector Spaces (only) of the Management Agent and run an import again.

Patrick.


Patrick Layani


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