Office 365 Pro Plus and OLE/COM Automation

I'm trying to find out if Office 365 Pro Plus is installed on an RD Session Host, will it be able to use OLE/COM automation as a "normal" copy of Office 2013 would?

Cheers for now

Russell

Reply:

I managed to confirm (via an online chat with an O365 support person) that the product works in exactly the same way as a copy of Office 2013 Pro Plus would.

Cheers for now

Russell

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[Forum FAQ]Workaround: MDT 2013 to deploy Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build)

Description

When Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build) released in January, a lot of people try to deploy this build via MDT 2013, maybe the process works well, but when we restart to finish the installation, we may get this similar error:

Cause and Workaround

Scenario 1: Some MDT scripts would use the OScurrrentversion value as a parameter to apply settings, for previous versions, the version number looks like this:

But for the current 9926 build, it looks like this:

Obviously, the Windows 8.1 Pro is wrong information about this build, but this is not the cause for our current issue.

For deployment, the key script is LTIApply.wsf which is located at DeploymentShare\Scripts, we can edit it and get that there are many code blocks to compare the currentversion number, for example:

' If Vista or above, copy the script and its dependencies locally as they'll be needed to prep the BCD later    			If Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 1) >= "6" then    				oUtility.VerifyPathExists oEnvironment.Item("_SMSTSMDataPath") & "\Scripts"  				For each sScript in Array("LTIApply.wsf", "ZTIBCDUtility.vbs", "ZTIConfigFile.vbs", "ZTIDiskUtility.vbs", "ZTIUtility.vbs", "ZTIDataAccess.vbs")  					oLogging.CreateEntry "Copying " & oUtility.ScriptDir & "\" & sScript & " to " & oEnvironment.Item("_SMSTSMDataPath") & "\Scripts\" & sScript, LogTypeInfo  					oFSO.CopyFile oUtility.ScriptDir & "\" & sScript, oEnvironment.Item("_SMSTSMDataPath") & "\Scripts\" & sScript, true  				Next    			End if  		End if

As we can see the script function get the left first string of OS current version to compare with "6", the string comparison is not as integer comparison, so for build 9926, "1" is not larger or equal to "6".

For this code block which copies scripts to prepare BCD later would not run in 9926 build.

A workaround is to edit the strings comparison like this:

Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 2) = "10"

There is another situation during the apply image code block:

' Apply the specified image    			If sFile = "" then    				iRetVal = UnattendedInstall    			Elseif Left(sOSBuild, 1) < "6" then    				iRetVal = ApplyImage( "nt52" )    			ElseIf Left(sOSBuild, 3) = "6.0" then    				iRetVal = ApplySetup    			Else    				iRetVal = ApplyImage( "nt60" )    			End if

Actually, this code does not apply for Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build), we can edit like this:

Elseif Left(sOSBuild, 1) < "6" and Left(sOSBuild, 1) > "2" then

iRetVal = ApplyImage( "nt52" )

Otherwise, installation process cannot apply UnattendedInstall.

Scenario 2: The second reason would be the dism. Generally, it is an unsupported scenario to service an up level image using low level dism.

MDT 2013 uses winpe.wim from ADK 8.1 installation directory to generate LiteTouch PE, in Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build), the dism version is:

So, we best prepare a winpe.wim to generate LiteTouch PE, the workaround is to download the ADK 10:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45522

Currently, MDT 2013 cannot associate with ADK 10, it associates with ADK 8.1 by default. So if we want to generate an appropriate winpe, we need replace two folders in ADK 8.1 with ADK 10 folders, for example, I would like to create an x64 version WinPE, I need backup the folders in ADK 8.1 and replace with these two folders (simply copy them to the same location for ADK 8.1):

DISM under Deployment Tools

amd64 under Windows Preinstallation Environment

Here is the newest LiteTouch PE:

The build number for winpe is 9933.

Then we can deploy Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build) via MDT 2013.

Actually, since this is Technical Preview, this workaround does not apply to production environment, we only recommend to test in lab environment.

The good news is that we have released a preview version for MDT 2013 update 1 which provides the support for Windows 10 Technical Preview (9926 build) and completely revises Windows version logic including changes from string to integer comparison ("10" !> "6" but 10 > 6) and a new ZTIUtility function, GetMajorMinorVersion:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msdeployment/archive/2015/03/02/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-2013-update-1-preview-now-available.aspx

(New members must first join the MDT group of the Client Management program on Connect)

Please click to vote if the post helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Edited by Cloud_TSModerator Monday, March 23, 2015 12:58 AM edit

Reply:

Thank for the write up. I have "streamlined" the process to make it forward compatible with the new Tech Previews.

I am using the following.

- MDT 2013

- Windows 8.1 ADK

- Additional edits to LTIApply.wsf as detailed in original article with some modifications listed below.

- Custom DISM script (link)

1) Edit LTIApply.wsf and change the following code.

Old Code

If Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 1) >= "6" then

New Code

If ((Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 1) >= "6") or (Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 2) = "10")) then

Then remove the following code and replace with the new code.

Old Code

Elseif Left(sOSBuild, 1) < "6" then  	iRetVal = ApplyImage( "nt52" )

New Code

Elseif Left(sOSBuild, 1) < "6" and Left(sOSBuild, 1) > "2" then  	iRetVal = ApplyImage( "nt52" )

When it comes to DISM, no need to change the current structure. Use the script at the following location and it will pull the DISM files from the Windows 10 WIM file automatically for you and apply them to the installation session. Does not modify your MDT 2013 ADK in any way.

A very smart guy figured this out, many kudos to Frank Lesniak for coming up with this little trick.

http://blog.westmonroepartners.com/make-the-microsoft-deployment-toolkit-mdt-2013-able-to-deploy-windows-10-windows-server-vnext-and-hyper-v-server-vnext-technical-preview/

After making only these changes, I am now able to deploy Windows 10 Technical Preview builds 9879 - 10061.

Enjoy! :)

Edited by Derek Bannard Saturday, April 25, 2015 12:05 AM

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Reply:

Thanks for the kudos, Derek - and thanks for the great write-up!

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Reply:

Credit where credit is due Frank. :)

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Moving SSO to SQL Server

Recently, we had to build up our new BizTalk 2013 production box rather quickly. We had originally talked about putting the SSO configuration on the SQL Server instead of the BizTalk server since we will now be adding a second BizTalk server to the group. We had never configured the SSO on the SQL side before and were in a bit of a time crunch, so just installed it on the BT server as usual. Is there any way, after the fact, to move the SSO piece to the SQL server?

Thanks.

Reply:

Yes. For clarity, what you need to do is move the Master Secret Server. An SSO Service still runs locally.

The procedure to move the MSS is here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa559364.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Before you move the MSS, you have to install SSO with the Master Secret Server on the SQL Server.

After the move, you can remove the Master Secret Server (not the Single Sign On Service) from the BizTalk computer.

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Reply:

BS...thanks for the input. I'll check out the article you pointed me to.

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Why does MDT 2013 Update 1 Preview still have a section in the task sequence for Sysprep.inf?

Isn't Sysprep.inf meant for XP/2003? Why is this still here? I am trying to do a build and capture of Windows 10 and I am getting the error: "Unable to find sysprep.inf"

Why would a Windows 10 image need that file?

Reply:

According to this screen grab from LTISysprep.wsf, MDT thinks that Windows 10 (build 10075) is less than 6000?

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Reply:

Is this because "OSCurrentBuild" is a string? And "10075" is < a string of "6000".

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Reply:

I haven't messed with the preview, but MDT 2013 doesn't support XP and yet if you look inside LTISysprep.wsf you find:

' Make sure the C:\Sysprep directory exists and that it contains sysprep.inf    oUtility.VerifyPathExists "C:\Sysprep"  If not oFSO.FileExists("C:\Sysprep\sysprep.inf") then    	If oFSO.FileExists(oEnvironment.Item("DeployRoot") & "\Control\" & oEnvironment.Item("TaskSequenceID") & "\Sysprep.inf") then  		oLogging.CreateEntry "Copying " & oEnvironment.Item("DeployRoot") & "\Control\" & oEnvironment.Item("TaskSequenceID") & "\Sysprep.inf to C:\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf", LogTypeInfo  		oFSO.CopyFile oEnvironment.Item("DeployRoot") & "\Control\" & oEnvironment.Item("TaskSequenceID") & "\Sysprep.inf", "C:\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf", true  	Else  		oLogging.CreateEntry "Unable to find Sysprep.inf, image deployment may not be automated", LogTypeWarning  	End if  End if

Did they finally add the code to rearm Office 2013?

If this post is helpful please vote it as Helpful or click Mark for answer.

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Reply:

This blog post appears to address my issue.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msdeployment/archive/2015/03/28/mdt-updates-for-windows-10-technical-preview-build-10041.aspx

It includes update template .xml files and updated script files, LTISysprep being one of them. Here is the change from the 'stock' one and the new one from the blog post. Notice that the build number is now compared as an integer and not a string.

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red mark on OS folder in workbench

it is first time that I found a small red mark (Arrow)on Operating Systems folder and subfolders.

I am pretty sure it wasnt there before...

What is this? The folders are enabled. The image Inside the folder doesnt have this red...

--- When you hit a wrong note its the next note that makes it good or bad. --- Miles Davis

Reply:

The arrow next to the Windows logo. That's normal.

If this post is helpful please vote it as Helpful or click Mark for answer.

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Reply:

Thanks for confirmation.

So it is me... was stressed :)

I was confused after DS update with unexpected driver injections.

--- When you hit a wrong note its the next note that makes it good or bad. --- Miles Davis

Edited by pob579 Wednesday, June 3, 2015 9:21 PM

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Cannot create site collections

Hello,

Well I will start off with this is my First Sharepoint experience as I normally use Wordpress or Joomla for Intranet sites but they wanted SharePoint.

Took a course but it doesn't seem to be helping.

The setup was awesome and I did the setup and then started creating Web Applications and site collections.

I setup 3 of these and then was trying to get excel and word to open online as we have the enterprise edition.

At that point, I did the configuration wizard. To some ill <g class="gr_ gr_343 gr-alert gr_gramm Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" data-gr-id="343" id="343">advice</g> I used the same account as the setup.

I have now changed what I can in the service accounts to be with a new AD account of Service, but still cannot add to the sites.

I created a new Web Application which after 24hrs of it creating I hit the X.

It is there in the Web applications, but I cannot create a site collection.

I would love to start fresh but one of the first sites are now live and people are using it.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Reply:

How are you attempting to create a site collection and what errors are you getting?

As background; you say that people are using some of the first sites, what's different about the new one that you've created?

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Reply:

thank you for the quick reply.

The first sites I created are Team sites.

With this one, I just went in the central admin and create <g class="gr_ gr_28 gr-alert gr_gramm Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" data-gr-id="28" id="28">site</g> collection for the new web application that I had to close.

This one I am trying to create a publishing site for the main intranet pages.

The error I get is very basic

Sorry, something went wrong

This page has encountered a critical error. Contact your system administrator if this problem persists.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Troubleshoot issues with Microsoft SharePoint Foundation.

Correlation ID: 701b0c9d-94ee-10fc-23f6-7631d365047a

Date and Time: 6/1/2015 10:34:25 AM

from the logs.

06/01/2015 10:33:00.18* OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1958 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles b3w8 High ...Administration.UserProfileApplication.SynchronizeMIIS() at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ILMProfileSynchronizationJob.Execute() 701b0c9d-14e1-10fc-23f6-7779b40647c4
06/01/2015 10:33:00.18 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (Timer Job User Profile Service Application_LanguageAndRegionSync). Parent No fa98e12a-07f9-43d8-a0a2-5d7bf011364f
06/01/2015 10:33:00.18 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Foundation Logging Correlation Data xmnv Medium Name=Timer Job User Profile Service Application_LanguageAndRegionSync 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.18 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1958 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Timer Job User Profile Service Application_ProfileSynchronizationJob). Execution Time=6.8195818183596 701b0c9d-14e1-10fc-23f6-7779b40647c4
06/01/2015 10:33:00.18 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles ohvm Medium LanguageAndRegionSyncLog19000000001 WebApp My Sites(fe119112-a5ba-4cd1-a3ac-c5715787c22d), ContentDB SP_PD01_ContentDB_MySites_01(84c87653-c30b-4fc6-9a9b-353851cf3e70): Beginning synch of ContentDB 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.18 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x2378 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Timer Job job-diagnostics-sql-performance-metric-provider). Execution Time=9.85879490270411 701b0c9d-34e1-10fc-23f6-721ed1802343
06/01/2015 10:33:00.19 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles ohvp Medium LanguageAndRegionSyncLog19000000002 WebApp My Sites(fe119112-a5ba-4cd1-a3ac-c5715787c22d), ContentDB SP_PD01_ContentDB_MySites_01(84c87653-c30b-4fc6-9a9b-353851cf3e70): Finished synch of ContentDB. 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.19 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles ohvm Medium LanguageAndRegionSyncLog20000000001 WebApp QMS(efecea56-65ff-47ee-b2ba-5a4cd56cc55a), ContentDB SP_PD01_ContentDB_QMS_01(2c787676-3ca9-42fa-9153-c2aad0c0b7f2): Beginning synch of ContentDB 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.20 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x0F14 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Timer Job job-diagnostics-performance-metric-provider). Execution Time=42.3003482286156 701b0c9d-e4df-10fc-23f6-72e1f48e96b5
06/01/2015 10:33:00.20 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles ohvp Medium LanguageAndRegionSyncLog20000000002 WebApp QMS(efecea56-65ff-47ee-b2ba-5a4cd56cc55a), ContentDB SP_PD01_ContentDB_QMS_01(2c787676-3ca9-42fa-9153-c2aad0c0b7f2): Finished synch of ContentDB. 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.20 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles ohvm Medium LanguageAndRegionSyncLog21000000001 WebApp Team Sites(5bfe3371-22d8-420e-beb0-093e4c3a50b5), ContentDB SP_PD01_ContentDB_TeamSites_01(370376e0-6a58-4a77-ac67-1341ecfad3e1): Beginning synch of ContentDB 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.21 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x22BC SharePoint Foundation Monitoring nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (Timer Job Rebalance crawl store partitions for 51c01d61-d0bf-4130-b341-ac14ccc168f7). Parent No 08a6e61b-f7b0-404f-8af3-ad9befb9c337
06/01/2015 10:33:00.21 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x22BC SharePoint Foundation Logging Correlation Data xmnv Medium Name=Timer Job Rebalance crawl store partitions for 51c01d61-d0bf-4130-b341-ac14ccc168f7 701b0c9d-84e3-10fc-23f6-7e97f3f15320
06/01/2015 10:33:00.21 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Portal Server User Profiles ohvp Medium LanguageAndRegionSyncLog21000000002 WebApp Team Sites(5bfe3371-22d8-420e-beb0-093e4c3a50b5), ContentDB SP_PD01_ContentDB_TeamSites_01(370376e0-6a58-4a77-ac67-1341ecfad3e1): Finished synch of ContentDB. 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.22 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x2FA4) 0x1ED8 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring b4ly Medium Leaving Monitored Scope (Timer Job User Profile Service Application_LanguageAndRegionSync). Execution Time=36.4923474910917 701b0c9d-74e1-10fc-23f6-780285e69fd2
06/01/2015 10:33:00.39 w3wp.exe (0x2A14) 0x2790 SharePoint Foundation Monitoring nasq Medium Entering monitored scope (Request (POST:http://torinweb01:35865/_admin/createsite.aspx?WebApplicationId=99cbd9d7-dd13-4c3a-a715-c36c06e5e437)). Parent No
06/01/2015 10:33:00.39 w3wp.exe (0x2A14) 0x2790 SharePoint Foundation Logging Correlation Data xmnv Medium Name=Request (POST:http://torinweb01:35865/_admin/createsite.aspx?WebApplicationId=99cbd9d7-dd13-4c3a-a715-c36c06e5e437) 701b0c9d-94ee-10fc-23f6-7631d365047a
06/01/2015 10:33:00.39 w3wp.exe (0x2A14) 0x2790 SharePoint Foundation Authentication Authorization agb9s Medium Non-OAuth request. IsAuthenticated=True, UserIdentityName=, ClaimsCount=0 701b0c9d-94ee-10fc-23f6-7631d365047a

Edited by Monkhouse Hosting Monday, June 1, 2015 2:38 PM more details

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Reply:

Most of those log entries don't relate to the issue. If you use ULS viewer you can filter down to the correlation ID: 701b0c9d-94ee-10fc-23f6-7631d365047a

What happens if you try to use PowerShell to create a site collection?

Edited by Alex Brassington Monday, June 1, 2015 4:07 PM

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Reply:

Interesting, I created the site at the root of the web application with the Publishing portal and when I go to the site URL it asks for my login and then I get access denied.

On to the next problem.

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Reply:

Hi,

Open IE with "Run as different user" and try to launch the site with Farm Admin account

Note: To Open as different user, Hold Shift and right click on IE

If you are able to open the site, then go to the Site settings and check it out.

Post your response and based on your response we can proceed from there.

Venkatesan Nadimuthu

Edited by Venkatesan Nadimuthu Monday, June 1, 2015 6:33 PM

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Reply:

Also, Try Get-SPtrustedidentitytokenissuer to see the claims provider. I can see there are no claims received for the account you have used. Also, go to User profile and check if the account is available in the User profile Application

Venkatesan Nadimuthu

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Reply:

Thanks for the help so far.

I have tried to run IE as the Setup, My Admin and my end user account and all them I get an error 403.

I went into the Web Applications and added all the user accounts to be the same as my team sites in the User Policy.

Then repeated the IE work above and still the 403 error.

I just looked at the folder that the site is using and there is only a folder named _vti_pvt in there.

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Reply:

That's Strange. Are you able to get the SPSite using Powershell. Try creating a new WebApp. Ensure, claims authentication is selected. Create Site Collection. View Site collection and verify the SC primary and secondary administrators.

Try Get-SPSite and see if you are getting the results.

Try doing the Host file entry for the WFE and try to access the site. Post your response

Venkatesan Nadimuthu

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Reply:

Hello,

Thank you for your help. Doing this old school and through PowerShell it is now working.

What would be the difference?

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Reply:

Glad it is working.

Not sure what you are referring to "What would be the difference?"

Mark as answer if the post helped you to figure out the problem and helped to resolve the issue.

Venkatesan Nadimuthu

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Reply:

I will report that as an answer.

My question is why does it work in Powershell and not in Central Admin?

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Reply:

The simplest reason, and the most common, is that there's something broken in your permissions or the process you're following.

You didn't say if you had run IE in administrator mode, which i believe Venkatesan was referring to. If you don't then IE will not run with sufficient permissions to make changes to the server.

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Reply:

Hi,

There is no difference using Powershell or CA for this specific requirement.

What I have seen in my experience is using Powershell is lot quicker than doing it in UI. Also, you can loop through SCs, Webs, lists, etc.. more effectively using Powershell. There could be minor issues during the execution where as Powershell cmdlet makes the job easier.

Post your response if you have any queries:)

Venkatesan Nadimuthu

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Reply:

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Did Microsoft call you out of the blue about your computer? No, they didn't.

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Res://mshtml.dll/about.moz

I have suggested that a blank blue page occurs when navigating to the above URI. About:mozilla does not do anything; instead it navigates to res://ieframe.dll/navcancl.htm.

Below is the page where it displays a blank blue page:

And of course, a Navigation Canceled error:

Navigating to about:mozilla will only work with Mozilla Firefox, not just MSIE.

Reply:

Hi,

This is default behavior about this common about: URLs.

For about:mozilla

The Windows version of IE showed a blank HTML document with blue background color. Possibly a joke reference to the "Blue Screen of Death". Removed in Windows XP SP2 but it can still be shown by typing "res://mshtml.dll/about.moz" instead.

You could easily find the corresponding info from the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_URI_scheme

Karen Hu
TechNet Community Support

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Reply:

You can reenable "about:mozilla" in Internet Explorer by modifying the registry; below, you will see the values exported from my registry, including this change.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs]
  "blank"="res://mshtml.dll/blank.htm"
  "NoAdd-onsInfo"="res://ieframe.dll/noaddoninfo.htm"
  "InPrivate"="res://ieframe.dll/inprivate_win7.htm"
  "NavigationFailure"="res://ieframe.dll/navcancl.htm"
  "NoAdd-ons"="res://ieframe.dll/noaddon.htm"
  "Home"=dword:0000010e
  "PostNotCached"="res://ieframe.dll/repost.htm"
  "DesktopItemNavigationFailure"="res://ieframe.dll/navcancl.htm"
  "NavigationCanceled"="res://ieframe.dll/navcancl.htm"
  "SecurityRisk"="res://ieframe.dll/securityatrisk.htm"
  "mozilla"="res://mshtml.dll/about.moz"

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New Display issues after updates

Just applied 4 security updates and after a reboot my monitor was stuck in 640x480.

It was a AMD 7850 over display port to a Dell u2412m resolution of 1920x1200.

Had to go back to VGA cable.

Why not just leave the display properties as they were as since the display properties was moved to the new modern ui, it has been nothing but problems for everyone.

Now i have hdmi stuck in 720 and display port stuck in 640x480 = progress.

Changed type Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:49 PM Comment

Reply:

since the display properties was moved to the new modern ui, it has been nothing but problems

What specific problem symptoms are you having with it?

One user mentioned having a problem trying to get into it in the conventional way by right-click on the Desktop.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_desktop/start-menu-and-modern-ui-apps-do-not-work-at-all/f1544829-4328-45e3-818d-e97f747f7297?page=2

I gave a possible workaround for that, which at least works for me via Administrator: Windows PowerShell but I have not had any positive feedback for the idea.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> explorer.exe ms-settings://display/

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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Reply:

I am at work at the moment and will apply the latest build this evening hopefully this fixes all the display issues. Listening to other people it appears to have solved the majority of them.

I had no problems getting in to the display properties, the monitor dell u2412m was just not showing any available modes other than 640x480 and unisntalling the monitor and display drivers and reinstalling them did not solve it, moving to vga cable solved it though.

Ill give an update this evening on whether the new build fixed all the display issues.

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I have now tested the 70041 build with HDMI to my projector from my AMD 7850 with latest drivers and the Intel hdmi both of them result in graphic problems at 1080 defaulting to 720 but saying 1920x1080. I can see this by the the size of the windows on screen and i know what 1080 looks like. The taskbar looks like it might be failing to adjust as it has some graphic issues with green display above the bar when first switching.

Edited by Johnmclain Sunday, May 3, 2015 10:58 PM

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New with build 10074, no hdmi audio what so ever through av receiver.

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New with build 10074, no hdmi audio what so ever through av receiver.

which make of HD 7850 are you using

I have run into problems with my HD 5450 as well as my HD 6970 with HDCP but I use a separate sound system

15.4 is the latest beta

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+8.1+-+64

Place your rig specifics into your signature like I have, makes it 100x easier!

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It is an MSI AMD 7850. I also tried the onboard Intel HDMI on my gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H and that has the same problem.

Other problems are found switching between the display port to my dell monitor and the hdmi ports. The hdmi ports activate when plugged in but I was unable to switch back to display port without pulling out the hdmi cable.

In the past i could leave both in the whole time and turning on my projector and switching the av receiver to the hdmi port and it would enable the hdmi display and audio on the pc. Turning off the projector would then reactive the display port as the main display. This is with the setting, display only on 1 or display only on 2.

I don't think its a driver issue because i had the latest drivers 15.4 that was working as i described with 1080 on a previous build. It was only when upgrading the build to a build with the new display port options as the default display properties did i experience problems.

Edited by Johnmclain Monday, May 4, 2015 8:32 AM

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I do not have a DisplayPort cable that works with the pint sized ports on my HD 6970 but the HDMI works fine. My panel has all 4 different ports on it.

I suggest given that HDMI is working, use that.

HDMI switch boxes are under $5 on eBay. DP to HDMI are also lower cost now.

Have you looked into Miracast?

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For now i can put up with 720p using the hdmi to my projector or my projector through the av receiver while in beta builds. I am trying to fix it however by pointing out the problems. My projector supports active 3d and i will test that to see if that also is not working (never used it in 720p), then i am thinking it might be a problem with the hdmi implementation.

The only other outcome i can think of is the projector coincidentally suffered a fault and is stuck in 720p mode, which i think is unlikely. As i can see how the hdmi implementation working at 1080 on many other devices seems to rule out the hdmi implementation in general of having any problems. However it would not explain the audio problems to the av receiver. If i leave the projector off and then try use the hdmi for general audio to my av receiver, then it does not work. It simply does not activate as a secondary audio device over either the amd or intel. In sound options the hdmi device stays disabled.

Trying to switch between multiple monitor modes is also very problematic. It seems to crash explorer when switching and not do anything else when i change modes. Fixed by disabling the hdmi and doing ctrlaltdel and starting explorer.

In the past I could leave the projector off and switch to the hdmi interface simply by switching inputs on the av receiver and changing the source application primary sound device within windows. This is no longer possible. The sound device properties also takes a long time to open.

Edited by Johnmclain Tuesday, May 5, 2015 9:45 PM

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which make model of projector do you have, could you please provide a link to the product page, so I can look at it and provide more advice

it might be an idea to look into micracast which uses Wi-Fi Direct as an alternative to a physical cable

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Unforunately I don't want another solution. I need to use the HDMI to my av receiver and my projector, there is no alternative. Put it this way, if this is not resolved by the time windows 10 is released i will be forced to continue to use windows 7. The audio not working as secondary audio device over HDMI is a big issue, you have to agree?

The av receiver is a Yamaha rxv-467

The projector is an Epson eh-tw5200

Easily found with google searches. If you need more information or anything let me know.

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one thing you can do now is use the feedback app so that microsoft can work with hardware vendors when issues are presented

i recently procured a new windows tablet and it intrinsically uses miracast, its too thin for hdmi etc

other machines are increasingly as thin, seems that wireless is the way everyone wants to go

there are usb miracast wi-fi adpaters, windows 8.1 and above supports micracast, hdmi receivers for displays are inexpensive too

everything is < $20 on ebay, so its cheaper than a cable of a high-end retail rack

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Reply:

I bitstream 6 channel dolby digital and DTS HD codecs to my av receiver from blurays. I am yet to find any wireless hdmi (except wireless hdmi itself) that supports 6 channel audio and these hd codecs.

Wireless HDMI sounds good but the AV receiver and source have to support it, i don't think you can get wireless hdmi that works well. Even then i don't see how that would fix windows 10 hdmi implementation problems.

I have given up on the windows feedback because it is a waste of time, they don't even bother to read it i think.

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I have one of the Miracast HDMI receivers, it plugs into the TV port easily. I then paired it to my HP Stream 7 tablet and it displayed my screen as expected.

Now my tablet lacks an optical drive etc etc so I used a H.264 stream to try it and the TV recognized the stream fine.

Miracast is Wi-Fi direct, no network box needed. Pairs like bluetooth devices.

If you own an Xbox One, Microsoft has a driver for Miracast so that the console becomes the receiver and it then displays the content on the TV

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I just explained how no wireless streaming solutions support 6 channel.

I don't own an xbox.

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I just explained how no wireless streaming solutions support 6 channel.

I don't own an xbox.

Miracast simply streams from the SoC that makes up my tablet. No need for an Xbox, I simply mentioned then due to the awareness.

So now the BD media used HDCP which might be a problem in its own right depending on the way the producer decided to encode the disk.

Miracast can support all the mainstream Dolby and DTS etc Its designed to act as a wireless equivalent to HDMI.

So if there is no 6 channel. I would look at the receiver and see what it thinks its getting, whether using HDMI or a Miracast connection

DisplayPort is another idea that is gaining ground in recent years, but HDMI is the mainstream choice.

Do you have any other display adapters besides the HD 7850 available?

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Are you even reading my posts?

The problem is not my av receiver or my projector. The problem is the HDMI implementation on windows 10.

Mircast will make no difference to the problem because it would still be stuck in 720p on the windows 10 and not support hdmi as a second audio device.

I have tried on the onboard intel hdmi and amd 7850 and i have the same results.

Maybe i have a corrupted windows 10 install or something like that. I connected my tablet to my projector to test and that went to 1080 so the projector does not have any faults.

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I have Windows 10 on a partition on my desktop, works fine with my HD 6970 and my GTX 6560 Ti using HDMI

that is why I suggested a different card as I have seen some problems with some cards

I have a box full of video cards as I run a popular PC gaming site, that google feeds by the thoudsands

If the Intel integrated video is also not working, check your cable as its possibly but unlikely damaged.

Its not a bad idea to download the ISO fresh and install the preview clean, this way any possible issues will hopefully be cleared up

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i will do a clean install this weekend and post results. i have had a few random restarts as well.

thanks for the input.

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I have tried to disable the onboard intel to see if i could get the hdmi to work as an audio device if it is the primary sound device. I tried installing amd beta drivers after doing this and i still can't use the hdmi as an audio device to my av receiver. I am going to try a clean install now and if that does not work then we can confidently say that there is a problem using hdmi as an audio device and with passing 1080 over hdmi to some types of devices.

What I am going to do is go to 9926 windows 10 first and confirm that everything is working as i would expect. Then go to 10074 by reinstalling again afterwards and test to see if the problem exists. It is on ssd so should be quick. I think that will show a definitive answer whether there is a problem.

Edited by Johnmclain Saturday, May 9, 2015 10:04 AM

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I have old GTX 260 cards, which required a cable from the motherboard to a header to provide audio. More recent cards like my HD 5450, HD 6970 and GTX 660 Ti all have on-board audio to provide sound for HDMI that is independent of the motherboard sound system.

Check with the devices on the BIOS and see if there is an unused audio device that can be disabled as well.

The video card has audio which should be used with HDMI and DP etc

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I tested the 9926 build and it worked as expected.

Good news is that reinstalling from a fresh 10074 build fixed the problem of hdmi not working as a secondary audio device. It now gets picked up as usual and i can use just the av receiver and hdmi as audio device and switch between that and spdif.

The bad news is the projector still does not go to proper 1080. I have some example screen shots so will be interested to hear if you can see the difference.

I was stupid i did not think of taking the screenshots in the 9926 build. Also when taking screenshots with the projector in 1080 but looking like 720 the screenshots tend to come out different than it looks on the projector at the time, if that makes any sense.

Edited by Johnmclain Saturday, May 9, 2015 4:10 PM

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http://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cadhs1/Products

use the autodetect to see if Dell tool can find some new drivers or firmware

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Ok I have a better example. As for some reason the video program does not scale correctly with the screen shot function, i may have used different video size by mistake. Basically when changing between resolutions the video player should get bigger and smaller in relation to the total screen size if it is a fixed size because the resolution is increased but the video is not.

720 for reference, http://i.imgur.com/U11O7sK.jpg

this is 1080 on the projector http://i.imgur.com/qyxe7nc.jpg

this is 720p scaled up afterwards in image program, http://i.imgur.com/tBNcPYw.jpg

this 1920x1200 on my dell monitor over display port. You can see the pixel density is much greater and you can fit much more on the screen.

http://i.imgur.com/z9dDCWq.jpg

Edited by Johnmclain Saturday, May 9, 2015 4:11 PM

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then use DP while world+dog awaits a new build and better drivers etc

I would also get hold of the video card vendor and inquire about HDMI woes

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I am only trying to help by pointing out the problems. I am ok in the interim with putting up with 720p on my projector and using the display port.

To reiterate the point again, i have two hdmi ports on different manufactures and both of them have the same problem which rules out problems specific to amd or intel.

I found an old ssd and put 9926 build on there and tested my projector after installing all drivers etc.

The first screenshots is from 9926 build.

http://i.imgur.com/EwBXZ8t.png

This screenshot is from the 10074 build. The difference is clear in my opinion. Both screenshots are at 1080p resolution.

http://i.imgur.com/Y3Emp2W.png

I will test the latest build this weekend and see if it has made any difference.

Edited by Johnmclain Thursday, May 21, 2015 4:20 PM

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yesterday a new build came out 10122, you might want to give that a shot

might want to make a fresh backup too

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Ok i have just tested build 130 and latest beta amd drivers 15.5 and the problem still occurs.

I recently upgraded to an AMD 290x and have same problem.

To repeat over HDMI from the AMD or INTEL to the epson 5200 projector the 1080p does not display all the windows at 1080p. Only the desktop icons change DPI the browser all other applications are stuck in 720p resolution/dpi.

Edited by Johnmclain Tuesday, June 2, 2015 10:16 PM

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I had to snicker, sorry, there is a mile long thread over on the Sapphire forum over the R9 290x problems. many had to resort to card BIOS updates to get them to even display

I suspect that some new updates will finally get around to solving your HDMI problems

I have a HD 6970 and the HDMI on it works, but it does not support HDCP which is why I am using the GTX 660 Ti. I have a BD drive and I watch movies once in a while

I do test drivers galore much more than WHQL

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3d is not working either. Probably due to this DPI issue or maybe they have yet to implement support for 3d, but i do see an enable or disable option on the new style display properties. But it is definitely not working.

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I have not seen many users with 3D enabled using Radeon cards so not much I can suggest for that at the moment

AMD's forum was replaced recently so a lot of the old resources (old messages) are not available anymore

I suggest patience while AMD and MSFT work to iron out the remaining problems

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I have a small page on 3D

https://hardcore-games.azurewebsites.net/wp/game-3d.php

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Last chance! A restart is scheduled

After first login on a Windows 10 VM (build 10074) I did get the following message:

Feature request: Please add a "Restart now" button.

I will report this in feedback app as soon it lets me do this.

Moved by Brandon RecordsModerator Wednesday, June 17, 2015 4:12 PM Moved to more appropriate forum.

Hardware inventory not updating

Hi, i am having a problem that the hardware inventory for some of my client didn't update for a month already, i have try to reset the wmi record on that machine but no surprise on it.

the issue show on one of my testing machine so i have re-install the operating system on it, and the hardware inventory goes well now, so i was wondering if there is anything i can do instead of re-install the os.

Reply:

Have you tried a full hardware inventory rather than a delta?

You can use the Now Micro Right Click tools to do this per device or a collection.

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i have try to do this

http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2013/09/04/step-by-step-forcing-a-full-hardware-inventory-for-sccm.aspx

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i have try to do this

http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2013/09/04/step-by-step-forcing-a-full-hardware-inventory-for-sccm.aspx

Where does the inventory stop? http://www.enhansoft.com/blog/troubleshooting-inventory-flow

Garth Jones | My blogs: Enhansoft and Old Blog site | Twitter: @GarthMJ

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this is the computer that only have the hardware inventory at 19/3/2015

the log result as attached

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How does the line "SQL MESSAGE ..." end? Is there an error code listed? (That's the 'beauty' of being lazy and just attaching a screenshot instead of pasting the relevant lines. You cannot copy and paste and not all information might be shown) You can see from the log that the server sent a resync request to the client. Now examine InventoryAgent.log on the client and dataldr.log again.
Have you already tried to force a full inventory to see if that fixes the problem?

Torsten Meringer | http://www.mssccmfaq.de

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Sure i do have try to tried to force a full inventory

and the result is same

and the sql message part as follow,

SQL MESSAGE: spAddInventoryLog - Inventory Log for machine:,Server:1.0,Client:19.3,Message:Missing Delta. Resync,Detail:

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Sure i do have try to tried to force a full inventory

and the result is same

and the sql message part as follow,

SQL MESSAGE: spAddInventoryLog - Inventory Log for machine:,Server:1.0,Client:19.3,Message:Missing Delta. Resync,Detail:

Post the log snip-it that shows it is a full inventory and it is failing. The one above is a delta inventory.

Garth Jones | My blogs: Enhansoft and Old Blog site | Twitter: @GarthMJ

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Reply:

Hi , i getting some error with those machine these few days

ERROR - SQL Error in

ERROR - is NOT retyrable.

Cannot process MIF XHQ4YBT81.MIF, moving it to D:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\auth\dataldr.box\BADMIFS\ErrorCode_4\qbw16snd.MIF

STATMSG: ID=2703 SEV=W LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER" SYS=domain.name SITE= PID=3388 TID=6696 GMTDATE=Tue Jun 02 04:29:07.749 2015 ISTR0="XHQ4YBT81.MIF" ISTR1="D:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\auth\dataldr.box\BADMIFS\ErrorCode_4\qbw16snd.MIF" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=0

i will try to do the full inventory on this machine

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EMC Networker management pack for SCOM 2012

Hello,

May i know whether SCOM 2012 can capable of monitoring EMC products and also please let me know entire list of management packs available for EMC products.

This would be great help for me please.

Regards,

Vijay

Reply:

Hi,

EMC Management Integration for Microsoft SCOM 2012

https://community.emc.com/videos/2033

https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-13891

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Hi Vijharih,

ESI Management Packs

The following six ESI Management Pack files are provided free of charge to EMC customers:

EMC.ESI.Library.mp: Defines the monitors of storage systems supported by ESI and system components in SCOM.
EMC.ESI.Discovery.mp: Contains all of the discoveries for all of the storage systems and system components as defined in the library.
EMC.ESI.Monitoring.mp: Contains the monitors, rules, and diagnostics for the storage systems and system components.
EMC.ESI.Presentation.mp: Presents the storage system and system component folders and views in SCOM.
EMC.ESI.Reporting.mp: Reports the health and capacity of the storage systems and system components.
EMC.SI.Customization.xml: Contains all of the overrides and customizations for your specific storage environment. Import this management pack only during an initial installation. If you import it again, you will lose all of your previous overrides and customizations.

...the ESI Monitoring Management Pack is used to discover EMC storage system components. The discovery and monitoring of these components is through SCOM agents. The monitoring agent retrieves data from the ESI Service by using a RESTful HTTPS connection, which in turn retrieves the data from the storage systems. The monitoring data is inserted into the SCOM database.

check here for more info: https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-21433

for private cloud : https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-21431

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Surface Pro 3 Takes long time to awake after sleep

Hi,

I currently have Win 10 Ent tech preview 10074 running on a surface pro 3 512. When I close my keyboard over the screen, or simply have the system go to sleep after some time, or even press the button quickly, my surface pro 3 takes forever to wake back up. It takes about 15 minutes or longer. Eventually I just have to press and hold the power button to turn it off completely and reboot.

ADFS Federation Trust between two forests with One-Way trust

I have two forests abc.com and xyz.com. There is one-way outgoing trust from abc.com to xyz.com i.e. users from xyz.com can login to abc.com. I have a non-claims aware application configured in abc.com and users from xyz.com should be able to access it over public internet. There is one ADFS 3.0 farm installed in abc.com network with Service Account created in abc.com and users who have accounts in abc.com can login to the application using ADFS login page. But users from xyz.com cannot login even though they have access. This is because ADFS service Acount cannot query the xyz.com forest.

My question is if we install an ADFS farm in xyz.com and then create a Federation Trust between ADFS farms (in abc.com and xyz.com), whether users from xyz.com can access the application?

Regards, Sarath

Reply:

I would recommend asking them here: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=Geneva

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Reply:

Thanks Ahmed! Posted the question there.

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This particular question has been asked before. Gabriel Aul is not commiting ....

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A new reply from Gabriel Aul..............

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Virtual Directories

I am using Plesk to help me manage my VPS server. When I create a new domain, Plesk always adds some default files and directories into the domain: "css", "test", "index.htm", etc...

I don't need those files/folders, so I delete them either from FTP or from File Explorer. But when I delete them, the the virtual directories for the files/folders in IIS don't go away. So I get a pile of Virtual Directories in IIS that are broken.

I don't know if it's safe to delete the virtual directories or not. I don't know why they aren't deleted automatically when I remove the files/folders from the hard drive.

I would like to manage the server without Plesk, but I couldn't find any videos that were helpful to me in learning how to create the domains, websites, dns, email, etc... without Plesk.

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Reply:

Hi,

If you have any question about how to manage IIS manually, to get better help, please post your questions on IIS forum,

https://forums.iis.net/

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Technical Explanation of the 'Remove files and clean the drive' Reset PC Option

Although it says that's recommended option if one is recycling the PC, I've not been able to find any documentation that details what's happening behind the scenes when that option is selected. The closest 'documentation' I've been able to locate is the Windows 8 documentation here but that doesn't explain anything.

Where's the technical documentation on what Windows is doing when a user selects this option?
How secure/safe/reliable is it?

I certainly don't expect a 35-pass wipe; I'm doubtful its even a 3-pass wipe.
I also don't expect it to protect users of the feature from someone who has the resources to pay for professional data recovery services. (IMHO: If its reached that point and they're that desperate to get to your potentially non-classified/non-sensitive information, you've got more serious issues to be concerned about!)

I'm happy to continue using, and recommending, products like DBAN, WipeDisk and the like, but it would be nice to know whether or not the built-in features are more than sufficient to protect against someone who knows how to actually use the common data recovery applications publicly available today.

Edited by JuliusPIV Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:25 PM
Changed type Karen HuModerator Friday, June 5, 2015 1:41 AM

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How does this relate to the Windows 10 Preview?

The Windows reset is by no means a secure cleaning of the system. You will have to use a third party utility meeting DOD specs to accomplish a secure cleaning of any system, Windows or otherwise.

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How does this relate to the Windows 10 Preview?

That's not a very constructive reply; to be candid its quite odd. The feature is baked into Windows 10, so my query to you: Why wouldn't it be relevant to Windows 10 Insider Preview?

The Windows reset is by no means a secure cleaning of the system. You will have to use a third party utility meeting DOD specs to accomplish a secure cleaning of any system, Windows or otherwise.

So, for sanity's sake we'll lay the cards out:

In Windows 10 under 'Settings' > 'Update & Security' > 'Recovery' exists a 'Reset this PC' option.

This option allows you to perform a reset at varying but specific levels:

Keep my files - which "removes apps and settings, but keeps your personal files"
Remove everything - which "removes all of your personal files, apps and settings.

When selecting the latter option, one is presented with two additional choices:

Just remove my files - which "[..] is quicker, but less secure" and should be used "[..] if you're keeping the PC."
Remove files and clean the drive - which "[..] might take a few hours, but will make it harder for someone to recover your removed files" and should be used "[..] if you're recycling the PC."

So, the question stands: If Microsoft is offering this as an option, and has since Windows 8, what does the latter option actually do?

Does it do a clean all?
Does it do a format /p n? If so, what is n?
Does it 'detect' user data and try to write back 'random' data only to those blocks? (Perhaps leveraging something like sdelete? And if it is sdelete, how many passes?)
Is it 'safe enough' that the above-average IT guy wouldn't be able to recover much of anything?

I don't expect that option to be bullet proof meaning impossible for:

professional data recovery services to get anything
some seasoned forensics team to recover the data

If one either has data of that caliber or is paranoid, and arguably rightfully so, then yes I would agree that a third-party utility, like the ones I already mentioned, would be the correct approach. (Of course your data would likely already be encrypted to begin with so tossing the keys should be sufficient.)

But if that built-in option isn't safe or reliable to begin with, why is it included? To provide a false sense of security? Is the expectation that the machine is going from non-IT person to non-IT person and there's no concern if the recipient trying to recover anything?

The query isn't a challenge on the feature, nor am I suggesting it provides DOD 5220.22M grade wipe functionality.
Just seeking a deeper understanding of what it does, how it works and when one, the average home user, who this feature is likely aimed at, might want to consider using something else.

Edited by JuliusPIV Tuesday, May 26, 2015 12:08 AM

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Hi,

What's the meaning of your "security"?

If you mean the data lost, when you do any reset/refresh, it's recommended you backup all important data.

The option to choose whether you want to erase data quickly or thoroughly. If you choose to erase data quickly, some data might be recoverable using special software. If you choose to erase data thoroughly, this will take longer but it makes recovering data less likely.

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Thanks for the reply!

What's the meaning of your "security"?

I don't know that defining "security" is going to help much here; if you ask 100 people to define "security" you'll get 100 different answers.

The option to choose whether you want to erase data quickly or thoroughly. If you choose to erase data quickly, some data might be recoverable using special software. If you choose to erase data thoroughly, this will take longer but it makes recovering data less likely.

That looks like a paraphrased statement from what's already mentioned in this post as well as what's 'documented' here. Unfortunately, that doesn't get us closer to answering the questions of what's going on under the hood.

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JPV,

I don't think there is absolutely security. This is a relative concept.

If your data is very personal and important, I suggest you consider destroy it physically.

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I think the mark has been missed here. ¯\(°_o)/¯

So far it seems as everyone is focused on either:

trying to define what 'security' is; OR
hung on this idea that I'm asking whether or not the Windows feature is just as good as 35-pass wipe.

Truth of the matter is its neither.

The questions, to me at least, seem pretty clear (and mostly copying & pasting from what's already above):

What does the "Remove files and clean the drive" option actually do?

Does it do a diskpart clean all?
Does it do a format /p n? If so, what is n?
Does it 'detect' user data and try to write back 'random' data only to those blocks? (Perhaps leveraging something like sdelete? And if it is sdelete, how many passes?)

Because if this built-in option isn't safe/reliable/secure (or whatever word you feel is appropriate here) to begin with, why is it included? Was it added merely to provide a false sense of security?

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I can't speak for 10. That being said in the past AFAIK the other files just get deleted no more than if you delete them in the OS. Truthfully I don't think anyone external to MS currently knows and even internally I find it likely that only a small number of people know.

Edited by Ty Glander Tuesday, June 2, 2015 9:09 AM

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While I'd expect it to do a decent wipe, would it stand up to forensics from "letter agencies" that I doubt. Probably good enough for you local comp shop or someone that buys a used computer, but since there's no data published on how Win 10 wipes it would probably be best to stick with a certified DOD/EU program (although can you trust those either?).

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