Tag: Microsoft

Preventing Automatic Service Pack 1 Update to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft began to distribute Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) as a high-priority update through Automatic Updates. However, as with most large corporate environments, IT organizations may want to delay the introduction of a new Service Pack until they have tested compatibility with internal applications and sites.

Microsoft created a tool called “Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool Kit” to stop it from updating your servers and workstations without your permission. Unlike the Blocker Toolkit for IE9, this tool does have an expiration date – the 22nd of February 2012. The tool and can be configured either by running the registry file on the client machines or through Group Policy in domain joined environments.

Download

Download details: www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=D7C9A07A-5267-4BD6-87D0-E2A72099EDB7

The tool can be used with:

  • Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

Toolkit Components

The tool contains three components. All of them function primarily to set or clear a specific registry key that is used to detect and block download of Service Packs from Windows Update. You need to only use one of the components, the one that best serves your organization’s computer management infrastructure.

The components are:

  • A Microsoft-signed executable
  • A script
  • An ADM template

Registry key

The executable creates a registry key on the computer on which it is runs that blocks or unblocks (depending on the command-line option used) the delivery of a Service Pack to that computer through Windows Update. The key used is HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate.

Key value name: DoNotAllowSP

  • When the key value name is not defined, distribution is not blocked.
  • When the key value name is set to 0, distribution is not blocked.
  • When the key value name is set to 1, distribution is blocked.

Blocker Script

The script does the same thing as the executable, but allows you to specify the remote machine name on which to block or unblock delivery of Service Packs.

When the ‘/B’ command line option is used, the key value name ‘DoNotAllowSP‘ is created and its value set to 1. This value blocks delivery of a Service Pack to the computer through Automatic Update or Windows Update.

When the ‘/U’ command line option is used, the previously created registry value that temporarily blocked the delivery of a Service Pack to the computer through Automatic Update or Windows Update is removed. If the value does not exist on the computer on which it is run, no action is taken.

Note: The executable and script have been tested only as a command-line tool and not in conjunction with other systems management tools or remote execution mechanisms.

Group Policy Administrative Template (.ADM file)

The ADM template allows administrators to import group policy settings to block or unblock delivery of Service Packs into their Group Policy environment. Administrators can then use Group Policy to centrally execute the action across systems in their environment.

Add the .ADM file to the Group Policy by going to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates. Right click and select Add/Remote Templates. Browse to the location of the .ADM file and click Ok.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Blocker: Group Policy Settings

Users running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will see the policy setting under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) > Windows Components > Windows Update.

Block Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 automatic updates

Please note that this toolkit will not prevent the installation of the service pack from CD/DVD, or from the stand-alone download package. This simply prevents Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) from being delivered over Windows Update.

IMCEAMAILTO issue causing "Delivery has failed .."

In Outlook 2007, when a user does a reply to some emails the E-mail Type: changes from the normal SMTP to MAILTO and then when the user sends the email it is rejected because either Outlook or our Exchange server is adding @domain.nl to the end of the recipient’s email address.

This also happens with emails where the senders address is shown as a clickable option [mailto:persons.name@domain.co.uk].

Email address has been changed to Persons.name@domain.co.uk for confidentiality reasons.

Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:

‘Persons.name@wardvissers.nl’
A problem occurred during the delivery of this message. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please try resending this message later, or provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.

  _____ 

Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Diagnostic information for administrators:

Generating server: ward-ex01.wardvissers.nl

IMCEAMAILTO-Persons+2Ename+40domain+2Eco+2Euk@wardvissers.nl
#550 5.4.4 ROUTING.NoNextHop; unable to route ##

Original message headers:

Received: from ward-ex01.wardvissers.nl ([fe80::d597:2413:93ab:cf17]) by ward-ex01.wardvissers.nl ([fe80::d597:2413:93ab:cf17%13]) with mapi; Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:58:28 +0100
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
From: Internal User <Internal@wardvissers.nl>
To: "’Persons.Name@domain.co.uk’"
<IMCEAMAILTO-Persons+2Ename+40domain+2Eco+2Euk@wardvissers.nl>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:58:27 +0100
Subject: email

Thread-Topic: email

Thread-Index: Actrn34QI8tEGRBCR/qQGIH5MxGgyA==
Message-ID: <DC037DCA5E8D0F4585E53F80A5599ADC02339D6B5325@ward-ex01.wardvissers.nl>
Accept-Language: en-US, en-GB
Content-Language: en-US
X-MS-Has-Attach: yes
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: <DC037DCA5E8D0F4585E53F80A5599ADC02339D6B5325@ward-ex01.wardvissers.nl>
MIME-Version: 1.0

Solution: Open-mouthed smile

Removing Microsft Office Word 2007 (KB2344993) update from the computer did the trick

MMC could not create the snap-in. CLSID: FX:{18ea3f92-d6aa-41d9-a205-2023400c8fbb} error

I was able to solve this problem by the procedure below.

1. Navigate to the following directory:

x64 OS
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\CONFIG

x86
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG

2. Copy the ‘machine.config’ file to desktop just in case before you go to 3rd step.

3. Rename machine.config to machine.config.old which is locating in the directory above.

That’s it Winking smile

MDT Restricting the available Task Sequences by user

  1. Within DeploymentWorkbench go to Deployment Shares\<YourDeploymentshare>\Task Sequences.

  2. Organize the available task sequences into folders. Task sequences that aren’t in a folder can’t be restricted.

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  3. Within DeploymentWorkbench go to Deployment Shares\<YourDeploymentshare>\Advanced Configuration\Selection Profiles.

  4. Create a new selection profile and at “Select the folders that should be included in this selection profile” select the folders below Task Sequences that should be visible for this profile.

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  5. Edit CustomSettings.ini, add UserID to Priority before the value Deffault under [Settings]: 

    [Settings]
Priority=UserID, Default

  6. Define a section in CustomSettings.ini in the form [userid]. Example: if the User ID is Helpdesk then the section should be [helpdesk].

  7. Define the selection profile to be used for this user below this section. Example: to give helpdesk access to the Helpdesk selection profile, add the following:

    [helpdesk]
WizardSelectionProfile=Helpdesk

  8. Create a selection profile in which no folder has been selected and place a WizardSelectionProfile=nameofemptyselectionprofile below [Default] if you want none other than the defined user IDs to have access to the task sequences.

  9. Now when the user logs into the wizard in the WinPE environment, he/she sees only the task sequences that are available in the selection profile.

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    Source:Microsoft TechNet – MDT Forum – How to hide/show task sequence for specific users/user groups?

Build your own book of TechNet articles

The build-a-book process is a new TechNet feature and is currently in a beta release. It’s now available to you in the Microsoft TechNet Library. We encourage you to try it out. Here’s some instructions:

Get ready. You’ll need:

  • A recent browser. Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 work, as do other recent versions of other browsers. If you use IE 8 or IE 9, make sure they’re running in regular browser mode (not in compatibility view mode).
  • A Live ID for signing into TechNet.

Make sure you’re using the Lightweight view in TechNet. (If you’re currently in Classic or ScriptFree view, click Lightweight at the top of the TechNet page.) When you’re in Lightweight view, the upper right corner of the page should look like this.

  1. Sign in at http://technet.microsoft.com using a Windows Live ID.
  2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the printer icon on the upper right corner of the page and then click Print Multiple Topics.

    A Help page will open. That page provides Help, but it also serves as your start page.
  3. Read the How does it work? overview on the Help page and then click Start. The Print Multiple Topics (Beta) toolbar will appear at the top of your window.
  4. Browse through the left pane of the TechNet library, and pick topics or folders for your collection. Each time you select a topic or a folder, right-click it to add it to your collection.
    • If you right-click a folder, you can choose Add this topic or Add this set of topics. The number in parentheses indicates the number of topics in the set.
    • If a selected folder contains more than 100 topics, you’ll get a notice that says "(100+) Too Many Topics." In that case, you’ll have to select topics or sub-folders one by one within that folder.
    • If you want to select more than 100 topics, you’ll need to create a second book.
  5. When you’re finished, click Collection on the Print Multiple Topics toolbar (top of page). The Manage Collection page will open and the list of folders and articles that you’ve selected will be displayed.
  6. Organize your topics into the sequence you want and into chapter groupings that you like by using drag and drop. You can rename chapters, add more chapters, and delete chapters or topics on this page.
  7. Under Advanced Options, in the Export Your Collection area, select the file format you want (XHTML or PDF).
    Note: You must be signed in with your Live ID before you can export your collection.
  8. Click Generate.
    • While your book is generating, a Generating progress bar will appear at the top of the page.
    • When the book build is done, you’ll see Finished at the top of the page.
  9. Save your book either by right-clicking the Download your Document link, or by downloading the document and then saving it.

To start a brand new collection, click Delete on the Manage Collection page. Otherwise, the articles you selected for the current book build will remain in the collection.

Source: Build your own book of Technet articles

DPM 2010 System State of Bare Metal Recovery Fail on Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7

When you check the event log of de server you see a event 517.

Name: Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date: date
Event ID: 5
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: username
Computer: computer name
Description:
The backup operation that started at time has failed with following error code ‘2155347997’ (The operation ended before completion.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved

evenit517 

This a now Bug check KB2182466 you can download the hotfix here KBHotfix

Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3

Microsoft has Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 released.

Fixes:

  • 2531208 You cannot synchronize a folder hierarchy by using Outlook for Mac 2011 in an Exchange Server 2007 SP3 environment

  • 2528437 EWS applications cannot connect to Exchange Server 2007 servers after you make changes on accepted domains

  • 2521063 You are incorrectly displayed as a meeting organizer after you synchronize the meeting by using your mobile device in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2517337 You cannot open a mailbox that has a "#" character in the primary SMTP email address by using OWA in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2515428 The MSExchangeMailboxAssistants.exe process crashes when the managed folder assistant tries to journal a message in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2508872 The W3WP.exe process in the Autodiscover application pool on the Exchange Server 2007 Client Access servers consumes excessive CPU resources

  • 2507374 "Cannot open this item" error message in Outlook online mode in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2506827 An UM auto attendant times out and generates an invalid extension number error message in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2502276 A meeting request series are deleted unexpectedly from the calendar in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2498924 "Could not connect to a directory server" error message when you click the last page button in the search results in Exchange Server 2007 OWA

  • 2498156 OLM/OLD incorrectly runs against databases in a RSG in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2496806 A mobile phone times out when you use ActiveSync to synchronize the calendar on the mobile phone with an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox

  • 2543879 A PDF attachment sent from a Mac Mail client does not display when you open the email message by using Outlook 2010 in an Exchange Server 2007 SP3 environment

  • 2491751 pell checking does not function correctly in OWA when an S/MIME control is used and SSL Offloading is enabled in Exchange Server 2007

  • 2484147 "HTTP Error 400 Bad Request" error message when you use OWA to log on to a newly created Exchange Server 2007 mailbox

  • 2466220 Question mark (?) characters appear in the subject of a reply email message in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 2223294 A new feature is available to disable the "No end date" check box in OWA when you create a recurring meeting item in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

  • 977906 You receive an error message when you run certain commands in the EMS on an Exchange Server 2007 server

  • 2495010 The EdgeTransport.exe process consumes 100% CPU usage on an Exchange Server 2010 Edge Transport server or an Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server

  • 2484817 A mailbox does not show in certain address lists after you run commands on an Exchange Server 2007 mailbox

You can download the rollup pack HERE

ThinApp VMware View 4.6 Client

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Edit Package.ini

Add the following line under:
[VMware View Client.exe]
Source=%ProgramFilesDir%\VMware\VMware View\Client\bin\wswc.exe
;Change ReadOnlyData to bin\Package.ro.tvr to build with old versions(4.6.0 or earlier) of tools
ReadOnlyData=Package.ro.tvr
WorkingDirectory=%ProgramFilesDir%\VMware\VMware View\Client\bin\
ObjectTypes=VMware_VDM_Client;VMware_VDM_Client.1
Shortcuts=%Desktop%;%Programs%\VMware;%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

Commandline=%ProgramFilesDir%\VMware\VMware View\Client\bin\wswc –serverurl viewdemo.wardvissers.nl

Open Project Folder:
Remove the following Folders

%AppData%
%Common Desktop%
%Common Programs%
%Desktop%
%drive_C%
%Local AppData%
%Personal%
%Profile%
%Program Files Common%
%SystemRoot%

Then Click on Build

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Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1

    Microsoft has released Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

    Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 SP1 resolves the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

    • 2537099 "80040154" error message when you try to configure external Client Access namespaces on an Exchange Server 2010 server

    • 2536700 Outlook stops responding when you try to copy a folder to its subfolder by using Outlook in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment

    • 2536517 The Microsoft Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes intermittently on an Exchange Server 2010 server

    • 2536494 It takes a long time to return results when you perform an Advanced Find search on a mailbox by using Outlook in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment

    • 2535648 The EMC takes a long time to open in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2535130 Performance in Outlook or in OWA decreases when you use IMAP4 to access the contacts folder in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2535105 There is no option to disable the Availability service in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2533543 Event ID 2153 is logged on each database availability group member in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2533538 You cannot look up the free/busy information of a user who is located on an Exchange Server 2010 organization from another Exchange Server 2010 organization

    • 2533451 A RBAC role assignee can unexpectedly run the "Update-FileDistributionService" command on an Exchange Server 2010 server that is outside the role assignment scope

    • 2519359 "Changes to the rule cannot be saved." error message when you try to create a reply rule by using Outlook in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2518850 You cannot receive email messages on a mobile phone by using ActiveSync in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2517088 Public folder conflict resolution does not work as usual in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2515259 "The items could not be copied." error message when you run the Get-MailboxSearch cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment

    • 2514709 Event ID 1001 after you successfully the install Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging server role

    • 2514574 The Exchange RPC Client Access service crashes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2513723 The "New-MailboxImportRequest" cmdlet does not import all messages in a .pst file in the ANSI format in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2512023 "GetUserOofSettings", "SetUserOofSettings" and "GetUserAvailability" operations do not support Exchange Impersonation on the Exchange Server 2010 SP1 schema

    • 2511897 You cannot send an email message to a mailbox for a brief period when you move the mailbox by using online move in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2507463 You cannot move a mailbox that contains a corrupted Search Folder in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2506820 The free/busy information does not display of a user whose mailbox is located on an Exchange Server 2003 server

    • 2506049 The hierarchy of a new public folder database on an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 server is not replicated

    • 2505968 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505968/ ) The EdgeTransport.exe process crashes when you apply a rule that contains a bad email address in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2504453 You cannot retrieve statistical information about a public folder by using the "Get-PublicFolderStatistics" cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment

    • 2503337 Comments of your meeting response message is missing when you decline a meeting request in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2501070 A RBAC role assignee can stop queue processing on an Exchange Server 2010 Hub Transport server or an Exchange Server 2010 Edge Transport server that is outside the role assignment scope

    • 2500903 A space is missing in the subject line of a "Tentative" meeting response in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2500648 "There are no items to show in this view." error message when you try to view a folder in Outlook in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2495010 The EdgeTransport.exe process consumes 100% CPU usage on an Exchange Server 2010 Edge Transport server or an Exchange Server 2007 Edge Transport server

    • 2493393 You cannot use ECP to perform a wipe on a mobile phone in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment

    • 2492068 The item cannot be saved to this folder." error message when try to post an item to a mail-disabled public folder in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 environment

    • 2491354 You cannot view the free/busy information of users in a mixed Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2490134 A deferred delivery email message is not delivered by using Outlook 2007 in online mode in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2489964 An update enables range 0x-0x1F characters in the display name of an Exchange Server 2010 user account

    • 2489938 The "Connect-ExchangeServer" function does not change the target Exchange server in Exchange Server 2010

    • 2489130 A RBAC role assignee can unexpectedly change mailbox properties that are outside the management role group scope in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2488643 Outlook downloads duplicated POP3 email messages in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2479188 The iCal parts of an email message contain invalid entries when they are sent from an Exchange Server 2003 mailbox to an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox

    • 2477273 The DomainController parameter does not work when you use the "MoveMailbox.ps1" script to move mailboxes in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2471964 A NDR is sent to the sender when you move an email message to a personal folder file in an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 or a later version environment

    • 2467619 A user who manages a distribution group cannot remove another user whose mailbox is disabled in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2465292 "MAPI_E_FAILONEPROVIDER (0x8004011D)" error message when you access an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox by using a MAPI application

    • 2446908 ESE event descriptions are missing in Event Viewer when the Eseutil utility is called on an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 server

    • 2394554 An email message is not delivered if it contains unsupported encoded characters in the subject line in an Exchange Server 2010 environment

    • 2491951 You cannot install Exchange Server 2010 SP1 if the NetBIOS domain name of the domain controller contains an ampersand (&) character

    • 2507066 Administrator audit logging is disabled unexpectedly during an Exchange Server 2010 SP1 installation

      Here you can download Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (KB2509910) 

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