Windows error 0x80004005, -2147467259

The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client

I'm trying to use the Oracle ODP.NET 11g (11.1.0.6.20) Instant Client on my ASP.net project as a Data Provider but when I run the aspx page I get a "The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client" error message. Any help would be appreciated. I've referenced the [...] read more

How to solve error message: "Failed to map the path '/'."

I've searched and searched on Google, and I can't find anything that even seems applicable to my situation, let alone solves the problem. It doesn't matter which address in my website I try to navigate to (even addresses that don't exist give this error instead of a 404), I get [...] read more

vagrant up failed, /dev/vboxnetctl: no such file or directory

Can be useful, I found this error. The common solution is reinstall virtualbox but there are a better way. Solution sudo /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox restart or sudo /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox start VirtualBox 4.3+ On recents versions, the file (/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox) don't exists, so you need to use the command below: sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [...] read more

Directory does not exist. Parameter name: directoryVirtualPath

i just published my project to my host on Arvixe and get this error (Works fine local): Server Error in '/' Application. Directory does not exist. Parameter name: directoryVirtualPath Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information [...] read more

ASP.NET Core 1.0 on IIS error 502.5

I just updated my server (Windows 2012R2) to .Net Core 1.0 RTM Windows Hosting pack from the previous .Net Core 1.0 RC2. My app works on my PC without any issues but the server keeps showing: HTTP Error 502.5 - Process Failure Common causes of this issue: The application process [...] read more

VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter

I am running vagrant 1.4 and virtual box 4.3 on fedora 17 machine. When I do "vagrant up", I get this error: Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider... [default] Clearing any previously set forwarded ports... [default] Clearing any previously set network interfaces... There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, [...] read more

Error Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35

I have a small web application. Which was working fine until I added two genericHandler in my application. I have made the following changes for the http handler <system.web> <authentication mode="Forms" > <forms protection="All" timeout="720" defaultUrl="Default.aspx" loginUrl="Login.aspx" > </forms> </authentication> <authorization> <deny users="?"/> </authorization> <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" /> <httpHandlers> <!--Code [...] read more

.NET Core app unable to start in IIS due to ErrorCode = '0x80004005 : 80008083

I have a .NET Core application. It runs locally with VS2017 and Kestrel. It runs locally under IIS. However, on the server it fails to start with a 502.5 - Process Failure message. In the event logs I get more detail: > Application '...' with physical root 'C:...\my-app-folder\' failed to [...] read more

virtualbox Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V windows 10

issues: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine ubuntu. Raw-mode is unavailable courtesy of Hyper-V. (VERR_SUPDRV_NO_RAW_MODE_HYPER_V_ROOT). Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} 1) I have run below command in powershell with admin mode: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All 2) run below command in command prompt [...] read more

Visual Studio 2013 > New project > unspecified error (exception from hresult: 0x80004005 (e_fail))

Can anybody shed any light on the above error? I've tried with both Express and Ultimate editions of VS 2013. I'm running 64-bit Windows 7. Solutions to similar problems I've found tend to be targetting x86 rather than AnyCPU from the Solution explorer. However, I can't even build the solution [...] read more

How to diagnose COM-callable wrapper object creation failure?

I am creating a COM object (from native code) using CoCreateInstance: const CLASS_GP2010: TGUID = "{DC55D96D-2D44-4697-9165-25D790DD8593}"; hr = CoCreateInstance(CLASS_GP2010, nil, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER | CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, IUnknown, out unk); Actually, I'm in Delphi, which means I call the helper function: CreateComObject(CLASS_GP2010); Most of the time this function succeeds. But sometimes, in the same [...] read more

Vagrant up - VBoxManage.exe error: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX) code E_FAIL (0x80004005) gui headless

Machine: Window10 (64bit). I downloaded the latest VirtualBox, Vagrant and initialized CentOS 6.7 64bit image/url. The following worked successfully in Git-Bash session. 1. vagrant box add "centos67x64" " https://github.com/CommanderK5/packer-centos-template/releases/download/0.6.7/vagrant-centos-6.7.box " 2. vagrant init 3. Updated Vagrantfile (and turned vb.gui option i.e. uncommented that config section in the file). config.vm.provider "virtualbox" [...] read more

Unable to install a VM into another VM

My host computer is running Windows 10, and my guest is Ubuntu in VirtualBox. I am trying to run a 3rd VM on the Ubuntu, but VirtualBox says: > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows XP. VT-x is not available. (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX). It also returned an error [...] read more

How to determine root cause for Communication link failure TCP Provider: The specified network name is no longer available?

Here is my latest effort at revising this question. But this time, I am trying to follow the good counsel given by Oded in his article Getting good answers on StackOverflow. I need to find out how I can determine the root cause for the following error: > Communication link [...] read more

VT-x error when setting up VirtualBox on Ubuntu

I have tried to setup VirtualBox on Ubuntu, but I get this error even though Intel virtualization technology (VT-x) is set to Yes in the BIOS: > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Ubuntu. VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for both all CPU modes > (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED). [...] read more

UnhandledErrorDetected: Unspecified error COMException

Struggling with an error that freezes the app and only occurs on the tablet (never on my laptop). Seems to be related to quickly switching the hamburger menu. I got one stack trace that incriminated a 3rd party control, but 9 of 10 times all I get is the following. [...] read more

Inheritance sec rules violated by type: 'System.Net.Http.WebRequestHandler'.

I am Trying to access Active Directory data through graph API. i am getting the following error on running the application. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in [...] read more

Windows cannot access \\[other computer] error code 0x80004005

I have two windows machine on a home wired network, one running windows 7 (I will call it w7 from now on) and one running windows 8.1 (I will call it w8 from now on). Both machines could access each other's shared folders (shared using " advanced sharing", that is) [...] read more

Cannot connect to a shared network drive

I am using windows 7, I cannot connect to a shared network drive on another machine. 1. I can ping the machine. 2. I can remote desktop connect to the machine. 3. The machine is on the same subnet 4. My friend with the exact same laptop as me (and [...] read more

An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

I need to obtain UDP datagram from Asynchronous Socket Server but an exception occurred in my application : Problem appear there : Byte[] receiveBytes = udpClient.Receive(ref RemoteIpEndPoint); The full source code: class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { const int PORT = 30485; IPAddress IP; IPAddress.TryParse("92.56.23.87", out IP); // [...] read more

DataBinding: 'System.Data.DataRowView' does not contain a property with the name

I am getting this weird error... the primary key in my database is 'DocumentID' so I know that is not the issue. I am trying to get the select,edit & delete gridview buttons to work but I need the datakeynames to be set correctly for them to be available to [...] read more

Loading this assembly would produce a different grant set from other instances. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131401)

We have SharePoint 2013 Servers that were patched with windows updates and since then we are receiving the following error. We have restarted the servers, removed the windows updates manually and then restarted the servers, restored to a copy of windows server before the windows update but the error is [...] read more

Windows server 2016 Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) fail

I have two fresh installs of Windows server 2016 Everytime I try to run Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) i get an error Configuration Manager Client (5.00.8458.1000) - Error 0x80070643 I have disabled UAC Ran C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install\ccmsetup.exe as administrator and from the local administrator account Most everything I find online refers to [...] read more

Windows 10: Developer Mode package failed to install. Error code 0x80004005

Attempting to activate developer mode so I can access the Linux Subsystem feature. Upon switching to developer mode, I receive the error in the title and am subsequently unable to locate the package in the 'optional features' list where it is supposedly located. The only other suggestions I've seen online [...] read more

Windows Server 2012: Cannot install SMTP-Server, system always requires restart

I'm not able to install the "SMTP-Server" feature on a Windows 2012 server. The installation process always fails with a "restart required" message. After the restart and (re)starting the SMTP-Server feature, the system requires a new restart. I tried to install the feature using the installation wizard and PowerShell. When [...] read more

SCCM user state migration - is this user's data gone?

Long story short(ish), we're on the tail-end of our XP to Windows 7 migration project, and finally got some VIP's machine in to be migrated. Since the machine is almost as old as the OS on it, this particular user was "blessed" with new hardware, in addition to a new [...] read more

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format

I am trying to use 64-bit Sqlite on my Aspx project. When I run the project, I got the following error: > Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Data.Sqlite’ or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. I even set the [...] read more

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit version 1607 fails to install KB3176938 with 0x800F0922

So this is a Windows 10 Pro 64 bit version 1607 system, Insider edition on a slow ring. Some days ago it was repeatedly failing KB3176934 with the same 0x800F0922. I didn't find out the root cause and how to prevent it. My purpose is to find other who has [...] read more

Windows/Samba connection error

I have a Linux fileserver serving up /home for linux and windows users. I was able to connect from my windows client, but not from a DC. Then suddenly I could connect from the DC too. The linux servers run Centrify clients, and as such are part of the domain. [...] read more

Error promoting 2012 R2 server to domain controller on 2003 domain

When attempting to promote a 2012 R2 machine as a domain controller on a 2003 forest\domain level domain I get the following error when it goes through it's adprep and forestprep procedures: > ADPrep execution failed --> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): A device attached to the system is not functioning. Check the [...] read more

Unable to burn .iso using Windows Disc Image Burner (Error code: 0x80004005)

When I try to burn a disc image file using Windows Disc Image Burner the burning fails and the Status says "The disc image didn't burn sucessfully because an error occured (Error code: 0x80004005)". I am using Windows 7, with a Dell Latitude 6250. The DVD Disc I'm trying to [...] read more

Most VMS refuse to start

Setup: Virtual Host, running server 2012, hosting around 10 production VMs Problem: Last night, 2 VMs stopped with no warning, event log notification, or any information. The rest of the VMs on this host were running fine. We caught this error, and since it was before business hours, decided to [...] read more

wcf AddressAlreadyInUseException

I already viewed those posts:wcf System.ServiceModel.AddressAlreadyInUseException,Windows Service hosted WCF over HTTPS,Getting AddressAlreadyInUseException after upgrading to .NET 4.5, none of them solve my problem. I have several wcf services in .net 4.5. All of them are in the same Address, i´m getting this exception in the WCF Service host: System.ServiceModel.AddressAlreadyInUseException: HTTP [...] read more

HttpContext.Response underlying socket shuts down unexpectedly

I have a HttpListener that listen for any file requests on the localhost (i.e 192.168.0.10/Foobar.ext) on the specified port (in this case specifically it is a HLS stream using .m3u8 header files and .ts video files. But the system should work for any type of file). IAsyncResult result = listener.BeginGetContext(new [...] read more

C# WinUSB Can't Call CloseHandle on Interface

I am trying to release a handle to the USB interface with CloseHandle. The exception I get is: > System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException (0x80004005): External component has thrown an exception. at Device.Net.APICalls.CloseHandle(SafeFileHandle hObject) at Usb.Net.Windows.UsbInterface.Dispose() in C:\GitRepos\Device.Net\src\Usb.Net\Windows\UsbInterface.cs:line 23 at Usb.Net.Windows.WindowsUsbDevice.Dispose() in C:\GitRepos\Device.Net\src\Usb.Net\Windows\WindowsUsbDevice.cs:line 131 I am trying to do this in the Dispose method [...] read more

Windows 7 - Can't access UNC Shares but can Ping and RDP

I have an odd problem with one machine out of 90. Win 7 x64 SP1, working fine previously. Joined to domain and able to access mapped drives on file server. This morning, user has IP from DHCP server, but not able to access any network resource or internet. Can ping [...] read more

How to open .VHDX files in virtualbox?

I used disk2vhd by microsoft so I tried to create a new virtualbox using it and I got this error Failed to open the hard disk C:\Users\user\Documents\Virtual Box Images\win7vir.VHDX Could not open the medium 'C:\Users\user\Documents\Virtual Box Images\win7vir.VHDX'. VHDX: Required flag of metadata item does not meet expectations 'C:\Users\user\Documents\Virtual Box Images\win7vir.VHDX' [...] read more

“AMD-V is not available” even when Virtualization is enabled in the bios

I enabled virtualization in the bios yesterday and the virtual machine worked yesterday. Today, I double checked in the bios and virtualization is still enabled. But the virtual machine is giving me this error when I tried to start it up: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine [...] read more

Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) application + ADFS 2.0 on Classic pipeline mode - Is it possible?

I have a working test application that uses Windows Idendity Foundation SDK and ADFS 2.0 for authentication, which runs on Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS 7.5, Integrated managed pipeline application pool mode. My problem is that the "real" application I need to setup with this kind of authentication can only [...] read more

Error connecting to MS SQL from one server but not the other

We got a MS SQL server and two web site servers. I'm in the process of moving all the sites from one of the web site servers to the new one. My asp.net sites are not able to connect to the external ms sql server after I've moved them to [...] read more

Splunk UniversalForwarder fails with " DetermineContextForAllProducts failed witht: 0x65b"

I am attempting to deploy the Splunk UniversalForwarder as an SCCM application using an MSI Deployment Type to a small group of testing servers and am encountering an uncharacteristically confusing issue with the MSI installer. The Deployment Type itself is pretty straight forward. I uploaded the MSI file (splunkforwarder-6.2.1-245427-x64-release.msi) to [...] read more

SSIS OLEDB source error - Opening a rowset for SQL Server View failed

We have an SSIS package where we have used SQL server view as a data source by selecting data access mode as Table or view. The package has been scheduled to run daily using SQL Server Job. Most of the time the job gets executed without any issue, but once [...] read more

Does Virtualbox support DMG files on non-Mac OSes?

I'm trying to use a DMG as disc drive for a VirtualBox virtual machine, and I'm greeted by this very unpleasant surprise : Sadness (error message screenshot) [https://i.stack.imgur.com/P1XHV.png] This reads : > Error opening optical disc file C:\Users... Could not open the medium 'C:\Users...' VD: error VERR_VD_DMG_INVALID_HEADER opening image file [...] read more

cannot access network shares on domain - export all network settings in windows 7 for troubleshooting

I am on a domain computer running Windows 7 Enterprise. I am having trouble accessing network drives and network shares (including network printers). I am able to access the internet fine. I have to wait a very long time for windows explorer to eventually give an error when clicking on [...] read more

Running Virtual Box VM inside VMWare VM (Windows Server 2008)

I am trying to run Virtual Box VM inside VMWare VM (Windows Server 2008 64 bit) I am getting below error on booting virtual box vm. Stderr: VBoxManage.exe: error: VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E_FAIL (0x80004005), component ConsoleWrap, interface IConsole I have enabled VT-X virtualization setting [...] read more

Adding a DVD drive to a headless VirtualBox on FreeBSD

I have a Windows 10 VM running headless in VirtualBox on FreeBSD 11.1. It runs without issues. I'd like to enable the VM to access physical CDs/DVDs so that I can insert real discs and open them in the VM. When I do VBoxManage storageattach MyVM --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port [...] read more

I can't start virtual machines on my VirtualBox in Windows 7 Starter

This was a fresh installation of the software and VirtualBox gives me this error message after starting a virtual machine I created: > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine PinkiePie. The virtual machine 'PinkiePie' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). More details may [...] read more

No sound in any media player

No media player has any sound. If I try to play any video file there is only video, and no sound. This happens with Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic. I have K Lite Codec Pack version 8 Installed. When I open Dxdiag it shows the error > Error: [...] read more

VirtualBox 0x80004005

I just installed VirtualBox on my pc, this is my config: i7 skylake 8gb ram hard disk 1tb ssd 200gb vga gtx 970 os windows 10 I'm trying to perform the installation of windows 7 but when I start the virtual machine I get this error: enter image description here [...] read more

SCCM 2012 R2 - unknown PC boot over PXE - bcd file error

When I want to boot an unknown PC over PXE an error comes after it starts the boot\x64\pxeboot.n12 file. The error looks like a Windows 8 bluescreen and contains: Recovery Your PC needs to be repaired. The Windows Boot Configuration Data (BCD) file from the PXE Server does not contain [...] read more

Server 2008/Windows 7/Samba Unspecified error 80004005

I have a Samba share on a LAN with 2008 PDC/DNS. Smb authenticates with AD and I have several Win7 Machines that can connect fine. I recently added a couple of new computers to the LAN which were imaged the same way (same software, etc.; different hardware so different drivers) [...] read more

Disabling Language Bar on Server 2012 R2

I need to disable the language bar on Windows Server 2012R2 for some reason and what I've found online does not seem to solve it for me. I've started looking at Win8 solutions to this thinking that it will use the same settings on Server 2012 but so far I [...] read more

Windows server 2012R2 as additional domain controller along with Server 2008R2 fails

On running ADPrep passes all prerequisite, but fails in the last stage with the below error: > ADPrep execution failed --> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): A device attached to the system is not functioning. ADPrep log says: > Adprep requires access to existing forest-wide information from the schema master in order to [...] read more

How to troubleshoot Application install during SCCM 2012 OS deployment?

When installing an Application (as opposed to a Package/Program) during an OS deployment task sequence the only thing that seems to get written to the smsts.log if an install fails is that the application install failed, (normally with the seemingly unhelpful generic TS error code 0x80004005). But in SCCM 2007 [...] read more

How to set foreign-domain alias for a Failover Cluster client access point?

I have a migration scenario with a Failover Cluster file service where I would like to add the alias for the old file server name pointing to the cluster service client access point name. Using CNAMEs or A-RRs with DNS and creating client access points for the cluster is easy [...] read more

Random connection failures between IIS8 and MSSQL 2012 in RackSpace Cloud

Background For years I hosted all of my server functionality, including IIS, Apache, MySql, and MSSQL on a single server instance, yikes! As my client base grew this led to persistent SQL Timeouts when the server got busy. Over the past year I've reorganized this into three servers, one Windows [...] read more

windows update - strange behaviour using up all CPU

I have a windows 2008R2 server which has had windows update go mad. Last night it started pegging the CPU @ 100% and using 1GB RAM. Killing the Windows Update service took the CPU and MEM back to normal but i am struggling to find the root cause. The behaviour [...] read more

How can I run docker on windows server 2008 r2 running in vmware?

I am trying to demonstrate the usefulness of docker. I have been able to build images and show prototypes on my work laptop running windows 7. However I now need to move the docker image unto a server. Currently, the only server I have access to is windows server 2008 [...] read more

Exchange 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 8 - Outlook NDR Errors

Yesterday started to notice issues with one or two Outlook 2013 clients where when users try to send emails to any address, whether internal or external, a NDR would immediately come back: Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: Earlier letter Sent: 10/12/2014 08:03 [...] read more

Network boot of Windows Defender Offline will not update

I have been working on configuring a network bootable virus removal suite, and I am using the Windows Defender WinPE iso generated from using this 64-bit tool. The tool downloads and creates an ISO for you. I extract the ISO in order to get the source boot.wim file and I [...] read more

Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter not working probperly - Code 31 on Host

I have a Windows 8.1 machine with Hyper-V installed. From a "clean" Hyper-V configuration I open Virtual Switch Manager, create an External switch with "Allow management operating system to share this network adapter", click OK. Everything seems to work properly but the host loses network connectivity. Opening Device Manager, the [...] read more

Connecting Nexmo to a Websocket fails(remote party closed the WebSocket) in .Net Core

I'm trying to connect Nexmo to a web socket when doing an inbound call (the user calls the number bought with nexmo and link to the app). As of now, I'm simply trying this Sample Code (which simply echoes back what the caller says) and to connect to this websocket [...] read more

Entity framework with mysql database migrations fail, when creating indexes

what causes this error in MySQL with entity framework? I can generate the migration script and connect to the database but it doesn't like the SQL generated particularly "hash" when trying to create indexes. Example: CREATE index `IX_Facility_ID` on `Contact.Address` (`Facility_ID` DESC) using HASH Error: > MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException (0x80004005): Incorrect usage [...] read more

SSIS Lookup Transformation error: The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'sp_describe_undeclared_parameters'

I'm upgrading SSIS packages from SQL Server 2008 R2 to 2017. After upgrading one of the packages, the parameterized query in the Advanced tab of a Lookup Transformation is now throwing a validation error. It is possible that this is the only package in the collection that uses a Partial [...] read more

Failed Open Snapshot VirtualBox 6 VERR_SSM_DATA_UNIT_FORMAT_CHANGED

Anybody else failing to open snapshots once they upgraded their VirtualBox from v5 to v6? Snapshots that were opening just fine are now failing for me with this error ... HGCM#0: Bad auto mount point size: 0x5 [ver=3 pass=final] (VERR_SSM_DATA_UNIT_FORMAT_CHANGED). Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: ConsoleWrap Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} Some [...] read more

Outlook 2016 Email not Indexing (The protocol handler Mapi16 cannot be loaded)

There are epic threads on the internet of users upgrading to Office 2016 and finding that Outlook 2016 email is no longer indexing. Windows Search logs the following error in Event Viewer: > The protocol handler Mapi16 cannot be loaded. Error description: (HRESULT : 0x80004005). I've tried ALL the common [...] read more

How to fix and prevent VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed

Today I noticed that my VirtualBox VMs no longer start. With messages The virtual machine 'CGI' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: MachineWrap Interface: IMachine Unknown macro: {b2547866-a0a1-4391-8b86-6952d82efaa0} And Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is [...] read more

.NET Framework 4.5 remote install via PowerShell

I am trying to install .NET Framework 4.5 to the remote Win2008R2 Server via PowerShell session in such way (user is in the server Administrators group): $session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $server -Credential Get-Credential Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock {Start-Process -FilePath "C:\temp\dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe" -ArgumentList "/q /norestart" -Wait -PassThru} And then I get this [...] read more

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine (VirtualBox)

Was not using VirtualBox for some time and now found that it stopped working (as usual). When running, the following error appears enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/44Sfv.png] Some details VT-d is enabled in BIOS Host system is Windows 8 Version of Text Version Failed to open a session for the [...] read more

Access workgroup share from domain client

I have a PC at home running windows 7. Name WIN7, ip 192.168.1.200, member of WORKGROUP. The only user is me. My work laptop is also running Windows 7. Name LASTNAME-OFFICE, ip 192.168.1.101 , member of domain WORK.CORP. The only user is firstname.lastname. WIN7 has a number of shared folders. [...] read more

Exchange DEAD! Server recovered but no users can log in

Yesterday we had a hardware failure and brought our exchange server down. The hardware was repaired and the server was brought back up. Windows server 2008 did the disk check upon bootup and everything was recovered. However, no users can log into their exchange account! This is true with IMAP, [...] read more

I can not mount database exchange 2007

I have an Exchange 2007 database, when I try to mount it I get an error message: MapiExceptionJetDatabaseCorruption: Unable to mount database. (hr = 0x80004005, ec = -338) I have checked if the database had an error with "Eseutil / mh" database.edb "but the status comes out as correct in:" [...] read more

How do I disable TLS 1.0 without breaking my IIS/ASP.NET websites?

We are running Windows Server 2008 R2. TLS 1.0 has been non-PCI compliant for some time now, and disabling it via the windows registry is easy. In the past, though, disabling TLS 1.0 has caused 2 problems for us: 1. It's impossible to connect to the server via Remote Desktop. [...] read more

AADSTS90019 when attempting automatic Azure AD registration of domain-joined Windows 10 device

I am attempting to set up automatic AAD join for Windows 10 as described here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/active-directory-conditional-access-automatic-device-registration-setup/ We have two internal ADFS 3.0 servers (Server 2012R2). They are configured using Azure AD Connect for federation with Office 365 on four UPNs: * ad.dom1.com - this is the forest name, we only [...] read more

SQL Server 2012 Connection Timeout Expired

I am running MS-SQL Server on Windows Server 2012. From time to time I get this Exception: > Server Exception : System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Connection Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed during the post-login phase. The connection could have timed out while waiting for server to complete the login process and [...] read more

Invalid character value for cast specification error occurred when mapping column of type DT_DBTIMESTAMP2 to datetime2 in SQL Server

I'm creating an SSIS package to import a CSV file into a table. Currently I'm importing a flat file, creating a derived column, performing a data conversion, and then loading that to the DB. Package Data Flow Package Data Flow [https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ed5GD.png] The issue I'm encountering is while trying to convert [...] read more

The pre-application start initialization method... Run WebActivatorEx.ActivationManager - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation

I keep getting this error, usually after changing the web.config on a running ASP.NET MVC azure web service app. It will run fine the first time but after it recompiles after changing the web.config this is usually appearing. I think it happens sometimes by just starting and stopping the web [...] read more

WebSocketException (0x80004005): The remote party closed the WebSocket connection without completing the close handshake

I have a Xamarin app that communicates using WebSocket. On the client side, I am referencing the ClientWebSocket. code: using (var client = new ClientWebSocket() { Options = { KeepAliveInterval = new TimeSpan(0,0,3,0) }}) { try { await client.ConnectAsync(requestUri, cancellationToken); do { WebSocketReceiveResult result = null; var buffer = new [...] read more

ASP.NET Core 0x80004005

I am new to ASP.NET core and I am trying to just get the basic ASP.NET Core Web Application to deploy to a Windows 2012 R2 server. I can build and run the project locally using Visual Studio express but when I deploy to the server I get a 502.5 [...] read more

IIS 7 Error: Cannot execute a program. The command being executed was csc.exe (ApplicationPoolIdentity default settings)

This is my first question in SO, please apologize me if I have some grammatical mistakes. Problem Description: I have 32-bit MVC 5-based CRUD systems running on IIS 7 (Windows Server 2008) & SQL Server 2008 R2 installed into several servers, providing company intranet management service since August 2015. For [...] read more

Timeout when passing large table-valued parameter

I am calling a SQL Server stored procedure using ADO.NET, and I have to pass a very large Table-Valued parameter. I get this timeout exception very often: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): [...] read more

"Error 0x80004005: Unspecified error" when renaming folders in Windows 10

I've managed to mess up windows 10, so it produces quite many odd errors. One of them - even if you try to create new folder and / or rename existing one - explorer produces an error "Error 0x80004005: Unspecified error" Folder rename error [https://i.stack.imgur.com/8GIfF.png] Problem started to manifest after [...] read more

How to install and run docker in windows 10 home edition

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Error removing the IUser in EpiServer - SqlException: Execution Timeout

I have used, CommunitySystem.CurrentContext.DefaultSecurity.RemoveUser(IUser user); To remove user. However, this was working fine. But suddenly it has given an error. And it keeps happening forever. The exception throws from the RemoveUser(IUser user). The exception details are here as below, System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Execution Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to [...] read more

Random SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PRIMEOUTPUTFAILED

I've seen many posts about this error, the difference is that i'm having this error some days yes, some days no and I can't establish a relation to anything. If I re-run the SSIS package inmediatly after the error it usually works ok. I've changed the sql driver, as I [...] read more

On Windows 8.0, VT-x suddenly enabled and in a VirtualBox virtual machine it suddenly stopped working after this

This is the error: > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows 7. The virtual machine 'Windows 7' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). More details may be available in 'C:\Users\user\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 7\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'. Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: MachineWrap Interface: IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976} Don't [...] read more

How do I upgrade from Windows 10 1803 to 1809? I'm getting a failure 0x80070003

When attempting to upgrade from Windows 10 1803 to 1809, I get a failure every time. I tried Microsoft support and three reps were unable to assist me. I tried disabling all the startup programs, running the update troubleshooting tool, running Windows 10 update assistant, and downloading / installing from [...] read more

Virtual box is not working on windows 10

I have installed virtual box But when I tried to run it. It shows me an error as: enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/diYkv.png] I have been trying everything for whole day. Like there are answers related to this question as: VT-x is not available, but is enabled in BIOSVT-x is [...] read more

Cannot Connect From Amazon aws t2.micro windows 2012 instance to Amazon RDS SQL Express 2014

I cannot connect to RDS SQL Server 2014 Express instance from EC2 Windows 2012 server instance. 1. I cannot connect through UDL file, and also not through my asp.net mvc web application. Windows EC2 Instnace ID: i-0fe6390a77605e7f2 Availaibility Zone: us-east-2c RDS SQL Server Instnace ID: tandt-201901-2 RDS SQL Server Zone: [...] read more

Virtual machine has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005)

I have installed VB on a new machine running Windows 10 Pro 1803 (build 17134.556) and running any machine instance always fails with this error: The virtual machine 'linux' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005). More details may be available in 'C:\Users\osama.shabrez\VirtualBox VMs\linux\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'. Result Code: E_FAIL [...] read more

VirtualBox can't start any VM because of certificate expiration

So today I started my Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine and got an error saying this: Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: MachineWrap Interface: IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976} And I did take a look on the VBoxHardening.log file. I noticed several lines about crypt32.dll. But I didn't found any information about this [...] read more

ScanSnap s1300i "unable to connect ... due to an error in the program's operating environment" 0x80004005

Ever since upgrading to Windows 10 I am getting this error: Unable to connect with ScanSnap due to an error in the program's operating environment. (0x80004005) Uninstall ScanSnap Manager, and then install it again. Problem is, I've done this several times, which fixes it temporarily, but eventually it will screw [...] read more

0x80004005 (Unspecified error) when accessing network share in Windows 7

I'm getting error 0x80004005 when trying to access a network share in Windows 7. The network share was created from a Windows 7 computer and is being accessed by a Windows 7 computer. The same exact configuration worked properly a month ago and for whatever reason doesn't work anymore. I've [...] read more

Line-in/Mic issue? Can't do anything at all with recording devices in GraphEdit/GraphStudioNext

ERRORS: In GraphStudioNext, attempting to play any graph that starts with any Audio Capture Source results in this error: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Unspecified error Error starting playback (decimal -2147467259) I've tried using my computers line in, mic in, and 2 usb audio devices to the same result. GraphEdit also gives a [...] read more

Can't sign-in Xbox Windows 8.1 - Error 0xc00d11cd (0x80004005)

When I try to sign-in in Xbox games in Windows 8.1, I write my password and when I click ok, it returns the following error: > Xbox service is not available at the moment Try again. If the problem stills visit www.xbox.com/support for help ... 0xc00d11cd (0x80004005) Error image [https://i.stack.imgur.com/jRszO.png] [...] read more

Recovering Saved Machine State in Virtual Box

I went to reboot my machine, but Virtual Box popped up and asked me what I wanted to do with the currently running VM. It gave me the following options: * Save the machine state * Send the shutdown signal * Power off the machine * Restore current snapshot 'Init [...] read more

Program connecting to SQL over port 445

I have a program called VHI(Visual Health Information - Network Version) that is a server/client model. I have installed the server portion and has a database. SQL Server Name\instance = "EDSERV03\VHI_PCKITS" with database called "pckits". The client application is also installed on the server and it opens and works fine. [...] read more

User without local admin rights can't connect to Win8 PC via RDP

We have a user that until recently had local admin rights on his Win10 PC. He needs to connect to a Win8 VM on Azure via Remote Deskop. This worked fine until we had to remove his local admin rights. Now he always gets a 0x80004005 Authentication error if he [...] read more

machine does not start -VBoxHardening.log - startup with exit code 1 (0x1) - (0x80004005)

The virtual machine 'chrome crx and sni' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). More details may be available in 'C:\Users\USR\VirtualBox VMs\chrome crx and sni\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kod wyniku (RC): E_FAIL (0x80004005) Komponent: MachineWrap Interfejs: IMachine {85cd948e-a71f-4289-281e-0ca7ad48cd89} VirtualBox freshly installed. I do not know if this matters, but [...] read more

Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog file

When I create catalog file using Windows System Image Manager (SIM), it eventually errors out that > "Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog file....." Full Error message screen shot here. enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/XGcla.png] The logfile contents are here: 1:44 PM : This application requires version 10.0.17134.1 [...] read more

Problème Virtual Box : VT-x is not available mais est activé dans le BIOS

I don't succeed to launch a virtual os (such that Ubuntu or Debian) on Virtual Box since I always get the following error : (VERR_NEM_MISSING_KERNEL_API). VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX). Code d'erreur : E_FAIL (0x80004005) Composant : ConsoleWrap Interface : IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} Nevertheless, I checked that virtualization is indeed enabled [...] read more

Virtual Box VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND error after copying virtual machines

I migrated my noteboook from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.04 recently. I wanted to keep my two virtual machines so I copied their Folders containing their .vbox .vbox-prev and .vdi files (Looking back I should have used the integrated export functionality). When I try to start the machines now on [...] read more

When adding google account I get 0x80004005 as an error

Whenever I try to add a google account to my surface go this error shows up: Example of the error. [https://i.stack.imgur.com/c7W9T.png] I already tried sfc /scannow but whenever I do that it stops at 35% and says 'We cannot complete the scan.' I also tried the update troubleshooter and that [...] read more

blocked activating office 365 cant access internet 0x80004005

So I'm trying to activate my Microsoft office 365 by signing into my account by I am getting a blocked signed-in error. enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/OEQx0.jpg] I believe it is the Spybot anti-beacon but when I try to undo it or delete the folder it still does not work [...] read more

I can't turn on virtualization to run Ubuntu in Virtual Box on my AMD-V machine

I set up Ubuntu in Virtual Box (the version 4.3.28.0, I uploaded it older, because new version makes mistakes), and when I start it, it emit this error: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Ubuntu 18. AMD-V is disabled in the BIOS. (VERR_SVM_DISABLED). Details: Result Code: E_FAIL [...] read more

Can't see network shares and computers in win 10

I'm going crazy with this. PC1 is Win 10 Pro, has shares that are seen by other computers on network. This computer doesn't see any shared folder or even computer, but sees media devices, other devices, and network printers and can access to them all these devices. All other computers [...] read more

"VboxManage debugvm dumpvmcore" error

I'm trying to make an .elf file with VboxManage.exe using the command: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe debugvm "win8.1" dumpvmcore --filename="%userprofile%\desktop\mem.elf" I'm getting the errors: VBoxManage.exe: error: Code E_FAIL (0x80004005) - Unspecified error (extended info not available) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: "LockMachine(pArgs->session, LockType_Shared)" at line 798 of file VBoxManageDebugVM.cpp The machine is running. The [...] read more

Can't give VirtualBox guest OS access to host physical LPT1 port

Preface: I've just put a 64-bit Windows 10 machine (a Dell Optiplex 760) in an office to replace an old 32-bit Windows XP PC. The PC needs to be able to print to a very old dot matrix printer - a Star LC100. No 64-bit drivers are available - only [...] read more

VirtualBox with bridged network won't started [VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND]

I have a problem with starting my virtual machine (with WinXP on it) with bridged network. On normal NAT connection everything went fine. I searched a litte bit around and found possible soulutions but in every "solution" that I found was something with "Enable < VirtualBox NDIS6 Bridged Networking Driver [...] read more

Windows network browsing, name resolution, permissions and printing issues

WINDOWS NETWORK BROWSING, NAME RESOLUTION, PERMISSIONS AND PRINTING ISSUES Hi, I'm trying to configure some network shares on a Windows 10 Home 'server' (version 1709; build 16299.431) and a Windows 8.1 client and am experiencing some issues. Browsing has never worked, and I subsequently realised that the machines were in [...] read more

Can't open install.wim in System Image Manager because of invalid version

I am running Windows 10 Pro 64bit on my PC, and have installed Windows ADK for Windows 10. When using Windows System Image Manager, and trying to load a install.wim file in it, i get the following error message: enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/O1OB4.png] Which in the log looks something [...] read more

Windows 10 Pro client can't hit a Samba server (usual fixes failing)

I'm on a Windows 10 Pro (b16299) client (workgroup, not domain) can't access a Samba (v4.7.7 on Ubuntu 16.04) file server with a single share. Attempting to hit \FILESERVER from Explorer generates either a 0x80004005 (unspecified error) or 0x80070035 (The network path was not found). Non-Win10 clients work just fine [...] read more

Registering DLL Issue

Alright, I've got a DLL that I need to register onto Windows Server 2012 R2. The DLL itself was custom made for us and I don't know the background, but we've never had an issue like this. Whenever I try to register the DLL, I get the error message "The [...] read more

Mouse cursor disappeared and keyboard disabled in VirtualBox Ubuntu

My mouse cursor disappeared and keyboard disabled when I closed the machine with the "Power off the machine" option.It is not visible until I press right CRTL My virtual box: Ubuntu My current operating system: Windows 10 1-)I tried to fix this problem with " Devices > Insert Guest Additions [...] read more

What does SHUTDOWN_REASON_AUTOSTOP mean when upgrading to Windows 10

I am trying to upgrade Windows 7 of Dell Laptitude E6430 to Win 10. But it stuck at 85% of upgrading with Configuring settings 42% for 12 hours without any hard disk activity. After shutting it down and letting it rollback to Win 7, I looked at setuperr.log, setupact.log, setup.etl. [...] read more

Resetting custom mode on VirtualBox

I tried getting a custom resolution in one of my vms and now I get this error: Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows. One of the custom modes was incorrect. The format or bit count of the custom mode value is invalid. (VERR_VGA_INVALID_CUSTOM_MODE). Result Code: E_FAIL [...] read more

Windows 10 cannot access WD EX2 Ultra Share, probably caused by windows update

In our office we have a handful of windows 10 PCs. Out of the box some of the PCs could access the shares on NAS and some couldn’t. I managed to get access working on the ones that couldn’t access it by reducing the SMB version on the NAS to [...] read more

E_FAIL{0X80004005} error while starting Ubuntu in oracle virtual box

I am unable to start Ubuntu in oracle virtual box installed in windows 7 OS.I have imported .ova file. this is the error message shown: pic [https://i.stack.imgur.com/p5Fuw.png] read more

Ubuntu error when running Virtualbox

My computer runs Ubuntu Game Pack, and I downloaded Virtualbox on it to run Windows, but when I go through the setup and try to launch the actual virtual machine, I get this error: > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows 10. VT-x is disabled in [...] read more

Windows 10 Creator Updates failing with 0x80004005 Error

I've been unable to install Windows 10 creator updates on an Acer Veriton X6610. Here's a dump from system info for the machine... OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.15063 Build 15063 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name MICK-PC2017 System Manufacturer Acer System Model [...] read more

Upgrading to Windows 10 fall creator fails

This is the setuperr.log. 2018-01-23 16:43:24, Error MOUPG CDlpActionImpl<class CDlpErrorImpl<class CDlpObjectInternalImpl<class CUnknownImpl<class IMoSetupDlpAction> > > >::Suspend(1066): Result = 0xC1800104 2018-01-23 16:43:24, Error MOUPG CSetupManager::ExecuteInstallMode(723): Result = 0x800705BB 2018-01-23 16:43:24, Error MOUPG CSetupManager::ExecuteDownlevelMode(347): Result = 0x800705BB 2018-01-23 16:43:24, Error MOUPG CSetupManager::Execute(237): Result = 0x800705BB 2018-01-23 16:43:24, Error MOUPG CSetupHost::Execute(375): Result = [...] read more

Error starting Ubuntu VM on Virtualbox; windows 7

Failed to open a session for the virtual machine OystersVM. The virtual machine 'OystersVM' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code -2147483645 (0x80000003). More details may be available in 'C:\Users\Nidha\VirtualBox VMs\OystersVM\Logs\VBoxHardening.log'. Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: MachineWrap Interface: IMachine {85cd948e-a71f-4289-281e-0ca7ad48cd89} read more

VirtualBox fails to attach driver when starting VM

I have three VirtualBox VMs on my Windows 10 host, one Linux Mint 17.3 and two Ubuntu 14.04.4. Often when I start any of the VMs I get the following error message at launch: > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Mint. Details: Failed to open image [...] read more

MS Outlook 2016 cannot search

Lately, it seems everyone will have this happen to them at my company. They are unable to search in Outlook past a certain date. I've verified when the errors start in the Event Viewer corresponding to when their search broke. The error is this: Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Search Date: [...] read more

Unable to boot virtual machine after ubuntu dist-upgrade

I recently upgraded my kernel with apt-get dist-upgrade. When I try to boot my virtual machine with vagrant up on my existing VM, I get the following error: $ vagrant up Bringing machine 'myvirtualmachine' up with 'virtualbox' provider... ==> myvirtualmachine: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports... ==> myvirtualmachine: Clearing any [...] read more

Windows 10 1607 upgrade issues

Sorry there's a lot of issues, they could be related so I will list them in one question. The issues are:- 1. As posted previously here Windows Update is failing to install the anniversary update. 2. I've since turned off Windows Update, until I can resolve issue #1 and now [...] read more

Error Starting VM on Vrtual Box

I cannot start any VM in VirtualBox It stuck at Starting Virtual Machine - 0% I'm getting the following error when I end the task: Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005) Component: SessionMachine Interface: ISession {7844aa05-b02e-4cdd-a04f-ade4a762e6b7} I'm getting similar errors with any VM and since it hangs up at 0% it seems [...] read more

Recovery of a virtual machine (Centos, Windows, Oracle Virtual Box)

By mistake, I have deleted all files in my c:\linux\ folder where I had wmdk files corresponding to a virtual machine. Fortunately, there were in the recycle bin and I simply recovered them. Unfortunately, it does not work. When I try to run the VM, I get: Could not open [...] read more

How to solve "windows resource protection could not run" when using sfc /scannow

When using sfc /scannow on my Windows 10 Pro 64bit system I am geting error "windows resource protection could not run the requested operation" This is from the CBS log: > 2017-02-01 10:29:29, Info CBS TiWorker: Client requests SFP repair object. 2017-02-01 10:29:29, Info CSI 00000002@2017/2/1:09:29:29.390 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.6) [...] read more

Cannot update to Windows 10 on HP 15-f014wm

I'm trying to update to Windows 10 on my 15-f014wm laptop. I'm using the "Windows10Upgrader9194.exe" (which updated itself, so the presumably version number at the end may be wrong) thing to update, but after trying to update, it restarts, shows me a window saying that Windows 10 couldn't be installed, [...] read more

Error with Address Book in Outlook 2007

Have a bit of an issue concerning Exchange, was wondering if you could help me out THE OAB doesn’t seem to be updating with users that use Outlook 2007, with 2010 is works fine it downloads the latest address book but with 2007 you get the following error Task 'users [...] read more

server 2016 unable to add roles or features after making server a domain controller

I am having a problem i cannot install roles or features at all. I installed windows server 2016 standard with desktop as a hardware machine not virtual joined existing domain installed anti-virus software a few tools then i added active directory role promoted to domain controller then made it the [...] read more

Exchange Server 2016 OWA Error 500

We are currently unable to logon to OWA and ECP. After entering our admin crendentials, we get an ERROR 500 on the browser. Looking at the Events for exchange, we see this error often: Event ID: 2121 The Microsoft Exchange Replication service failed to start the TCP listener. Error: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException [...] read more

Exchange 2010 OWA could not load assembly after SP3 install

We updated our exchange 2010 server (running on Windows 2008 R2) to SP3 by downloading and running the Service Pack provided by Microsoft. After doing that we are unable to connect to any of the websites (OWA, ActiveSync, and so on). We get yellow .net error screens that say > [...] read more

Cannot console into VMs in Hyper-V

When I attempt to view the console of a VM in Hyper-V, I get the following messages: > Video remoting was disconnected and > Could not connect to the virtual machine. Try to connect again. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator. Would you like to try connecting again? [...] read more

SCCM 2012 R2 App In Task Sequence Reports Failure Despite Successful Install

Application is installed during an Offline media (USB) OSD task sequence by running a PowerShell script. PowerShell.exe process started at 1:44:45 PM and returned with exit code 0 at 1:45:24 PM. The application is actually installed fine. The installer script had return exit code 0, the MSI installed successfully return [...] read more

Some Win10 PCs will not connect to SMB share, others will

I have a network SMB share (provided by a Netgear ReadyNas Firmware 6.9.3) Of the 15 Windows 10 Pro PCs I have tried to connect to this share, about half can't "see" the share, while the other half can see and browse to it with no trouble. Those that can't [...] read more

Active Directory SQL Server Random Handshake Timeouts

We've installed active directory on a new server and joined our database server and web servers to this new domain. However, randomly, we'll get the following error. What would be the cause of the handshake timeout error we're sometimes seeing? The fact that it's not ALWAYS happening to me means [...] read more

Can't connect from any active directory Windows PC to a Samba share with IP address, only with host name

Ok, this one is a bit surreal: We have an all Windows network with Active Directory that has the domain controller server, a file server and a database server. Recently we had to add a SUSE Enterprise Server to the network to serve a Linux specific application and some files [...] read more

MDT Deployment Failure during unattend.xml

I am attempting to deploy Windows 10 Education on a number of machines using WDS(for PXE) and MDT2013 Update 2 installed on Windows Server 2012 R2. The setup is failing right after the install os step, when dism is applying unattend.xml The error message is Failure(5627): -2147467259 0x80004005 Anyone can [...] read more

Can't mount mailbox database

After replacing a harddisk and copying my Exchange database files I cannot mount them. Before copying them I stopped the Exchange Storage service so my databases are clean. But when I try to mount them I get the error MapiExceptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=-546) I already tried several [...] read more

Corrupt Exchange Server Database - Errors 233, 107, 474 - I need to repair and move to a new server

Server 2008 R2 - Exchange Server 2010 SP3 I have a failed raid 5 Virtual disk and a disk IO failure on one drive, I cant add hdd's to the array due to the raid error, how can I move the Exchange Server database to another server. We have setup [...] read more

Unable to connect to a new installation of sql server

I just installed SQL Server on my Windows Server 2012 R2 box. The installation went well but my apps can't connect to it. If I use the public DNS name for the server in the connection string, the stack trace looks like this: > [Win32Exception (0x80004005): Access is denied] [SqlException [...] read more

Exchange 2010 search index fails to build, event 9877

Our Exchange 2010 server (v14.03.0339.000, which is the latest version as of February 2017) works fine (one single exchange server in the AD), except for the search index. Resetting the search index (ResetSearchIndex.ps1 -Force -All, deleting the catalog folder, restarting search related services, rebooting the server etc.) didn't help, because: [...] read more

Backbird has killed RDP on Windows 10 (Event ID 226)

Today I've did... well, a stupid thing. I was so annoyed with Windows telemetry and its consumption of my resources, and dozens other similar sht (thank you Microsoft!), that I've ran Blackbird to solve the things for me. It probably did the trick, but since then I cannot RDP from [...] read more

Install SQL Server 2017 on Windows 10 Azure VM

I have one Azure Windows 10 VM set up as a workstation which has among other things: * Visual Studio 2017 * Python 2.7 * NodeJS * SQL Server 2017 When a coworker created a new Windows 10 VM and went to install SQL Server, he got an error. I [...] read more

UNC path network connection error 0x80004005

I'm attempting to connect to Windows Server 2016 Standard Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.1715) via UNC path \\MyServer\F$ I receive the following error after a few moments: Error Message [https://i.stack.imgur.com/Stpnz.png] * I am a Domain Admin * Firewall is off on both machines (the proper ports were in place to [...] read more

GetDPLocations failed with error 0x80004005

My VM SCCM windows 2012 R2 server can't get a sccm-client on my windows 7 VM. I tried client-push and the CCMSetup.exe is running, but eventually stops. The ccmsetup.log gives me GetDPLocations failed with error 0x80004005: <![LOG[Sending message header '<Msg SchemaVersion="1.1"><ID>{50C62C2C-DD4B-4314-9623-C554140C1312}</ID><SourceHost>DIEDERIKSPC</SourceHost> <TargetAddress>mp:[http]MP_LocationManager</TargetAddress> <ReplyTo>direct:DIEDERIKSPC:LS_ReplyLocations</ReplyTo> <Priority>3</Priority><Timeout>600</Timeout><ReqVersion>5931</ReqVersion> <TargetHost>WIN-52BO8J9011M.poliforma.nl</TargetHost> <TargetEndpoint>MP_LocationManager</TargetEndpoint> <ReplyMode>Sync</ReplyMode><Protocol>http</Protocol><SentTime>2017-10-09T16:48:38Z</SentTime><Body Type="ByteRange" Offset="0" Length="1120"/><Hooks> [...] read more

Troubleshooting on Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer. The writer experienced a partial failure

We have this issue on our Windows Backup issue (wbadmin) from one of our Hyper-V server. We haven't got any backup issues till we applied one of the Windows updates. Machine environment: * Windows Server 2012 R2 * The Hyper-V and VM backups is pointing to USB portable device. * [...] read more

Change SCCM 2012 PXE Boot.wim to a new Boot.wim

I have created a new boot.wim file for our SCCM 2012 install. We currently use PXE to image machines so I would like to make the new boot.wim the new PXE image. I have imported the boot.wim into SCCM and marked it for use with PXE. I have also distributed [...] read more

Enable 32-Bit Required In Only One of Three Environments for the Same Website

We have three environments (DEV, QA, PROD). Each environment has two IIS web servers. We got the following run time error on PROD only: Server Error in '/' Application. Unable to determine granted permission for assembly. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please [...] read more

Vagrant/Virtual box error

I am trying to run 'vagrant up' on my RHEL VM and i get the following error. It looks like virtualization is not enabled.Any workaround for this ? There was an error while executing VBoxManage, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below. [...] read more

Server 2016 ADFS 3.0 and Azure AD update password url not working

I am trying to enable users to update their password. I have a Server 2016 with Active Directory and ADFS configured for SSO. SSO works fine and Active Directory is synced with Azure AD. We use Office 365 and new users are synced as planned. I enabled the AD FS [...] read more

MDT/WDS Windows 7 deployment fails

I've been following the tutorials to deploy a fresh instance of Windows 7 via MDT/WDS. I've injected the proper drivers, configured the sequences, but every system fails at 50% of "installing OS" with return code -2147467359 0x80004005. Research on "unknown errors" is proving unsuccessful. Advice is welcome. Logs can be [...] read more

How to get my VM on Azure to allow in My SQL Connection?

I have a Virtual Machine that is running my web api. I have then created a SQL Database through Azure(this db is not on the VM) and I put that connection string in my application. I get this when I try to run it. What do I need to do [...] read more

Exchange 2013 DAG over 2 Subnets replication failure

I have 2 Exchange 2013 Standard servers on two different subnets. One is on our local network and the 2nd is on our Cloud provided by our ISP. Adding the 2nd server to DAG went well and seeding the database over was ok too, however, the 2nd server won't failover. [...] read more

SCCM ignoring Application Deployment during OSD

I am trying to do the following deployment with SCCM 2012 R2: * Lenovo IdeaPad 500S * Windows 8.1 Professional * no Domain, Workgroup machine * one local user with admin rights * ConfigManager Client * 8 applications installed during OSD The TS is working, showing up in Softwarecenter as [...] read more

Upgraded Wintel Environment from 2003 to 2012R2, now only 2 Win10 clients can't see network shares or print, all other 78 W7Pro can

Over the last week I've migrated all of our services running on Server 2003 to our 2012R2 environment successfully. This included: AD, DHCP, DNS, Print server, File serving using the migration tool, and in the environment all PC's work well, except for 2 Win10 PC's that were upgraded to Win10 [...] read more

.NET SocketException - The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found

I've been scouring the web looking for someone who has had the same kind of error that I am experiencing but have come up dry. I deployed a new ASP.NET web application to IIS and when I try to access the site I get the following Server error. It appears [...] read more

SharePoint ULS logs HTTP 304 Not Modified responses with errors - by design?

We've noticed a correlation between HTTP 304 responses to requests for SharePoint Style Library assets and ULS error-like messages in the same correlation such as: Event ID ab1a9 > Failed to get document content data. System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Cannot complete this function at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSqlClient.GetDocumentContentRow(Int32 rowOrd, Object ospFileStmMgr, SPDocumentBindRequest& dbreq, SPDocumentBindResults& dbres) [...] read more

How can I access to a database on OpenShift?

I created an application on OpenShift, everything is working and there are no problems. I now need to attach the database that is on OpenShift with my desktop application developed in C #. The desktop application only needs to read the data that we have within the database tables and [...] read more

How can I disable FastCGI on a Windows IIS 6 server?

We use WordPress for our company website and it has crashed for no discernible reason. It gives an error message like this: FastCGI Error The FastCGI Handler was unable to process the request. Error Details: The FastCGI process has failed frequently recently. Try the request again in a while Error [...] read more

Intermittent DB connection failure

Recently I started to see intermittent errors in log files of my web application. Raising from different places of the application the error is always about failed connection to DB which is located on another server: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The [...] read more

WDS install not working, Fails

I am trying to deploy Windows 7 x86 with MDT 2013 and WDS (Server 2012 R2) but it is failing: WDS boots the litetouch WIM (32 or 64 bit) and Lite Touch takes over. I select the Task sequence (Windows 7 x86) and it goes through with formatting and apples [...] read more

OWA Exception message: Cannot submit message

One of our user was trying to send a message to two externals recipients from OWA. The message wasn't sent, and an error message popped up in top of the window : Request Url: https://xxx.lan:443/owa/ev.owa?oeh=1&ns=EditMessage&ev=Send User host address: 192.168.x.x User: DH IDA EX Address: /o=xxx/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=dh.ida SMTP Address: [...] read more

Exchange 2013 Error - MapiExceptionUnknownUser: Unable to open message store

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