Windows error 0x80070057, -2147024809

Visual Studio 2015 crashes

Visual studio that won't be repaired... Everytime I want to compile an app on vs 2015 - it crashes. Even if I want to compile the main function or write somthing to it, there appears a window, which says > Visual Studio 2015 has stopped working It goes same on [...] read more

Need to do Bridged Adapter only in Vagrant, no NAT

So I'm having an issues with a vagrant setup of 'hashicorp/precise64' on my MAC book. First, my config: VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2" Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config| config.vm.box = "hashicorp/precise64" config.vm.network "public_network", type: "dhcp", :bridge => 'en4: Thunderbolt Ethernet' config.vm.hostname = "mddirector" end This is the oupput of the 'vagrant up' ==> default: [...] read more

Troubleshooting failed upgrade to Windows 7?

I've upgraded three PCs from Vista to Windows 7 without incident, but the fourth one is a bit of a problem. The Windows 7 install fails and rolls back to Vista with: > The upgrade was not successful. Your previous version of Windows is being restored The Windows 7 upgrade [...] read more

VirtualBox import error Cannot register the DVD image

I'm running v 4.2.6. Starting this morning, I can't import some VMs, and some of my existing VMs are showing up as inaccessible and have the following error showing in the UI, The same error too when i took the vm to another PC and try to open it with [...] read more

Error adb.exe when running Visual Studio 2015 RC

When I try to deploy an application in VS 2015 with Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO), I get this error: Unable to start program C:\users\pc\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe operation not supported. unknown error 0x80070057 I have confirmed that adb.exe exists in my computer read more

How can I make my Virtualbox Vista see my USB device (iPad)?

I have the latest VirtualBox. I have filters for the iPad. But it does not show up in my virtual Windows vista My Computer screen or virtual iTunes. When I try to right click the little USB icon and select it it says it failed because the device is busy [...] read more

Two internet connections on a single computer (host to ethernet, virtualbox to dial-up)

UPDATE 4: After trying what JohnnyVegas suggested, I connected the dongle to the host machine, it wanted to install it's drivers, I cancelled the installation. I removed all network connections from the guest os, I added the usb dongle as a usb device for the guest os. I booted into [...] read more

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics' or one of its dependencies

My system crashed a couple of days ago, since then when I try to debug local Azure environment I get this error 'Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Diagnostics' or one of its dependencies'. I have reinstalled the following (Windows Azure tools for MS VS 2012 June 2012 sp1, Windows [...] read more

Response.Flush() throws System.Web.HttpException

I have a HttpHandler that I'm using to handle certain images on a client's website. When I'm outputting the image stream to the response object and call Flush occasionally an error is thrown. Here is a codeblock var image = Image.FromStream(memStream); if (size > -1) image = ImageResize.ResizeImage(image, size, size, [...] read more

Windows Update not working on Windows Server 2008 R2

> The Windows Update screen comes up and I click on Download Updates. I then get the bar scrolling across the screen and it says Downloading Updates but the counts never increase (0 KB total, 0% complete). I've tried several things found via Google to resolve this but so far [...] read more

Defragmentation Error, The Volume (C:) was not Optimized

Event ID 257 > The volume (C:) was not optimized because an error was encountered: The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057) I have Windows 8.1 64 Bit (HDD) and lately I noticed the above event in my Event Viewer. I get every day 3 or 4 of these errors. Anyone found [...] read more

Exceptions for Entity Framework Code First Migrations

I'm getting several unhandled exceptions while using Code First Migrations of Entity Framework 4.3. The database context: public class MyAppContext : DbContext { public DbSet<Branch> Branches { get; set; } public MyAppContext() { } } The entity: public class Branch : IEntity<Guid> { public Guid Id { get; set; } [...] read more

Server 2008 R2 - Unable to install any printer drivers

My problem is exactly this same as described here: > Server 2008 R2 - Unable to install any printer drivers Options - google groups * I have few Windows 2008 R2 (no SP1) servers in remote offices, mostly in Domain Controller, and many of them have problems installing ANY printer [...] read more

Exception from HRESULT: 0x8CE00001 when opening Visual Studio 2010 Designer

I'm trying to set up a new Windows Forms Application (C++/CLI) in Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7. Every time I try to open up the Designer, it fails with this unhelpful error: Exception from HRESULT: 0x8CE00001 Instances of this error (1) 1. Hide Call Stack at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Designer.Interfaces.IVSMDCodeDomProvider.get_CodeDomProvider() at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.CodeDomDocDataAdapter.get_Provider() [...] read more

Register-ClusteredScheduledTask : The parameter is incorrect

While executing below Register-ClusteredScheduledTask i am getting this error. > Register-ClusteredScheduledTask -TaskName $ClusterTaskName -TaskType AnyNode -Xml $TaskXML | Out-Null Register-ClusteredScheduledTask : The parameter is incorrect. At C:\Setup-Scheduler.ps1:215 char:5 + Register-ClusteredScheduledTask -TaskName $ClusterTaskName -TaskT ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (PS_ClusteredScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...ed ScheduledTask) [Register-ClusteredScheduledTask], CimException + FullyQualifiedErrorId: HRESULT 0x80070057,Register-ClusteredScheduledTask My XML <?xml [...] read more

Local DTC is missing on server 2008r2

I've recently had an issue where MSDTC was unable to start up. The error in the command line when running net start msdtc indicated that there were configuration issues. I went into the registry and set the configuration settings to the same values as a default installation of MSDTC. Afterwards, [...] read more

Confirm HDD errors were due to USB enclosure not supporting large capacity drives?

I suddenly started getting errors when copying files to my external hard drive. There is plenty of free space: 1.64TB free of 3.63TB. I was able to complete the file copy by doing one of two things: 1. Deleting some large files from the external hard drive, first 2. OR [...] read more

Windows VirtualBox failed to attach USB device to Linux Guest

I have Windows 7 64bit Host system, and I am using VirtualBox 4.1.18 (r78361). I have an Arch Linux Guest OS. I have installed VirtualBox Extension Pack (to enable USB2 support) and added my USB device filter to VM. I have also installed the Guest Additions provided by Arch: virtualbox-archlinux-additions [...] read more

Unable to progress on Windows XP to Vista upgrade

I'm trying to upgrade Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate, and I don't want to do a clean install. The upgrade gets most of the way through the last step in the list of tasks (after about two hours) and then aborts with the following error: > The upgrade was [...] read more

Unable to launch Firefox browser from Selenium Webdriver version 3.4.0

I am facing an issue wherein I am unable to launch firefox from Selenium Webdriver version 3.4.0 from my Windows operating system (Windows 7) which is 64 bit. Currently, firefox version 52.0.2 is installed on my machine. I have also added selenium jar files to the library, still it is [...] read more

Mount-DiskImage fails on Windows 10 host running within vmware

I'm trying to mount ISO file through powershell. I'm trying to do that on Windows10 virtual machine running in VMWare Fusion. Same image mounts fine when double-clicked in explorer on the same vm. I'm using Mount-DiskImage cmdlet like Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "[Path]" -Verbose Error that I'm getting Mount-DiskImage : The parameter [...] read more

Visual Studio Project System encountered an error

I have an ASP.NET Core 2.1 API project with Docker for Windows Support that used to load/build/run fine until a few days back but now it throws me an error as soon as I load the solution in Visual Studio Enterprise 2017 Version 15.9.0 Preview 6.0 Here is the error:Project [...] read more

Desktop java app copy and transfer android data via USB

I have a desktop java app, and also an android app. Two app work together. The user in desktop app have a button to launch the transfer between device data app to computer app and vice versa. So I need to transfer data with a simple USB cable, and without [...] read more

Windows server backup keeps failing after upgraded my OS from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2

I've got 2 hard disks installed on the server, one of them is specifically for backup purpose. Everything is fine before I upgrade my OS to Windows Server 2012 R2... And the problem is that after OS upgrade, everytime I perform a full backup, it failed with errors on "C:" [...] read more

App pool gets stuck on reset and takes .net pages out

Several times after our app pool has been told to reset, it gets stuck, the .net pages go down and the following error appears in the application event log: Failed to execute request because the App-Domain could not be created. Error: 0x80070057 The parameter is incorrect. Our app pool is [...] read more

SQL Server 2008 - Can't Log On via local SQL Server Management Studio

FYI: OS is SQL Server 2008 (NOT R2). Yesterday, when I was trying to get Visual Studio 2010 on a remote Win XP machine to be able to debug ASP.NET over the network, I installed Active Directory (and DNS) on my server. Well, I gave up that. So, I un-installed [...] read more

How to launch Bash on Ubuntu on Windows from third-party application?

I've installed Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in order to Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (in the following abbreviated to “Bash”.) In cmd.exe I can run bash -c gcc --version as well as I can use cmd -k bash -c gcc --version from the start menu. However, I noticed that [...] read more

Windows 10 updating from Windows 7 via Windows update fail after 84%

I have Dell XPS-L502X(Early 2011) with Windows 7 Home Premium-64 bit. I already reserved my Windows 10 copy and started an update to it that was 2,712.6 MB and failed after 84%, it took for that 17 hrs as i have 512 kbps net speed. I tried many times to [...] read more

How do I Defrag/Optimize a Windows 8.1 Volume which has no Drive Letter? Does it matter?

I have a Dell Inspiron Ultrabook running Windows 8.1 (64-bit). In File Explorer, I click on Drive C Properties -> Tools -> Optimize. There I see 4 drives listed as follows: * OS (C:) -- OK (0% fragmented) * PBR Image -- OK (0% fragmented) * WINRETOOLS -- OK (0% [...] read more

Windows 8.1 fails to optimize System Reserved partition

I have Windows 8.1 Professional x64 running from a 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 SSD. Windows has divided the drive in to two partitions: 1. System Reserved (350MB NTFS) 2. C: (238.13GB NTFS) Whenever Windows attempts to optimize the System Reserved partition, I get an error in the event log: Log [...] read more

How can I connect integrated webcam with virtualbox

I am trying to use a Windows XP VM for VirtualBox on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I have tried the usual attaching USB device but I get an error saying "USB device is busy with previous request". My webcam is not active in any applications and this happens after a [...] read more

Share VirtualBox VDI between computers over network

I have been working inside a Windows7 virtual machine using VirtualBox installed on my Windows7 OS on my primary PC. I would like to share that VM on my home network so that I can access the same VM on any of my PCs without moving or copying the VDI [...] read more

Upgrade from Windows 7 Enterprise to Windows 8 Enterprise

I tried to upgrade a Windows 7 Enterprise to Windows 8 Enterprise, however it fails a quarter of the way through the initialization process. Could this have something to do with the Assembly cache? This is the error: Error MigGather caught exception: Win32Exception: Falscher Parameter. [0x80070057] void __cdecl Mig::CGACRootEnum::Reset(void) Error [...] read more

Visual Studio Professional 15.9.2 crashes when opening a custom user control in the designer

My .Net Framework WinForms app builds without errors and runs without errors. The VS2017 Professional 15.9.2 designer crashes when I double-click to open user controls I've created. These user controls all inherit from a class named MyUserControl. I can open MyUserControl in the designer without an error. When I run [...] read more

(WMI) ExecMethod out parameter - ResultingSnapshot is NULL irrespective of the result of the call, Why?

I am using WMI to create an RCT Checkpoint. Below is the code snippet. The problem is when I call the method Create Snapshot using ExecMethodthe checkpoint gets created but the ResultingSnapshot to still points to NULL. Since the call is asynchronous (as the return value from pOutParameters is 4096) [...] read more

VS 2015 + Cordova + Emulator for Android = error "unable to deploy"

Using the default Blank Cordova project in VS2015 update 1, I try to publish ( Debug > Android > Device) to the Android Emulator (Tools > Visual Studio Emulator for Android) and I get the following error: enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/Upv9y.png] Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State [...] read more

.net core application error 502.5 if run as virtual directory in IIS

I am having problem configuring .net core application to work as virtual directory in iis. If i start .net core application directly with its port it works fine. I am getting 502.5 response and in event viewer there is this message Application 'MACHINE/WEBROOT/APPHOST/DEFAULT WEB SITE' with physical root 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\' failed [...] read more

Powershell - Set-ClusteredScheduledTask - Error "Incorrect function."

I'm experimenting with Powershell to add a ClusteredScheduledTask on a clustered server (Win 2012/R2) Technet sample code gives error: #canned exampled from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj649815.aspx $Action01 = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute Notepad $Action02 = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute Calc Set-ClusteredScheduledTask -TaskName "Task03" -Action $Action01,$Action02 Error: Set-ClusteredScheduledTask : Incorrect function. At I:\Scripts\TaskSchedulerSetupJobs\TestWebSampleCode.ps1:4 char:1 + Set-ClusteredScheduledTask -TaskName "Task03" [...] read more

Providing 512MB of video RAM with VirtualBox

I'm attempting to use VirtualBox to play a game on a Windows guest machine, running under an OSX Mavericks host with 512MB of video RAM. The game requires 512MB of video RAM (although it doesn't do anything particularly intensive, graphics-wise). The slider in the configuration screen only goes up to [...] read more

How can I add a network location with a space in the name to Windows Credential Manager?

My company has a backup server that has a space in its name ("Foo Bar"). I am trying to add the login credentials for this server to Windows Credential Manager, but I receive a canned error response (I am assuming this is due to the space. No space, no error): [...] read more

Windows 10 Upgrade: Stops at 23% without error, Dism not mounting boot.wim WIM Image

I am attempting an OS Upgrade Windows 8.1 Pro -> Windows 10 Pro. The Problem The installer does not give a message apart from saying that it failed at roughly 23%, opening the setuperr.log, I get this at the end, the first 2 lines seem to point to the problem: [...] read more

Virtualbox can NOT mount an USB drive

I have on my laptop a windows system (windows 8), in which I have a Virtualbox installation(4.2.12, most recent). I have a virtual machine setup with the Virtualbox, and the OS is Ubuntu (12.0 LTS). I connect an USB box (An adapter from SATA to USB) to my laptop, and [...] read more

Windows 10 System Image Restore Failed - The Parameter is Incorrect

I backed up my computer by using Windows Backup and Recovery System Image. I have been using this technique for years with windows 7, 8 and 8.1. I use a System Repair disc to successfully restore image copies when necessary. So I upgraded to Windows 10 and was able to [...] read more

Paragon ExtFS can't write files to Ext4 drive from Windows 10

Windows 10 Home version 1607 64-bit Product link: http://www.paragon-drivers.com/extfs-windows/ I seem to be able to read files but I can't write files. I get the error: > An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you continue to receive this error, you can use the error code [...] read more

Windows 10 gives error when writing to external drive past 2TB

I have a CoolerMaster XCraft 360 with a 8TB drive in it. It's formatted using the NTFS file system. It's almost 25% full, so I'm just about to hit the magic 2TB mark. When I'm trying to copy a file to the drive, Windows 10 gives an error: Error 0x80070057: [...] read more

Analysing memory dump after BSOD - 0xC0000147

My computer (HP DV6 6060EP) was returned to repair by HP twice, but it still comes with the same problem. I'm trying the best i can to help them diagnose this problem. When my computer crashes (like it did 5 mins ago), after opening the Memory dump in WinDbg i [...] read more

Installing Windows 8.1 upgrade gives the error 0x80070057

I'm running Windows 8 and attempting to install Windows 8.1 via the app store. I attempted this several times and each time I get a message that the install failed with error message 0x80070057. Searching didn't turn up any meaningful solutions to this problem. read more

Copying a folder on Windows Server 2008 gives "Error 0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect."

I'm using remote desktop into a Windows Server 2008 machine. On that machine I use a shared drive on the local network for some development. I can use those files just fine in Visual Studio, but occasionally when I try to make a copy of the folder (copy & paste), [...] read more

Clean Install of Windows 8 on Newly Installed SSD

I bought a new SSD for my Windows PC. Now I'm trying to install Windows 8 on it. FIRST ATTEMPT 1. Started installation from within existing Windows 8 installation by launching setup.exe 2. Installer says "Something happened. Sorry, we're having trouble determining whether your PC can run Windows 8. Please [...] read more

Windows 8.1 unable to play Music or the Audio from videos through Optical Out

I am having an issue with my audio output, where any music file, and the audio side of videos are not being played through my optical audio output. I am running a Realtek HD Audio device built on Revision 1.0 on a GA-P55A-UD6 Gigabyte Board, which runs through it's optical [...] read more

VS2017 debugging: Unable to access members of COM object

ISSUE Normally, Visual Studio's "Dynamic View" displays an object's members. Occasionally, the object requires all threads to run and you manually have to allow that in order to see the members. However, with this COM object, I'm getting an error when I attempt to see the members: > Unable to [...] read more

Failed to load the hostfxr.dll after install net core

Anyone has this problem i change Pc and tried to install net core framework but vs code return this info when i tried to write dontet --info Failed to load the dll from [C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\2.1.0\hostfxr.dll], HRESULT: 0x80070057 The library hostfxr.dll was found, but loading it from C:\Program Files\dotnet\host\fxr\2.1.0\hostfxr.dll failed - [...] read more

Decode JSON string containing JSON string

I have to decode a JSON string containing another JSON string on it. Currently I'm trying to decode it into a Dictionary<string,string> using Serializator.Deserialize<Dictionary<string,string>>(value) from System.Web.Script.Serialization, but haven't succeed. This is the string: { "label": "Side", "options": [ { "key": "left", "value": 0 }, { "key": "right", "value": 1 } [...] read more

Android Speech to Text Issue

i'm trying to test Cognitive-Speech-STT-Android Sample Project on my Android device after adding the client library dependency to Andoid Studio, creating a trial account and adding the Uri & primarykey weird behavior are causing the application to return this Log and no text result received: Screen Capture [https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ezz6c.jpg] Android Studio [...] read more

How to configure geckodriver with log level as trace through firefox_options?

I try to run selenium on VPS to run tests in python. I've got some python code from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options options = Options() options.log.level = 'trace' selenium = Firefox(firefox_options=options) And I get an error Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> [...] read more

WIX - howto use RemoveFolderEx with On="install" / "both"?

I am trying to remove a folder on "install" (and "uninstall"), but the folder is only removed on "uninstall". Any hints how this can be done? <Property Id="PACKAGEFOLDER"> <RegistrySearch Root="HKLM" Key="$(var.RegKey)" Type="raw" Id="PKGFOLDER_REGSEARCH" Name="PkgDir" /> </Property> <Directory Id="TARGETDIR" Name="SourceDir"> <Directory Id="ProgramFilesFolder"> <Directory Id="PACKAGE" Name="$(var.PkgFolder)"> <Component Id="PackagesFiles" Guid="$(var.FilesGUID)"> <RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="$(var.RegKey)" [...] read more

Entity Framework is throwing an error "Unable to evaluate the expression. Operation not supported. Unknown error: 0x80070057."

I am using Entity Framework to get db data. I wrote an action to return table data in JSON format as below: public JsonResult GetEmployeesData() { using (TrainingDBEntities db = new TrainingDBEntities()) { return new JsonResult { Data = db.Employees, JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet }; } } It's not throwing any [...] read more

Install IIS with Inno Setup

I'm trying install IIS with Inno Setup, but I'm getting various errors. I tried command on DOS and works: > start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-ManagementService;IIS-CGI;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-WebServer; I tried use this in Inno Setup: > Filename: pkgmgr; Parameters: "/iu:IIS-WebServerRole; IIS-WebServer: ; IIS-CommonHttpFeatures: ; IIS-ManagementService: ; IIS-CGI: ; IIS-RequestFiltering: ; IIS-ASPNET: ; IIS-HttpLogging: ; [...] read more

Create multiple shortcuts in different folders based on file name

Basically, we have a lot of .mht files (generated periodically with MicroStrategy) and we need to serve these files on different folders to apply security. To avoid space consumption, we thought of creating shortcuts on several folders. The files all start with groupings of 4 digits and an underscore (e.g. [...] read more

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Optimization' or one of its dependencies after restart

I am making my first ASP MVC application and it was working just fine, up until I suddenly got "blue screen of death", restarted computer and now my application suddenly does not work. At first, it did not compile at all, as I was getting the message > Could not [...] read more

AccessViolationException, IIS

we are 4 developers (not professional server administrators) and running 2 servers with IIS 8.5 (Windows server 2012 R2) and ASP.NET 4. Multiple times per day we get this exception in the windows event log: Application: w3wp.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. [...] read more

"Windows Search Service" query results do not show thumbnails but icons

I am having a strange issue here on several Windows Server 2012 R2 machines. Problem description: Client machines searching a mapped network drive get the results shown as icons instead of thumbnails. The search results (like *.doc, *.txt) can not be opened via double-click. Sometimes there are no icons at [...] read more

WSUS will not update or install updates on new workstations

Update: Unfortunatly I was never able to fix this problem, I am fairly confident that some mistake was made when installing it or porting the computers and authorization across. After several re-installs, I ended up installing it on the Default Website with SSL and re-authorizing all of the patches, fortunatly [...] read more

ASP MVC Applicaiton hangs suddenly in IIS 8.5

We have 3 Servers One is for infrastructure like domain server and 2 servers with an ASP MVC and a webapi site. A maanged load balancer balances the load to server 2 and 3 For many monthes everything works fine, but since the last weeks we notice ocassionally hangs of [...] read more

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine XML document is too long. hr = 0x80070018

I have about 1400 SQL databases on my environment (on 3 different volumes). I've got follow errors during taking VSS snap. Also SQLWriter goes from stable to failed "nonretryable" *Event ID 8193, Source VSS. Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine XML document is too long. hr = [...] read more

New SAN causes HTTP 414 error

We have a IIS virtual directory (/Upload) mapped to a DFS share, which resides on a SAN. The DFS share was moved from SAN A to SAN B and since then if we try to access any content via the virtual directory, we get the error: HTTP Error 414.0 - [...] read more

New-mailboxrestorerequest fails with MapiExceptionInvalidParameter: Unable to modify table. Howzat?

I have been having quite a bit of trouble copying a mailbox from a recovery database to a user. Things I tried: - restoring to a different mailbox (this got me further than 10% for some reason) - clearing the mailbox restore queue - resuming the mailbox restore request - [...] read more

How to debug missing enterprise root ca certificate?

We have a openssl offline root CA with a Windows 2008 R2 AD-integrated SubCA. The Openssl Root CA was published to ldap CN=ROOTCANAME,CN=Certification Authorities,CN=Public Key Services,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAIN using certutil -dspublish -f root.cer RootCA Everything works ok, except for one thing. So far two clients (both XP) showed up which did not [...] read more

DPM won't synch due to a non-existent file

DPM 2007 Server with issue is Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition DPM is reporting that "DPM encountered an error while performing an operation for C:\program files\vexira antivirus\server\temp\aa29n3f0.vbt (ID 2033 Details: The parameter is incorrect (0x80070057))" The problem is that the file isn't there and I am not finding any [...] read more

Error upgrading fromSQL Server 2008 to R2

Im trying to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 from SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008, but when the wizard is installing the Setup Support Files I alway get the next error: "An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.VC80.ATL,version="8.0.50727.4053",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",processorArchitecture="x86",type="win32"'. Please refer to Help and Support for more [...] read more

Migrate Windows Server 2008 to a new hard disk 2

A few weeks ago, I already asked how to move a Windows Server 2008 to a new hard disk. Despite the previous answers and two weeks lost trying to do it, I am always unable to move the OS to the new drive. What I tried: * A backup/restore using [...] read more

MBSA offline scanning problem with new version of wsusscn2

I have problem with MBSA offline scanning for MS security updates. Problem has started with new version of “wsusscn2.cab” file. Up until now, everything working fine, with older version of “wsusscn2.cab”. When I started scanning this month I recived an error: “An error occurred while scanning for security updates. (0x80070057)“. [...] read more

Windows 8.1 automatic repair loop (INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE)

Today, my pc with Windows 8.1 installed suddenly started crashing on start up, and then rebooting and showing the 'Automatic repair' screen. I tried solving this in multiple ways already: * I tried creating a USB drive with a copy of Windows 8.1 on it on my laptop, and then [...] read more

Directsound no longer works

So I was on Windows 7 and was messing with permissions on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in the registry. Something happened and it broke sound. I could not get directsound to work again in media applications that use it such as VLC and Mediamonkey. When I ran dxdiag.exe, it said everything was working [...] read more

vagrant up doesn't work with laravel/homestead

Trying to vagrant up laravel homestead with provider virtual box, but get an error Progress: 40%There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagr ant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below. Command: ["import", "\\\\?\\C:\\HashiCorp\\boxes\\laravel-VAGRANTSLASH-homestead \\7.0.0\\virtualbox\\box.ovf", "--vsys", "0", "--vmname", "ubuntu-18.04-amd64_15 48008280989_91293", "--vsys", "0", "--unit", [...] read more

"Error 0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect" when editing JPEG metadata

When trying to change the metadata on the NYT1 2014 MU69 image taken by New Horizons image that I downloaded from a blog post, I get this error: > An unexpected error is keeping you from appying properties to the file. If you continue to receive this error, you can [...] read more

Windows 10 user ID seen on share from Synology

I have a Synology DS1513+ running DSM5.0-4493 update 1 (a several-year-old OS). I have Windows 7 and 10 laptops mounting that disk, along with a Linux laptop mounting the same area via NFS. My development account on the Linux box and Synology is user ID 1000. I'd like my Windows [...] read more

Unable to create windows 7 repair disc

This is what I get when using the maintenance tool in the start menu on windows 7 to create a repair disc. I have yet to find a google search solution that works. I can ordinarily write to the cd/dvd drive. I've tried different discs, logging in with the hidden [...] read more

Why this strange Windows 7 backup failure?

I don't understand why I'm getting this when trying to run the Windows backup tool. An internal error has occured The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057) enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/6385h.png] Can you tell me what I should do about this error? read more

Virtualbox kali linux usb wifi adapter not working

I get this error when I try to add USB wireless adapter to my running Kali Linux. Failed to attach the USB device Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter to the virtual machine Kali-Linux-2016.2-vbox-i686_1. USB device 'Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter' with UUID {cb3700a9-5075-4cf4-8ad0-84772145a1ae} is busy with [...] read more

Win 10 Store 0x80070057

I am trying to download apps like Messenger or Feedback Hub for example but Windows Store returns following message: "Try Again. An error occurred. The error code is 0x80070057, in case you need it.". I have tried WSReset.exe, I have also tried adding a folder called "cache" in following location: [...] read more

Windows 10 refuses to install on certain drive

A couple days ago I bought new notebook without OS. At first I installed Windows 10 on stock HDD drive - everything went ok. Then I decided to replace it with with SSD from my old laptop which is Samsung 840 EVO and which were working fine for years. Now [...] read more

Windows 8.1 black screen with cursor, no safe mode, sfc not working

I'm trying to repair my computer from booting into a blackscreen through the CMD mode (safe mode isn't working), after seeing that Startup Repair couldn't repair my PC. When I type sfc /scannow, I get the following message: > There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. [...] read more

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Unable to connect to Azure Analysis Services via Azure Function App - Could not load type 'System.Security.Principal.WindowsImpersonationContext'

Following this guide, I have created an Azure Function App that compiles and runs: #r "Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Tabular.DLL" #r "Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Core.DLL" #r "System.Configuration" using System; using System.Configuration; using Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Tabular; // req is a value passed from function.json which is currently ignored public static void Run(String req, ILogger log) { log.LogInformation($"C# Timer trigger function [...] read more

Error while running Enable-Migrations in Visual studio 2017

I am trying to migrate my web app from membership to ASP.Net Identity by following this tutorial. But I get this error when I execute the Enable-migrations command: > Blockquote PM> Enable-migrations System.ArgumentException: Paramètre incorrect. (Exception de HRESULT : 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) Server stack trace: à EnvDTE.Properties.Item(Object index) à System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink._PrivateProcessMessage(IntPtr md, [...] read more

XMLSChemaSet.Add fails in Visual studio 2017

I have the below code which works perfectly works with Visual Studio 2010, string path = @"Path_to_XML.xml"; FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings { ValidationType = ValidationType.Schema }; settings.Schemas.Add(@"REQUIRED_NAMESPACE", @"REQUIREDSCHEMA.xsd"); But when used with Visual Studio 2017, it fails to add schema; ie., Fails [...] read more

Error using CSharpCodeProvider , is it thread safe?

My question is around the .NET 4.6 CSharpCodeProvider class and if it is thread-safe. I have a set of objects based on a FinancvialInstrument class which in turn generates a C# class in order to calculate the value of the financial product. Ideally, we would like to run execution of [...] read more

Mysterious hang when executing batch scripts in a C# process and displaying the output in a textbox

I am debugging a class library (it's actually a Visual Studio extension) that is responsible to execute custom batch scripts using Windows' cmd.exe and display the results. The way it is set up is it uses a C# Process that calls cmd.exe and executes commands one by one and displays [...] read more

PKI problems locations in Enterprise PKI mmc

I did a "renew Cert" on one of my Enterprise subCAs, and it's totally messed up my results on Enterprise PKI in MMC. In the Certificate Authority snapin, there are now two certs (Certificate #0 and #1). The AIA (ldap) is showing "Unable to Download", with the "original CN=". The [...] read more

Role in Azure Compute Emulator stuck cycling between Unknown and Destroyed states

My Azure Cloud Service's Web Role works fine when deployed to Azure but can't get it running with the Emulator. * When starting the role from within Visual Studio (2015) the window just displays "Starting the roles for the application in the Microsoft Azure compute emulator...". * When starting with [...] read more

Adding (extended) ACL rules to Hyper-v switch ports

To manage multiple Hyper-V nodes remotely I'm implementing WMI. Most Hyper-V features already work: create, remove machines, network adapter and more. But I can't seem to figure out why adding extended ACL rules won't work. I'm quite surprised how little I can find about the subject. The error says: "Failed [...] read more

Warning 1 The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) 0 0

enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z6rqB.jpg] I always encounter this problem when i importing pictures into picture boxes i created many new project but this appears always anyone please helppp read more

How to correctly create Virtual Switch in Windows Server 2016 TP4 while installing Docker? (not boot2docker)

I have an installed Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 on VMware Warkstation. It has 2 GB RAM and 60 GB disk space. I try to install Windows Server Host for Docker according to official Microsoft instruction. Instruction in general in the picture I don't need a Hyper-V Containers technology [...] read more

Unable to evaluate the expression. Operation not supported. Unknown error: 0x80070057. Using Linq

I'm trying to access my SQL database to retrieve my data. public projecta100333EntitiesEntities1 Entity { get; set; } public ConnectionClass() { Entity = new projecta100333EntitiesEntities1(); } I'm getting this error on connection with the database: > the function evaluation requires all threads to run Image of error when connecting to [...] read more

Task Scheduler: Problem attempting to retrieve a task object

I am using/learning the Windows Task Scheduler in win32 C++. I am attempting to retrieve a task object (for a task that exists) but it continually fails & returns the error COR_E_FILENOTFOUND 0x80070002 = The task does not exist What do you think is going wrong? I know this task [...] read more

System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Mono.Cecil.Pdb

The "XamlCTask" task failed unexpectedly. System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Mono.Cecil.Pdb, Version=0.10.0.0, PublicKeyToken=50cebf1cceb9d05e' or one of its dependencies. The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) File name: 'Mono.Cecil.Pdb, Version=0.10.0.0, PublicKeyToken=50cebf1cceb9d05e' ---> System.ArgumentException: The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file [...] read more

How to request a certificate from a CA on a remote machine using PowerShell?

I am trying to invoke a PowerShell command on a remote computer. I'd like to request a certificate from an in-house CA. If I run the following command directly on the remote PC the operation is successful: Get-Certificate -Template 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.21.8.9612972.3074733.7357589.1249582.14248002.117.5480590.5436517 -Credential $cred -Url ldap: -CertStoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\My When I run the [...] read more

Still getting the exception even after I use splitOn param

I have Event Class that has references to 2 objects Location and Category. I write my SQL query string, and it works fine but when I put the query in dapper ORM.VS told me I have an inner exception. I am still getting the exception even after I use splitOn [...] read more

EF 6.2, WPF - Get data from database preview results - doesn't work

I have problem with EF 6.2 and WPF application. When I try get data from DB (any collection) receives a message on Results View: > Expanding the Results View will enumerate the IEnumerable when I expand next level message > The function evaluation requires all threads to run when I [...] read more

Main.Show() Parameter is not valid

NOTE: I'm using Bunifu but this error also occurred whenever I changed the font to Century Gothic or any font that's not default. Here is my code: Form form = new Main(); form.ShowDialog(new Main()); this.Hide(); The problem: Anytime any graphical update happens on the Main form it causes the error [...] read more

Failed to load hostfxr.dll

I'm working on an installer for an application that deploys an ASP.Net Core 2 website on IIS. I have run into a unique issue with Windows 7 where I get the following error: > Failed to load the dll from [C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet\host\fxr\2.1.2\hostfxr.dll], HRESULT: 0x80070057 The library hostfxr.dll was found, [...] read more

C# - How to query a Microsoft Certification Authority by a date value using the ICertView::SetRestriction COM method?

I am attempting to write a program that can query a Microsoft CA for certificates which were revoked after a given date. I was able to instantiate a CCertView object, however, I'm not sure how to pass the date parameter to the SetRestriction method, which is (poorly) documented here. The [...] read more

Selenium 3.x V is keep skipping the test execution after Firefox 53v launch

below is the error message I can see My Config : Firefox 53 and above Selenium : 3.x Apache ant: 1.9.7 log4j : 1.2.17 appium : 1.4.13 Issue : I can launch the browser as well as I can login the site but after few activities my test is keep [...] read more

MSBUILD : error MSB1003: Specify a project or solution file

The instructions for a sample application that I am trying to build as me to type dotnet restore at the command line. dotnet --version reports 2.1.300 When I do this I get the following error MSBUILD : error MSB1003: Specify a project or solution file. The current working directory does [...] read more

WSO2 WSF/PHP server with visual foxpro client

I’m using WSO2 WSF/PHP (wamp) and I'm trying to consume the sample web service (echo_service.php) from a foxpro client. I have tried this code with no success: TEXT TO requestPayloadString NOSHOW <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"> <soapenv:Header/> <soapenv:Body> <ns1:echoString xmlns:ns1="http://wso2.org/wsfphp/samples"> <text>Hello World!</text> </ns1:echoString> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope> ENDTEXT LOCAL httpRequest httpRequest = [...] read more

MSI Installer fails with error :Assembly Error:The parameter is incorrect

I have created an MSI installer using Wix toolset (version 3.11) and the installer works fine on all other servers. But on AWS instances with OS, Windows server 2012 R2 installer fails with error Assembly Error:The parameter is incorrect. Installer verbose log file lines which i felt are related to [...] read more

SQL Error: No mapping exists to a known managed provider type

I'm getting this error: > System.ArgumentException HResult=0x80070057 Message=No mapping exists from object type System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter, System.Data, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]] to a known managed provider native type. Source=<Cannot evaluate the exception source> I've googled, and the examples are where someone tries to use an object instead of the text value for the [...] read more

Adding Windows 10 app to the Autoplay detection list fails

My WinForms application talks to a piece of hardware via USB, which has embedded in it two disks. I want to prevent Windows from displaying the usual Autoplay (pops up File Explorer in my case) on any of my unit's disks. I found this question from 2009, which makes reference [...] read more

How to execute the custom action in silent mode in wix?

I am trying to execute the custom action at the time of uninstall the installer in wix.It is working perfectly but it is showing the splash screen of cmd prompt at the time of custom action.Latter I tried with CAQuietExec but it is unable to uininstall the installer and giving [...] read more

CryptXML CryptXmlOpenToEncode returns E_INVALIDARG for namespace element

This CryptXML sample code works when running: CryptXML.exe -n Contoso SIGN FileOut.xml FileIn.xml /samlpEnvelope # where FileIn.xml is defined as <samlpEnvelope xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"> <Data> Hello, World! </Data> </samlpEnvelope> However, running this with the colon ":" namespace added CryptXML.exe -n Contoso SIGN FileOut.xml FileIn.xml /samlp:Envelope # <samlp:Envelope xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"> <Data> Hello, World! </Data> [...] read more

Error "Parameter is not valid" when i minimized the form

enter image description here [https://i.stack.imgur.com/jvmEt.png] These are the Error Message that i'm getting when i pressed customize Minimized button. System.ArgumentException HResult=0x80070057 Message=Parameter is not valid. Source=System.Drawing StackTrace: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height, PixelFormat format) at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height) at CircularProgressBar.CircularProgressBar.RecreateBackgroundBrush() at CircularProgressBar.CircularProgressBar.ParentOnResize(Object sender, EventArgs eventArgs) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnResize(EventArgs e) at [...] read more

ArgumentException in WCF service in ASP.NET Web App while using WinRT API's

Requirement is to show Toast Notifications from asp.net web application. I have a WCF service hosted in my asp.net web app, where I'll receive responses from another web service. As and when I receive the response, I need to send a toast with some info. To support toasts on traditional [...] read more

Genymotion not showing virtual device

Clean Genymotion 2.12.1 installation in LMDE 2 (64b, Cinnamon 3.4.6, GeForce 210, 16GB RAM), VirtualBox 5.1.32. When I launch a virtual device it shows the window for a few seconds and then disappear. In VirtualBox it shows as Running. I am suspecting video driver problem but IIRC it used to [...] read more

CertUtil | How CertUtil -verifykeys works internally?

I have a CA certificate in Local Machine Certificate Store. When I run this command - enter code here certutil -verifyKeys gives Key "KEYNAME" verifies as the public key for Certificate "KEYNAME" V0.0 Signature test FAILEDCertUtil: -verifykeys command FAILED: 0x80070057 (WIN32: 87 ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER) CertUtil: The parameter is incorrect MSDN says [...] read more

Is DX11VideoRenderer thread safe?

I'm using the Microsoft sample DX11VideoRenderer to render real time video in Windows 10. When I run just one stream, the video looks great. However when I run more than 4 or 5 streams, some of the video in their respective windows start blanking out intermittently. The effect can be [...] read more

SharpDX.Toolkit throws error when loading effect. HRESULT: [0x80070057]

Here I have an application based on SharpDX, it's supposed to simulate particles using Computer Shader. I run it on Win 8.1 computer at Intel HD 3000 videocard. By the way, samples from SharpDX with Computer Shader and (or) Vertex Shader with requirments like fx_4_0 or Profile = 10.0 runs [...] read more

Microsoft Speech API - Cognitive Speech STT iOS : Language not changing

I have started recognition using _micClient = [SpeechRecognitionServiceFactory createMicrophoneClient:SpeechRecognitionMode_ShortPhrase withLanguage:locale withKey:API_KEY withProtocol:(self)]; Everything worked as intended. But, second time using the same with another locale, recognition is only in the first language. Eg: App launched and starts recognition with "hi-IN" > Application Name: com.XXXX.XXXX/1.0.1 STS: https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/sts/v1.0/issueToken Refreshing token /sts/v1.0/issueToken Initializing [...] read more

'The remote host closed the connection' when redirecting from application_error

I'm trying to test a simple error catch in my application. In my BaseController: protected override void OnException(ExceptionContext filterContext) { if (filterContext.ExceptionHandled) { return; } var logger = new Logger(); logger.LogError(filterContext.Exception, ControllerContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString()); filterContext.Result = new ViewResult { ViewName = "~/Views/Shared/Error.cshtml", ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary() { {"exception", filterContext.Exception} } }; filterContext.ExceptionHandled [...] read more

DatagridView : Cannot delete rows

I want to clear data grid view without delete column settings. One column is a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn. I use the following code : gridNomiColonne.Rows.Clear(); gridNomiColonne.Columns.Clear(); I get the following error: "Cannot delete data" ( System.ArgumentException HResult=0x80070057 Messaggio=Impossibile cancellare questo elenco. Origine=System.Data Analisi dello stack: in System.Data.DataView.System.Collections.IList.Clear() in System.Windows.Forms.BindingSource.Clear() in System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.Clear() in [...] read more

Databases have "Recovery Pending" status every few hours

I recently noticed that most of the databases on my SQL Server are getting the Recovery Pending status after running for a few hours (sometimes 6, sometimes more). I can't imagine this being the expected outcome, so I decided to post about it here. I opened the Event Log viewer [...] read more

Too many storage controllers of the type in Vagrant

I'm going to create 7 servers with 2 disks each. Here is the vagrant file. This is my first configuration of a multiple machines environments. Hence I haven't any experience in creating environments from scratch. This is the error I got Command: ["storagectl", "cc27c05a-63da-4e02-ab73-86843032e387", "--name", "SATA Controller", "--add", "sata"] Stderr: [...] read more

How do you reference cells in another workbook using an excel formula for Color Formatting?

I have two worksheets from different workbooks: one I am editing (xlwkstTempSummary), and one from which I want to compare values (xlwkstSummary). I want to apply a background color to a single column in the temporary sheet based on the values from the imported sheet. Here is a snippet of [...] read more

How do you properly initialize Web Driver when upgrading Selenium 2.53 to 3.40

Since the Firefox has been updated to version 52, the version of selenium that we were using is incompatible. I am currently trying to upgrade it to 3.4.0. I've updated the dependency in the pom file, and I have set the property of the driver to the path of the [...] read more