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

Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)

I have a WPF application . While building it I am getting the following error: > Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies. The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)) Application is trying to load the assembly from virtual drive (as debug Folder) Ex: [...] 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

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

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

Failed to execute: 0x80070057, when decoding video via ffmpeg with dxva2

I have successfully implemented a video player using ffmpeg. I am now trying to use hardware decoding but I'm facing a couple issues. I found a post that I followed as a starting point here: https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/libav-user/2014-August/007323.html I have updated the code that setup the necessary stuff for the decoder. The [...] 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Due to error 0x80070057" The parameter is incorrect." SSIS job failed to run

I have a SSIS job which run well in SQL Server 2008 but no longer working in SQL Server 2017. The error message I get is: > Cannot create a task from XML for Task "Email", type "Microsoft.Script.Task" due to error 0x80070057" The parameter is incorrect Kindly advise any solution [...] read more

SSIS Package Runs Manually but Not from SQL Job

I get series of Errors when SSIS package (deployed in file system) Executed from SQL Job , but same package works fine if executed manually. First Error : > Directing the row to the error output failed with error code 0x80070057. Second Error : > SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED. The [...] read more

SQL SERVER job is not executing SSIS

I have created SSIS by using SSDT 2015 and it is executing properly with in the SSDT tool, but when i try to run the package via SQL Server agent job it gives below error. need help. Message: > Executed as user: ISB-CCDEV-MS1\SYSTEM. Microsoft (R) SQL Server Execute Package Utility [...] read more

jQuery and other libraries

I am having this issue with jQuery and have no idea how to solve it .... can anyone help or provide some assistance!? > [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIDOMXPathEvaluator.evaluate]" nsresult: "0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE)" location: "JS frame :: http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/IMM-Glossary/JavaScripts/prototype.js :: anonymous :: line 1081" data: no] Source: http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/IMM-Glossary/JavaScripts/prototype.js Thanks [...] read more

Destination array is not long enough

I'm trying to make a serial communication from Arduino to C# in Visual Studio. Here is my code. I use timer to request and receive the data. private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { isConnected = true; port.Write("A"); int bytes = port.BytesToRead; byte[] buffer = new byte[bytes]; port.Read(buffer, 0, bytes); [...] 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

System.ArgumentException HResult=0x80070057 Message=Stream is now writable Parameter name: stream

I have asp.net core 2 web api endpoint along with custom middleware. In order to accomplish the centralized exception handling and request validation for the project I referred the link: https://www.strathweb.com/2018/07/centralized-exception-handling-and-request-validation-in-asp-net-core/ Based on the reference I implemented the following code : // Startup public class Startup { public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder [...] 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

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

Exchange Error 0x80070057 when downloading address book from Outlook 2013

I have a few users receiving the following error when attempting to use Send/Receive to download an offline address book from the Exchange Server (on the intranet): > Task 'Microsoft Exchange' reported error (0x80070057) : 'Sorry, something went wrong. You may want to try again.' Other Outlook 2013 users do [...] 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 10 Update to 1903 Error: 0x8007042B - 0x2000D

The update starts on the windows 10 machine but after the restart everything is rolled back. My setuperr.txt: 2019-07-16 16:38:55, Error CSI 00000001 (F) STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND #10# from Windows::Rtl::SystemImplementation::DirectRegistryProvider::SysQueryValueKey(flags = 0, key = 974 ('\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup'), vn = [l:7 ml:8]'Compact', kvic = 2, kvi = 2, disp = 0)[gle=0xd0000034] 2019-07-16 16:38:55, 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

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

VirtualBox shows: Cannot register the hard disk because a hard disk with UUID already exists

When I back to home, I open the Virtual Box and it shows up: Failed to get VirtualBox COM Obj. Cannot register the hard disk 'PathA' {75df0d7e-4c8f-4dcb-b89b-110ad8c061a1} because a hard disk 'PathA' with UUID {7df6ea8d-5425-43d2-bbc1-ee38c2e8c3f5} already exists. return code: E_INVALIDARG (0x80070057) Then... I go to the Google and look up [...] read more

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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

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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

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