Windows error 0x800704EC, -2147023636

404.2 Error after installing .net 4.0

I have a project which I have upgraded to .Net 4.0, but when I try to access it, I retrieve the following error: HTTP Error 404.2 - Not Found The page you requested could not be displayed because of the settings for the list of ISAPI and CGI restrictions on [...] read more

How to download Microsoft Whiteboard without the Microsoft Store?

I am looking for a way to download the Microsoft Whiteboard desktop application for Windows... but without going through the Microsoft Store. For most other Office 365 apps that I have been interested in I have found other download options. However, my various searches for Microsoft Whiteboard download options have [...] read more

Getting 404.2 Error on IIS 7.0

I'm getting the following error when trying view my freshly deployed application on IIS 7.0 on a Windows Server Standard server with Service Pack 2: > HTTP Error 404.2 - Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served > because of the ISAPI and CGI Restriction list settings [...] read more

OLE error code 0x800704ec: This program is blocked by group policy. Using COM in VFP9

System outline: Server 2008 SP2 x86 running terminal services in a Windows domain. I've recently moved my working environment to a new server. I'm coding in Visual Fox Pro 9 on the system described above. I used to work on a Windows 2003 terminal server. Since I have moved to [...] read more

Unable to create com object instance in .net

I am getting below error when try to create com object in .net for user without admin rights. The COM class factory for component with CLSID {6CA9DEBE-BA91-4E56-9CD3-D40FE0755204} failed due to the following error Unable to retrieve: 800704ec This program is blocked by group policy. Apply to get your system administrator [...] read more

How do I disinfect or overwrite services.exe?

Windows Defender Offline detected services.exe as being infected by Trojan:Win64/Sirefef.Y. The recommended action was to remove it, which is what i chose to do. But it failed, returning the error code 0x800704ec (blocked by a group policy). http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?name=Trojan%3aWin64%2fSirefef.Y&threatid=2147655285 Is there a way for me to manually overwrite the services.exe file [...] read more

Error DEP0700: Registration of the app failed. [0x80073D01] error 0x800704EC: Deployment of package...was blocked by AppLocker

I face an error while developing my first UWP app in VS2017 when trying to debug it: > Error DEP0700: Registration of the app failed. [0x80073D01] error 0x800704EC: > Deployment of package > 8e2a71c5-f6b4-4f7c-85d5-bf08d20480bf_1.0.0.0_x86__3ckqwrg1r85qm was blocked by > AppLocker. Stack trace on the main page (???): (Update 2018-11-12) > System.Exception [...] read more

coldfusion9 Htttp 404.2 error

Hi i have windows vista and Coldfusion9 when i try to access the http://127.0.0.1/inetpub/wwwroot/ I am getting the following error Server Error in Application "Default Web Site" HTTP Error 404.2 - Not Found Description: The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the ISAPI and CGI Restriction list [...] read more

402.2.1260 IIS7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Service

I have a 3rd party webservice that runs by posting a soap message directly to a dll. It runs perfectly on my development machine, but when I try and deploy it to Windows 2008 R2 64-bit using IIS 7 it fails, indicating error 404 2 1260 in the IIS7 log. [...] read more

Getting 404.2 Error when deploying Silverlight Business Application on IIS 7.0

I'm getting the following error when trying view my freshly deployed Silverlight Business Application on IIS 7.0 on a Windows Server Standard server with Service Pack 2: > HTTP Error 404.2 - Not Found The page you are requesting cannot be served > because of the ISAPI and CGI Restriction [...] read more