Windows error 0xC000003A, -1073741766

Windows 10 Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 - UWP Deploy "Blocked by AppLocker"

Fresh install of Win 10 Anniversary Enterprise and latest VS 2015. File => New => UWP template. Right click, Deploy. Receving the following: Error DEP0700 : Registration of the app failed. error 0xC000003A: Deployment of package f0a5d8a7-ba54-4291-bd63-068c614b1e0d_1.0.0.0_x86__0z25kj72j1pne was blocked by AppLocker. (0x80073cf9) App1 Running low on ideas how to fix. [...] read more

BSOD on boot error c000021a

When I turn my Windows XP Professional PC on it goes past the Windows XP loading screen then I get blue screen of death with the error C000021a the session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000003a I have no idea what the error means or [...] read more

In-place upgrade to Windows Server 2012 fails with 'Failed to CoCreate IPersistAppItemsState object' messages

I am encountering problems attempting to upgrade a server from 64-bit Windows Server 2008 "in-place" to Windows Server 2012 (not R2). The errors are similar to: [shmig] Failed to CoCreate IPersistAppItemsState object, hr=0x80040154 I have searched the web for suggestions and for the specific error messages. I have tried most [...] read more

Getting error c000021a: The session manager failed to create protected prefixes

When I try to boot Windows I get a blue screen: > STOP: c000021a Fatal System Error . > > The session manager failed to create protected prefixes system process > terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000003a (0x00000000 0x00000000). > The system has been shut down. And the system [...] read more

Drivers marked as unsigned in Windows 7

I have a problem with my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit laptop. I rebooted a few days ago and the system would not start. I received this BSOD: c000021a The session manager failed to create protected prefixes System process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000003a I could not boot into [...] read more

why IoCreateSymbolicLink() fails with error 0xC000003A

#include <ntddk.h> #include <wdmsec.h> #define control_device_object_symbol L"\\?\\cdosym_ssdt" const GUID ssdt_hook_uuid = { 0xd47bf014L,0x7b37,0x11e7,{0xba,0x6f,0x00,0x0c,0x29,0xf3,0x4e,0xca} }; PDEVICE_OBJECT gdo = NULL;//for IoCreateDeviceSecure use<global device object> ULONG g_index = 0; NTSTATUS DriverEntry(PDRIVER_OBJECT driver, PUNICODE_STRING regPath) { DbgBreakPoint(); NTSTATUS status; ULONG i; ULONG index; UNICODE_STRING sddl = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L"D:P(A;;GA;;;WD)"); UNICODE_STRING control_device_object = RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L"\\Device\\cdo_ssdt"); UNICODE_STRING control_device_symbol = [...] read more

storing pdf files using filestream on file system

I am first time trying to use filestream to store pdf files on file system using varbinary(MAX) column type of DB. I have followed following steps. 1. enabled filestream feature on SQL server 2008 R2. 2. Create a filegroup for BLOB storage 3. created table with blob column of type [...] read more

Python Object Iteration

Can someone provide an example of how to loop through this object in python and pull out 'value' where api = 'interesting' and arguments.name = 'FileName'? Here is what I have so far. This object has many more processes and calls....output has been omitted. edit: I should mention that I [...] read more