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SCCM 2012 Task Sequence failed with the error code (0x800705AA)

Christian — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:41:08 +0000

During my first deployment of Windows 2012 with SCCM 2012 SP1 from the original WIM-file install.wim, the task sequence encountered the following error

Task Sequence: Deploy Windows Server 2012 has failed with the error code (0x800705AA)

This error may occur when the minimum requirements do not match the current system specs.… Read the rest

SCCM 2012 vs LANDesk 9.0 SP3 – the other story

Christian — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:09:48 +0000

Along the internet are quite a few comparisons between SCCM and LANDesk. However, I feel these comparisons are made by LANDesk enthusiasts or by users who do not have day-to-day experience with SCCM and LANDesk.

As a server/workstation administrator in the past 8 years, I’ve had the privilege to work with both SCCM and LANDesk.… Read the rest

Error 0×80004005: Unspecified Error while extracting zip file on Windows 8

Christian — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:22:55 +0000

On Windows 8, you may encounter the following error when you try to extract one or more files from a ZIP file:

An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you continue to receive this error, you can use the error code to search for help with this problem
Error 0×80004005: Unspecified error

Error 0×80004005 stands for “Access Denied”.… Read the rest

Screen Clipping in Office makes the snipping tool almost useless!

Christian — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:37:27 +0000

This week somebody at work slapped me in the face for not using one of the nicest features in Office 2010 / 2013: Taking Screenshot (-selections) from Office 2010 / Office 2013.

Normally, when I needed to insert a screenshot in Word, I would launch the Snipping Tool, capture the area, then right-click to copy the screenshot and then paste it in the Word document.… Read the rest

Powershell command on Windows 2012 fails because “The source files could not be downloaded”

Christian — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:34:24 +0000

In Windows 2012 it’s possible to add a source path to the Add-WindowsFeature and Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet. This may be necessary when the source files needed to install a feature are not locally cached on your server. In the example below, I tried to install NET-Non-HTTP-Activ, required for my SQL/SCCM installation

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Install-windowsfeature NET-Non-HTTP-Activ
Install-windowsfeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
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The SQL server name specified during setup must match the name… in SCCM 2012

Christian — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:11:54 +0000

The following error will occur during the installation of SCCM 2012 if you ever changed the system name after the installation of SQL Server:

The SQL server name specified during setup must match the Name in sys.servers of the SQL server

To solve this issue, open the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, and run the following query:

EXEC sp_dropserver ‘your old server name’
GO

EXEC sp_addserver ‘your current server name’, ‘local’
GO

To find out what your old computer name was, according to SQL, you can open the logfile of Configuration Manager Setup at c:\ConfigMgrSetup.log.… Read the rest

Troubleshooting Event 1073: The attempt to power off %pc% failed

Christian — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:55:25 +0000

Once in a lifetime, you may encounter a problem on Windows XP that you cannot log off or shutdown your computer. You may click on Log off <user> or Shutdown… but eventually nothing happens.

The following errors typically then show up in your eventlog:

Event Type:       Warning
Event Source:     USER32
Event Category: None
Event ID:          1073
User:                 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Description:        The attempt to power off %pc% failed

If you want to solve this issue, there’s a good and a bad point.… Read the rest

Resolve “All OUs in this domain should be protected from accidental deletion” in Windows Server 2012

Christian — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:05:33 +0000

In the Best Practices Analyzer (BPA), the following warning may popup:

Title: All OUs in this domain should be protected from accidental deletion

Severity: Warning

Problem: Some organizational units (OUs) in this domain are not protected from accidental deletion.

Impact: If all OUs in your Active Directory domains are not protected from accidental deletion, your Active Directory environment can experience disruptions that might be caused by accidental bulk deletion of objects.
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Solving the system error 1326 mystery in “net use”

Christian — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:23:42 +0000

In IT world, there are two types of errors you have to cope with: the ones you can trust, and the ones you shouldn’t.

Sometimes it’s very obvious that the returning error code is not correct. However, when you try to map a network drive using net use, and you get the following error, you wouldn’t suspect anything else than a mistyped password:

System Error 1326 has occurred
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.… Read the rest

Error “Online – Cannot get BPA results” in Windows 2012 server

Christian — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:53:43 +0000

Right after the installation of Windows 2012 server, you may notice the following error:
“Online – Cannot get BPA results”

This error can be easily fixed by running the Best Practices Analyzer Scan.

To run, go to your Server Manager and click Local Server on the left.… Read the rest