Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/19
This one helped me to fix a 0x80243004 error: somehow the virtual network adapter didn’t work well and a reboot worked.
Use our guided walk through to help you resolve Windows Update issues using the error code you got while updating your version of Windows.
Source: Fix Windows Update errors
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/16
In Proxmox, ensure you have a named backup of your machine that starts with vzdump-qemu like this:
vzdump-qemu-Win7Sp1UK.vma.lzo
That way, Proxmox knows that it can restore from it.
Don’t forget to assign a new MAC address to the network adapter so it’s unique on the network.
I wanted to provision this with two test accounts: one regular and one with administrator access.
The latter needs to be added to the Administrators group using [WayBack] net localgroup.
Both need passwords that (for now) never expire. This is where [WayBack] net user add fails: even if you set the correct flag, it won’t be reflected, so you need WMIC UserAccount for that.
These two posts helped me a lot with the below batch file fragment:
After restoring, run a batch file like this with an UAC token:
call :addUser regularTestUser regularTestPassword net localgroup "Remote Desktop Users" "regularTestUser" /add call :addUser administratorTestUser administratorTestPassword :: https://superuser.com/questions/515175/create-admin-user-from-command-line net localgroup administrators administratorTestUser /add goto :eof :addUser :: https://superuser.com/questions/515175/create-admin-user-from-command-line net user /expires:never /add %1 %2 /expires:never :: https://serverfault.com/questions/710964/accounts-suddenly-expiring-when-created-with-net-user-add-expiresnever WMIC UserAccount where "Name='%1'" set PasswordExpires=FALSE goto :eof
The Remote Desktop Users tip is from [WayBack] Enable remote desktop from command line (CMD) but that post has “beautified” double quotes in them, so net localgroup by default complains it cannot find the group. The code above should have regular quotes.
Finally the computer needs a new name. Again WMIC to the rescue here as Windows 7 only comes with PowerShell 2.0 which cannot rename a computer.
Again with a UAC token, execute something like this:
WMIC ComputerSystem where Name="%COMPUTERNAME%" call Rename Name=INNOSETUPTEST
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r
This last tip was via [WayBack] windows 7 – Renaming computers via command prompt – Super User.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/12
This is not what you like when you reboot a VM in Proxmox:
Booting from Hard disk...
Missing operating system
Booting from Hard disk… Missing operating system
This case was a Windows 7 UK Professional x64 SP1 virtual machine.
Luckily the ISO is at https://archive.org/download/en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676939_201606/en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676939.iso via https://archive.org/details/en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676939_201606 (later I found out I had the image in my backup vault as well).
I put that one in /var/lib/vz/template/iso so proxmox will automagically provide it in the local storage of iso images.
Now for some screenshots some based on what I learned at [Archive.is] How to use System Recovery Options for repairing Windows Vista or 7 installations:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/01
It is a lot (~300 megabyte compressed download!), but worth it.
Here are the links:
sha256sum UberPdfSdk-1000-0000.tar.gz 215aed6e5b99bd4a923a2916708163df7bffc47e36508d51dac34cd9a4a74337sha256sum UberPdfSdk-1000-0000.zip 608a90fd6b8f352b4d1f9f59d0d1853a957179e7272ce9a58db78bb52ef6b6e3And the quote from [WayBack] LAUNCHED https://uberpdf.org/ … – Joe C. Hecht – Google+
LAUNCHED https://uberpdf.org/
…
337 MB of source and utils in 2,308 Files, 910 Folders before you build (not counting 3rd party source UberBuild downloads).
It’s a start, with much to come.It will get easier now that UberBuild is clean.
I will be updating the docs and website in the next few days.
Special thanks …
I already see room for improvement (such as a setup screen for extra compilers such as Delphi and Free Pascal to keep folks out of shell scripts and from hunting for help in the documentation).
…
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/29
For shrinking VM disk images, it’s important to consolidate NTFS free space towards the end of the this.
I’ve tried many tools, starting with defrag C: /X (which tries, but doesn’t give good results) and found out these steps give the best results:
Consolidate free space script on the drive.If shrinking still fails then:
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where you cannot find much information about “$badclus:$bad:$data” but appear to be clusters marked as bad on NTFS level using something like chkdsk /B.ntfsfix which ships with GParted live boot:
ntfsfix -b /dev/sda1Mounting volume... OK
Processing of $MFT and $MFTMirr completed successfully.
Checking the alternate boot sector... OK
NTFS volume version is 3.1.
Going to un-mark the bad clusters ($BadClus)... OK
NTFS partition /dev/sda1 was processed successfully.chkdsk D: /Bdiskmgmt.mscIf you still cannot shrink, then try [WayBack] http://ftp.raxco.com/pub/download/pd14.0/pd14.0_pro.exe PerfectDisk by Raxco free trial.
Note:
MyDefrag (formerly named JkDefrag) is not maintained any more but the 4.3.1 version in the WayBack machine still works very well as the underlying defragmentation APIs in Windows haven’t changed.
References:
For FAT32:
For GParted / ntfsfix:
ntfsfix)
TuxBoot as per instructions at [WayBack] GParted Live on USBsafe boot options that uses VGA mode. Not nice, but very effectivesudo ntfsresize --info --force --no-progress-bar /path-to-your-ntfs-partitionntfsfix above to try and fix it.PerfectDisk via:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/18
This will bite me some time for sure, so for my link archive: [WayBack] TRestClient and Cipher restrictions to TLSv1.2 does not work on Windows7 and Server2008R2 … and how it can be solved… – Günther Schoch – Google+
References:
For at least some Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 systems, that update (KB3140245) doesn’t automatically turns up in the Windows Update list.
To make matters worse, the page cannot be archived in either the WayBack machine or Archive.is (I tried multiple times with empty results).
Luckily, there is a copy at [WayBack] KB3140245 DefaultSecureProtocols – Security.NL.
After installing the update, you have to ensure you set the DefaultSecureProtocols registry value to the bitmap value that indicates with SSL/TLS versions you want to support:
The DefaultSecureProtocols registry entry can be added in the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\WinHttpOn x64-based computers, DefaultSecureProtocols must also be added to the Wow6432Node path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\WinHttpThe registry value is a DWORD bitmap. The value to use is determined by adding the values corresponding to the protocols desired.
DefaultSecureProtocols Value Protocol enabled 0x00000008 Enable SSL 2.0 by default 0x00000020 Enable SSL 3.0 by default 0x00000080 Enable TLS 1.0 by default 0x00000200 Enable TLS 1.1 by default 0x00000800 Enable TLS 1.2 by default For example:
The administrator wants to override the default values for WINHTTP_OPTION_SECURE_PROTOCOLS to specify TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2.
Take the value for TLS 1.1 (0x00000200) and the value for TLS 1.2 (0x00000800) then add them together in calculator (in programmer mode), the resulting registry value would be 0x00000A00.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/11
schtasks /End [/S <system> [/U <username> [/P [<password>]]]] /TN taskname
Every now and then you have those Scheduled Tasks consisting of batch files that – despite trying – still ask for user input.
If – even after a reasonable time out – the Task Scheduler still hasn’t killed them, you can kill them by hand with the above schtasks in a snap.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/20
Via [WayBack] Scott Hanselman @shanselman: Excellent blog post from Jessica on how to setup the best Linux on Windows environment! @jldeen:
[WayBack] Badass Terminal: FCU WSL Edition (oh-my-zsh, powerlevel9k, tmux, and more!)
It’s that time again! The time to write another epic blog post, this time for WSL, also known as Windows Subsystem for Linux.
It requires Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall_Creators_Update) which has build number 10.0.16299.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/10
Savitech has released a new driver package to address the issue. Savitech drivers version 2.8.0.3 or later do not install the root CA certificate.
Users still must remove any previously installed certificate manually.
- SaviAudio root certificate #1
- Validity: Thursday, May 31, 2012 – Tuesday, December 30, 2036
- Serial number: 579885da6f791eb24de819bb2c0eeff0
- Thumbprint: cb34ebad73791c1399cb62bda51c91072ac5b050
- SaviAudio root certificate #2
- Validity: Thursday, December 31, 2015 – Tuesday, December 30, 2036
- Serial number: 972ed9bce72451bb4bd78bfc0d8b343c
- Thumbprint: 23e50cd42214d6252d65052c2a1a591173daace5
Source: [WayBack] Vulnerability Note VU#446847 – Savitech USB audio drivers install a new root CA certificate
Background: [WayBack] Inaudible Subversion – Did your Hi-Fi just subv… | RSA Link: While threat hunting, RSA FirstWatch came across a curious exposure in Windows PCs, involving driver packages provided by a certain manufacture…
Via:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/03
[WayBack] Anyone having trouble with Windows 10 latest update (build 1709)? – Agustin Ortu – Google+
It looks that for some people, Windows 10 version 1709 (the Fall Creators Update) uninstalls applications.
Not good.
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 