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Martin Hope
Ameer Deen
Asked: 2014-04-06 03:59:01 +0800 CST
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I've been trying to test PowerShell Desired State configuration on a Windows Server 2012 instance on Amazon EC2. I downloaded the Windows Management Framework 4.0 from the MS download center:

Windows Management Framework 4.0

http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=40855

When attempting to install, I encoutered the following error:

Windows update could not be installed because of error 2148098050 "The certificate for the signer of the message is invalid or not found." (Command line: ""C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe" "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu" ")

Code signed installers normally include the certificate as part of the binary. I just right-clicked on the package and extracted the certificate manually from the MSU and installed it in the local machine certificate store to ensure the signer was trusted. When I tried to install the package again, I received a new error:

Windows update could not be installed because of error 2148073480 "Invalid algorithm specified." (Command line: ""C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe" "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu" ")

Can any one please help with resolving the above issue ?

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Martin Hope
Ameer Deen
Asked: 2013-11-19 06:41:32 +0800 CST
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I have folders in my server with over 60GBs of data across ~160,000+ files. The files in this folder change regularly. I need to be able to make a backup copy of the files in this folder at a given point in time. Later, after updates have been made, I need to be able to only copy the updated/new files within these folders.

Is is possible to use the Volume Snapshot Service to identify modified files in a drive/folder ?

windows
Martin Hope
Ameer Deen
Asked: 2013-08-19 05:37:10 +0800 CST
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I understand that changing the host name/computer name for a Windows based machine (Client or Server) requires a reboot. I realize that once a computer name is changed, a pending machine name is stored in the system registry and is applied on next boot. I was not able to find much technical documentation on exactly WHY this was required.

Can someone please point me in the right direction on the technical challenges behind why a host name change is not complete without a system reboot ?

windows
Martin Hope
Ameer Deen
Asked: 2010-07-29 03:26:58 +0800 CST
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I'm trying to follow the testing methodology described in the Terminal Server Capacity and Scaling document using the Terminal Services Scalability Planning Tools available with the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools

TBScript.exe is a script interpreter that can connect via RDP to a terminal server and execute scripts that emulate user interaction with the terminal server. The command line help for tbscript.exe suggests I should be able to provide the credentials used to connect to the terminal server.

Usage: (partial listing only): 

tbscript.exe <script> [- options] 
-s:server - The default server to use. 
-u:username - The default username to use. 
-p:password - The default password to use.

I run the following command (from a Windows Server 2003 machine):

.\tbscript.exe .\test.vbs -s:myserver.com -u:user -p:password

When I execute the tbscript.exe program with the required scriptname, server ip and credentials, I see an RDP window connected to my server with the username field populated but not the password field. The login never completes automatically and no subsequent scripts are run.

Has anyone ever used tbscript to run tests against a Terminal Server? Any help would be appreciated.

windows windows-server-2003 service terminal