Rolling out the Windows 7 ESU went pretty well for the majority of the 3,000 Win7 Clients we had (ever decreasing with a Windows 10 rollout). Suddenly in MEMCM 1910 (SCCM) I had an increase in non compliant Windows 7 devices and KB4575903 was not installing.
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Patching
SCCM – KB4457144 not installing Error 0x80070017 0x80240022[Solved]
Another weird one – KB4457144 was deployed to a collection of computers. On those that said it was still required, if you forced Software updates evaluation, it would error in the event log with Package KB4457144 failed to be changed to the Installed state. Status: 0x80070017
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SCCM – KB3114874 not installing [Solved]
A weird one – KB3114874 was deployed to a collection of computers. On those that said it was still required, if you forced Software updates evaluation, it would not show in the windows update log as being installed, or failing to install. Nothing, nada, zip! If you check what updates were installed , it was […]
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SCCM – SCCM Client Health Checklist
The following is a SCCM Client Health Checklist that I run through.
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SCCM – Windows update log error 0x8024800a correlates to SCCM Client Error 25140, Event ID 10005 [SOLVED]
SCCM – Windows update log error 0x8024800a correlates to SCCM Client Error 25140, Event ID 10005 . Typically when I find updates failing and errors in the WindowsUpdate.Log, I use my Sledgehammer to reset Windows Update. After that , I start suspecting a SCCM client issue
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DFS Issue – “the value does not fall within the expected range” when adding replication group – SOLUTION
Occurs on any .net framework 4.6.1 and higher. It is due to the CLR.DLL. Upgrading the .Net framework will not fix it. CLR.DLL version 4.7.2102.0 to 4.7.2558.0 is the issue What will fix it is
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KB3139398 March 2016 Update Failing Issue [Solution]
In the setup event log you see KB3139398 and probably a bunch more KBs failing to install
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Metltdown Spectre Firmware updates Dell and HP
BIOS updates for Meltdown / Spectre Acer HP Workstations https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05869091 HP Servers https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00039267en_us Dell NVIDIA Lenovo Microsoft More here https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/list-of-links-bios-updates-for-the-meltdown-and-spectre-patches/ OS Updates MS operating systems https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-check-and-update-windows-systems-for-the-meltdown-and-spectre-cpu-flaws/ https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/01/09/understanding-the-performance-impact-of-spectre-and-meltdown-mitigations-on-windows-systems/ VMWare advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0002.html SCCM Compliance Settings https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configmgr_geek_speak/2018/01/09/configmgr-speculation-control-ba… Performance Hit https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/heres-how-and-why-the-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-will-hurt-performance/ Also further reading https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/configurationmgr/2018/01/08/additional-guidance-to-mitigate-spec…
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November 2017 Patch Tuesday Issues
List of issues relating to November 2017 Patch Tuesday Windows Updates
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Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB3189866) Problem – Fixed
KB3189866 will only partially download stuck on 45 to 99% and wont install. I have a solution
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