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Ask the Directory Services Team

Top 10 Common Causes of Slow Replication with DFSR

Posted over 6 years ago

by NedPyle [MSFT]
- 241 Comments
Hi, Ned again. Today I’d like to talk about troubleshooting DFS Replication (i.e. the DFSR service included with Windows Server 2003 R2, not to be confused with the File Replication Service). Specifically, I’ll cover the most common causes...
WSUS Product Team Blog

Unexpected UI errors in WSUS

Posted over 6 years ago

by WSUS Team
- 236 Comments
Hi Folks, We have been hearing reports from some customers who use WSUS that they have been having trouble accessing their administration consoles. We have confirmed the cause of this issue and fixed it on our servers, which will automatically fix...
The Windows Servicing Guy

Why you don’t want to edit your pending.xml to resolve 0xC0000034 issues

Posted over 2 years ago

by joscon [Microsoft]
- 222 Comments
I know that one of the workarounds everyone is using is editing the pending.xml file and rebooting the machine. This is seemingly working for everyone that the SetupExecute registry value does not. I wanted to give a brief rundown as to why...
Microsoft Reduce Customer Effort Center

Error Code 0x80070424 with Windows Firewall and "Base Filtering Engine Service" Not available in services database list.

Posted over 2 years ago

by danma_
- 214 Comments
Recently, many customers reported the Windows Firewall issue. This seemed to be caused by a wide spread malicious application. Symptom: The error message "Windows Firewall can't change some of your settings. Error code 0x80070424" will pop up when...
Microsoft on the Issues

The Browser Choice Screen for Europe: What to Expect, When to Expect It

Posted over 3 years ago

by Microsoft blog editor
- 209 Comments
Posted by Dave Heiner Vice President and Deputy General Counsel ( If you would like more information about the browser choice screen on your computer, or if you have a technical issue with the update, the Windows team has prepared a...
Coincidental Meditation

Lucy in the Sky Without a Man

Posted over 7 years ago

by TechNet Archive
- 208 Comments
There was another interesting post at AVSIM the other day, that the author also emailed to us at tell_fs@microsoft.com , in which he offered suggestions for a "Wife Edition" of Flight Sim. It was full of jokes about shopping, shoes, housework, hair and...
WSUS Product Team Blog

Intelligent Message Filter for Exchange Server 2003: Release cycle begins on the 17th of this month

Posted over 6 years ago

by WSUS Team
- 201 Comments
I thought I blogged about this already but I failed on that. So here it is. Exchange 2003 IMF updates where paused for the month of December and will restart on the 17th of this month. The last published is 11/30/2006 Scott Roberts (Exchange SE...
Microsoft Switzerland Security Blog

Update on WMF 0day

Posted over 8 years ago

by Microsoft Swiss Security Team
- 201 Comments
Just for your information: We released an advisory regarding the WMF 0day tonight. You can find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx Roger
Dave Northey's Blog

I'm Back...

Posted over 7 years ago

by Dave Northey
- 200 Comments
OK, I've been back from my holidays for three days now. I've nearly caught up with everything that I missed while I was away and somehow squeezed in a day and a half out of the office talking to customers. Something I often find when talking to non...
Microsoft Fix it BLOG

Restart Print Spooler Fix it Live!

Posted over 4 years ago

by bmahaf
- 196 Comments
We just released another Fix it Knowledge Base (KB) article. This Fix it sets the Printer Spooler service startup type to automatic and starts the service as described in KB 314876 .
Mark's Blog

Inside Vista SP1 File Copy Improvements

Posted over 5 years ago

by Mark Russinovich
- 195 Comments
Windows Vista SP1 includes a number of enhancements over the original Vista release in the areas of application compatibility, device support, power management, security and reliability. You can see a detailed list of the changes in the Notable Changes...
TechNet Webcast Weblog

October TechNet Webcast Portable Media Center Winners! 7 of 'em

Posted over 8 years ago

by Dean Andrews
- 192 Comments
Hot off the presses... Congratulations to the October 2005 Portable Media Center Winners. Seven were from TechNet this month. Now that's more like it!! Go TechNet!! These folks won a Creative ZEN Portable Media Center by attending a Microsoft webcast...