July 2008 - Posts
1) Windows update can fail due to many reasons.But as an initial troubleshooting step we can run script givenbelow. The following script will re-register windows update dlls and recreate software distribution & catroot folder. To run the script please
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1) Disable all third party services and startup items using msconfig.exe. 2) Restart the machine. 3) Open services console ( Start à run à services.msc ) 4) Check the status of The Remote Procedure Call (RPC ) service ( rpcss.exe ). 5) If RPC service
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1. In Control Panel, stop all services, and change the Startup Type to "manual" <except> for the following: - Alerter - COM+ Event System - Computer Browser - Distributed File System - Distributed Link Tracking Client - Distributed Link Tracking
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Remote Assistance provides a way for users to get the help they need and makes it easier and less costly for corporate helpdesks to assist their users. The Remote Assistance application in Windows Server 2008 is implemented in MSRA.exe . It can be started
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Terminal services used port 3389 by default. It is well known port TS uses so there can be a chance that it can be a target for attack by network intruders. Even though network attackers can find the port that is in use, changing TS port from 3389 can
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