• Error: “We are not sure what happened, but couldn't finish installing windows 8 Consumer Preview. We've set your PC back to the way it was right before you started.” when you try to install Windows 8 (CP)

    Symptom: Customers installed Win8 and got the following error: “We are not sure what happened, but couldn't finish installing windows 8 Consumer Preview. We've set your PC back to the way it was right before you started.” Resolution...
  • Error: "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files." when you try to install Windows 8 (CP)

    Symptom: You try to install Windows 8 (CP), and encountered the following error: " We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files ." Resolution: Try to following methods: 1...
  • You cannot backup a VHD to a network share which is a local drive

    Symptom: When you backup a VHD to a network share which is a local drive, it may fails with the following error: The backup operation to \\server\b$\daily\a\ is starting. Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup... Creating a shadow...
  • 'Turn off the display' keeps resetting itself to 20 minutes in Windows 7

    This is an interesting issue of Windows 7. Some customers reported that in the Power Options they have chosen 'Never' for 'Turn off the display'. However it keeps resetting itself to 20 minutes. After further investigation, it was proved to be a...
  • Error Code 0x80070424 with Windows Firewall and "Base Filtering Engine Service" Not available in services database list.

    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...