I have automated installation of SQL Server(last step is server reboot). Next step is installation of SSMS which fails with: Failed to grab execution mutex. System error 258. According to docs the problem is: Cause: This error can been caused by one to the following: Msiexec.exe process is already running on the machine The registry string PendingFileRenameOperations is currently populated and the computer is waiting to be restarted. If I just re-execute SSMS install it succeeds. Is there a way how to detect, that some installation or update is currently running on Windows Server? Is ther ..read more

I'm currently trying to set up a Google VM instance with the following specifications: NVIDIA T4 GPU n1-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 1 core, 7.5 GB) Windows Server with a 500GB SD disk I need it to run quicl Unreal Engine and other programs for a few time for a design project. No matter what I try, I can't create the VM. I always encounter the same issue: An n1-standard-2 VM instance with 1 nvidia-tesla-t4 accelerator is currently unavailable in the europe-west3-b zone. Alternatively, you can try your request again with a different VM hardware configuration or at a later time. For more information ..read more

I'm trying to configure SSRS with SSL, when I try to add my SSL Cert via Reporting Services Configuration Manager, I get the following error; Microsoft.ReportingServices.WmiProvider.WMIProviderException: An HTTPS binding already exists for the specified IP address and port combination. The existing binding uses a different certificate from the current request. Only one certificate can be used for each IP address and port combination. To correct the problem, either use the same certificate as the existing binding, or remove the existing SSL binding and create a new binding using the certificate ..read more

I have installed python 3.12, Django, Apache, and tested all without pasting my project inside htdocs and that run. Now in htdocs, I have kept my project two folder core and myenv. Inside core main project files C:\Apache24\htdocs\core\core\wsgi.py httpd.conf. LoadFile "C:/Program Files/Python312/python312.dll" LoadModule wsgi_module "C:/Program Files/Python312/site-packages/mod_wsgi/server/mod_wsgi.cp312-win_amd64.pyd" WSGIPythonHome "C:/Program Files/Python312" WSGIScriptAlias / "C:/Apache24/htdocs/core/core/wsgi.py" WSGIPythonPath "C:/Program Files/Python312/Lib/site-packages" <Director ..read more

A Win11 PC host is exposed to the public internet via domain forwarding. I'm trying to access it from my Mac（M3） on the public internet using vscode-remotessh, but failed. In the vscode logs, I can only see the message "connection closed by remote host." The log details are in the next section. When I try to connect via SSH in the terminal on my Mac, it works, and accessing it via vscode-remotessh from a Windows platform also works. Within the local network, my Mac can connect to the Win11 PC using vscode-remotessh. Connection situation are summarized as follow: Source Target Loc/Pub Situ ..read more

We are having an issue activating OS licenses with some Win DC Server VMs deployed in Azure with default Licensing (Not AHB) in my Org. Other VMs in the same network run "slmgr /ato" without issues, and we have confirmed that the problem VMs are able to communicate with KMS. We have worked with Microsoft for months but no luck in resolving the issue, even after trying all possible ways, including rejoining to the domain. When trying to run "slmgr /ato," we encounter an access denied error with error code 0x80070005. We have followed the permission requirements documented on error-0x80070005-ac ..read more

I am installing Crystal Reports version CRRuntime_64bit_13_0_35.MSI . Added below in Docker file. RUN ["powershell.exe", "Install-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-45-ASPNET"] RUN ["powershell.exe", "Install-WindowsFeature Web-Asp-Net45"] And copied oledlg.dll file from another windows VM ro C:\windows\system32\ Now getting below error . please suggest on this . install64.log:13581:CustomAction SetASPDotNetDllPath returned actual error code 1157 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox) install64.log:13582:MSI (s) (40:58) [19:17:49:246]: Product: SAP Crystal ..read more

Suddenly (customer reported a service failing for 'some time'), I'm not able to find a certificate anymore. The certificate is in the list of all certificates in the given store but can't be found with (part of) its subject name (example, the app uses a configurable subject name): var store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.LocalMachine); store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly); // it's in the list... var subject = store.Certificates[0].Subject; Console.WriteLine(subject); // CN=CertName, OU=... var subName = subject.Substring(3, 6); Console.WriteLine(subName); // CertNa // ...but can't be ..read more

I have a SQL Server database that has reached the 10 GB limit. When I do use EXEC sp_spaceused, I get reserved data index_size unused 10483208 KB 10352336 KB 90264 KB 40608 KB However when I do this query: SELECT SUM(a.total_pages) * 8 AS TotalSpaceKB, SUM(a.used_pages) * 8 AS UsedSpaceKB, (SUM(a.total_pages) - SUM(a.used_pages)) * 8 AS UnusedSpaceKB FROM sys.tables t JOIN sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id JOIN sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID AND i.index_id = p.index_id JOIN sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.contain ..read more

I have 2 scripts configured via GPO (User configuration>policies>windows configuration>scripts>logon) script1.bat @echo off net use s: /delete net use s: <address> /user:<user> <password> /persistent:yes I provide a username and password because the access is to a Linux server that is not on the domain script2.vbs Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") oShell.NameSpace("s:\").Self.Name = "label" When the user logs in it shows the following error Windows Script Host Script: script2.vbs Line: 2 Character: 1 Error: Necessary object: 'oShell.NameSpace ..read more