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Have a Calyptix and Microsoft Updates are failing?

Published Sun, Feb 22 2009 22:09 | steveb

Setting up a new Windows 2008 x64 Server and loading updates on a customer's Vista notebook. Having updates fail on the server with an 802002b error stating "Windows Update encountered an unknown error" on the 2008 box. I have also been...

Filed under: Microsoft Updates, Calyptix

Run update from console session! - MS07-049: Vulnerability in Virtual PC and Virtual Server that could allow privilege elevation

Published Mon, Aug 20 2007 11:06 | steveb

If you prefer to run Microsoft Updates from a TS session, then make sure you run MS07-049 from a console session per the KB 937986 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937986 ). Taken from the KB: When the update 937986 is applied on a remote machine by...

Filed under: Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003, Terminal Services, Microsoft Updates

Lost TS/RDP after running updates?

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 1:40 | steveb

After experiencing Terminal Services intermittently hanging after applying Microsoft Updates I've come across one way that gets the server back up and responsive most of the time and a backup plan for when it still doesn't. First, to cover yourself...

Filed under: Windows Server 2003, Vista, SBS 2003, Terminal Services, Microsoft Updates