Boot to Windows 7 installation media.
At the "Install Windows" screen (the first screen), hit Shift+F10. A command prompt will appear.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Zenoss / Windows Server 2008 WMI
I was getting the error "Could not read the Windows event log (NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED). Check your username/password settings and verify network connectivity. " repeatedly on a few Windows Server 2008 machines.
I tested from a remote machine with wbemtest and received the message "Number: 0x80070005 Facility: Win32 Description: Access is denied.".
The user I was attempting to login with was a local administrator.
The culprit? User Account Control. After disabling UAC and restarting the server, I was able to use WMI remotely. It appears that UAC was authenticating the user at a non-elevated level, causing the security issue.
The idea of UAC is nice, but the execution is ugly.
I tested from a remote machine with wbemtest and received the message "Number: 0x80070005 Facility: Win32 Description: Access is denied.".
The user I was attempting to login with was a local administrator.
The culprit? User Account Control. After disabling UAC and restarting the server, I was able to use WMI remotely. It appears that UAC was authenticating the user at a non-elevated level, causing the security issue.
The idea of UAC is nice, but the execution is ugly.
Friday, March 2, 2012
MSI Error 1723: There is a problem with this windows installer package.
MSI file installation errors out with "1723: There is a problem with this windows installer package.". If you try to launch a .vbs file, you get the error message "Can't find script engine "VBScript" for script "filename""
This is caused by an invalid file specified in the following Registry Value:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B54F3741-5B07-11cf-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}\InprocServer32\Default .
The value should, in most cases be "C:\Windows\system32\VBScript.dll"
In my case, it was set to "C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise\scriptsn.dll". Apparently this was leftover from a previously uninstalled copy of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i, which we no longer use.
In order to edit the value, you should edit the permissions on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B54F3741-5B07-11cf-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}\InprocServer32" to give Administrators Full Control.
This is caused by an invalid file specified in the following Registry Value:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B54F3741-5B07-11cf-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}\InprocServer32\Default .
The value should, in most cases be "C:\Windows\system32\VBScript.dll"
In my case, it was set to "C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise\scriptsn.dll". Apparently this was leftover from a previously uninstalled copy of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i, which we no longer use.
In order to edit the value, you should edit the permissions on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B54F3741-5B07-11cf-A4B0-00AA004A55E8}\InprocServer32" to give Administrators Full Control.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Repair Missing / Incorrect Product Name in HP Desktop BIOS.
The Product Name / SKU Number / Serial Number in an HP Desktop BIOS are not available for editing by default.
While in the bios, press Ctrl+A , and then go to Security>System ID's. The missing editable fields are now available for editing.
While in the bios, press Ctrl+A , and then go to Security>System ID's. The missing editable fields are now available for editing.
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