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Windows Server 2008 R2 Event 8193 – Volume Shadow Copy Service error. Unexpected error calling routine RegOpenKeyExW

(-2147483646,SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Diag 0x80070005, Access is denied

See fix below.

Open Regedit

Navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS\Diag

Right Click the key DIAG and select permissions

Add user account shown in the event log and provide full permissions.

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Disable Java Auto Update 1.7 64 bit and set security settings

I was having issues deploying Java 1.7.0.17 X64 to clients. See fix below.

  • Create deployment.config file and include the entries listed below

deployment.system.config=file\:C\:/WINDOWS/Sun/Java/Deployment/deployment.properties

deployment.system.config.mandatory=true

  • Create deployment.properties file

deployment.expiration.decision=NEVER
deployment.expiration.decision.suppression=TRUE

deployment.version=7.0
deployment.security.level=MEDIUM
deployment.security.mixcode=DISABLE
deployment.insecure.jres=ALWAYS
deployment.javaws.autodownload=NEVER

Both files will need to be copied to C:\WINDOWS\sun\java\deployment\ during deployment.

Run the MSI using the command line below.

MSIEXEC /i “jre1.7.0_17.msi” JAVAUPDATE=0 JU=0 AUTOUPDATECHECK=0 IEXPLORER=1 MOZILLA=1 /qn /norestart /lv C:\Windows\temp\Java_1.7_ENG_R1.log
Xcopy “%~dp0deployment.config” “C:\WINDOWS\sun\java\deployment\” /cherky
Xcopy “%~dp0deployment.properties” “C:\WINDOWS\sun\java\deployment\” /cherky

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Need to disable Adobe FlashPlayer Auto Update?

Create a mms.cfg file and save it to the directory listed below. Add the entry listed below to the file.

AutoUpdateDisable=1
SilentAutoUpdateEnable=0

Command to copy the file to the correct directory.

Xcopy “%~dp0mms.cfg” “C:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed\Flash” /cherky
Xcopy “%~dp0mms.cfg” “C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash” /cherky

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Hotfix rollup is available for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2775511

This hotfix rollup includes the following improvements:

  • Improves the Windows Client Remote File System components. These components include the following:
    • Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
    • DFSN client
    • Folder Redirection
    • Offline Files and Folders (CSC)
    • SMB client
    • Redirected Drive Buffering Subsystem (RDB)
    • Multiple UNC Provider (MUP)
  • Improves the SMB Service and TCP protocol components. These improvements work together with other improvements to help improve the overall networking performance on Windows 7 SP1-based and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computers.Notes
    • To take full advantage of this improvement for Windows 7 clients that log on to Windows Server 2008 R2 servers, install this rollup update on Windows 7 clients. Additionally, install this rollup update on the Windows Server 2008 R2 servers that clients authenticate and retrieve user profiles, policies and script data from during the startup and logon process. You can update your environment by installing this hotfix rollup on both clients and servers in no particular order.
    • Network improvements can be installed on the client or server. You may not notice any changes in performance until this update is installed on both client and server computers.
  • Improves the processing of Group Policies and Group Policy preferences. The performance of computers is improved after you install this rollup update on Windows 7-based computers that have several Group Policy preferences configured. Additionally, the network load and the domain controller usage may be reduced. We recommend that you install this hotfix rollup on every Windows 7 computer that has Group Policy preferences configured.
  • Improves the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) components to reduce the CPU usage and to improve the repository verification performance.

This rollup update contains the latest version of Windows system files that are updated after the SP1 release. The following hotfixes are included in this rollup update:

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MDT 2012 – Disable UAC in unattend.xml

Need to disable UAC? There are 2 command lines that will disable UAC.  Add it to the unattend.xml

  • cmd /c reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
  • cmd /c reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

disable_uac

disable_uac2

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Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 Support Ends April 8, 2014

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx

WHY?

Why is Microsoft ending support for Windows XP and Office 2003?

In 2002 Microsoft introduced its Support Lifecycle policy based on customer feedback to have more transparency and predictability of support for Microsoft products. As per this policy, Microsoft Business and Developer products, including Windows and Office products, receive a minimum of 10 years of support (5 years Mainstream Support and 5 years Extended Support), at the supported service pack level.

Thus, Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will go out of support on April 8, 2014. If your organization has not started the migration to a modern desktop, you are late. Based on historical customer deployment data, the average enterprise deployment can take 18 to 32 months from business case through full deployment. To ensure you remain on supported versions of Windows and Office, you should begin your planning and application testing immediately to ensure you deploy before end of support.

Resources

Learn about other companies have benefit from migrating to Windows 7 and Windows 8 Enterprise.

Next: What does end of support mean to customers?

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