Category: Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Declining update cf56ff39-8ba5-4177-9265-e30d4dd58cf5
Users of Microsoft WSUS, be it directly or indirectly through MECM, are having bad days. The update cf56ff39-8ba5-4177-9265-e30d4dd58cf5 is associated with some bad XML leading to failed synchronisations.
Read More → Declining update cf56ff39-8ba5-4177-9265-e30d4dd58cf5Microsoft .NET Framework and Famic Automation Studio License Manager
Another month and another update for Microsoft .NET Framework (KB5008718). It’s the same sad story again.
Read More → Microsoft .NET Framework and Famic Automation Studio License ManagerCitrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 and FreeBSD guests running with UEFI boot firmware
I installed Citrix XenServer 7.2 on a spare server, created a small VM running FreeBSD/amd64 head r347896, and updated the host all the way to XS 7.6. Upgrading to Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 requires boot media, and the procedure is pretty painless. I added the XS80E001.zip update and rebooted the host. Neither a license server nor a license […]
Read More → Citrix Hypervisor 8.0.0 and FreeBSD guests running with UEFI boot firmwareDesktop icons in modern Windows
Having access to “Azure Dev Tools for Teaching” (formerly known as MS Imagine, MS DreamSpark, and MSDN Academic Alliance) for training and experimentation has its perks, but I miss the ability to show certain desktop icons without activating Windows 10 and/or Server 2019. Here’s how.
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