MaxPatchCacheSize and Windows 7
DaleSo I was building a Windows 7 virtual machine, so I could play “Gardens of Time” as GoT doesn’t work on my Windows 2008 R2 box …, and I went…
Saving space in a VM with MaxPatchCacheSize
I first read about MaxPatchCacheSize, and how to use it to save space in Virtual Machines, over at Jeremy Jameson's blog. From the Microsoft MSDN Library entry for MaxPatchCacheSize: "The…
What? WindowsUpdate doesn’t work with a non-activated Windows XP?
And I only just realised it now. * Now I’m not going to complain about Microsoft. If you have a valid license key, you should activate it. But I don’t…
Windows Update website – Error 0x800C0002
Had this error while trying to update a Windows 2000 SP4 test box. As it’s a test box, it has the bare minimum installed. Microsoft’s solution? clean the Internet Explorer…
Windows Update website – Error 0x80240025
on a Windows XP PC. As I wrote in Windows Update: Network policy settings prevent you from using this website ..., you’d often see a Windows Update error when your…
VBscript to uninstall a Microsoft security patch
This is a small script I wrote many years ago to uninstall security patches. I customise it when I need it. In this example, I’ve customised it for MS09-032, but…
“Windows Update: Network policy settings prevent you
… from using this website to get updates for your computer. If you believe you have received this message in error, please contact your system administrator." This often happens on…