ERROR_SXS_ASSEMBLY_MISSING (0x80073701) on Windows Server 2019

Update 2024-02-28 From Nate in the comments: If you find the script is not solving the problem for you, purge the contents of C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\, reboot and try running the script again. Original Article We’ve run into a strange problem with our Windows Server 2019 VMs where sometimes when we clone a new VM from our … Read more

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service will not start after November 2021 updates

Update – 2021-12-15 – I can confirm that the December Windows Updates have fixed this issue for us.   After installing OS updates on all of our servers in November 2021 we ended up with three servers, all running 2019 Core and all Domain Controllers, where the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service would not … Read more

KB3002657 breaks everything!

Update: 2015-03-20 09:24 PST – Thank you Didi for informing us that Microsoft has released two updated hotfixes KB3002657-v2 and KB3033395-v2 that shouldn’t cause this problem. I have not had a chance to try these patches yet. Update: 2015-03-12 09:45 PST – Now that I’ve had a chance to sleep I’ve updated this post to … Read more

Workaround for 0x80248015 when trying to do Windows Updates on Server 2003

If you’re like us you probably noticed this patch Tuesday that a bunch, if not all, of your Windows 2003 servers are not able to load the Microsoft Update page. When trying to load the page the error 0x80248015 is displayed. After some Googling I’ve pieced together a workaround that will get you some updates … Read more

Error 0x80240030 when running Windows Update

Recently while trying to run Windows Update on one of my Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controllers I received error 0x80240030 when either trying to install the updates it said were available or trying to check for updates. It looks like some how my Internet Explorer Proxy settings got buggered (We don’t use a proxy on … Read more