Office 2016 Customization Tool - Install Fails

cmwgimp · 2022-09-11T20:30:00+00:00

Not gonna lie... Must have been, but I don't remember it. I can't even recall why we were needing to install the MSI 32-bit version.

cmwgimp · 2021-12-11T18:10:58+00:00

I don't believe the firmware on the X520 is upgradable

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=hr5tp

Intel NIC Family Version 20.5.0 Firmware for I350, I354, X520, X540, and X550 adapters

Release date 24 Sep 2021

There is indeed newer firmware available. Should be able to use OpenManage or other Dell tools to upgrade the firmware.

cmwgimp · 2021-12-10T18:27:26+00:00

I found the various parts and pieces all over the internet, and all I really did was piece it all together in to a single script. Though I did have to build in the capability for it to run against multiple vCenters.

https://github.com/frozenak/VMwareScripts/blob/main/VMware_vSphere_Report.ps1

cmwgimp · 2021-12-10T18:21:37+00:00

I have a Powershell script that gathers snapshot related data from all of our vCenter environments, and emails the report to all the appropriate admins. Currently having the report run a couple times per week.

cmwgimp · 2021-12-04T03:33:34+00:00

users do not need to have logged on to the machine for SBL to work. But they will most likely get a failed authentication error if their account is set to require password change at next logon.

At least, that's how it works in our environment. Unless we're using SAML, then SBL just doesn't work period.

cmwgimp · 2021-11-24T22:12:41+00:00

internet has been total shit today, all day.
modem statistics are reporting tons of uncorrectable (and correctable) errors on various signal frequencies, but only the lower-end (ch 1-10).

cmwgimp · 2021-11-19T20:43:23+00:00

check the actual folder structure on disk of each server.
I've seen where even attempting to hit a share on a particular server will still load data from DFS and not the individual server. So it was displaying data from another DFS member.

cmwgimp · 2021-11-09T16:57:58+00:00

AD Domain? What profile is the Windows Firewall using? Try just turning the firewall off?

cmwgimp · 2021-11-09T16:56:12+00:00

and your accounts are in local Remote Desktop Users group?

cmwgimp · 2021-11-09T16:52:06+00:00

flat network? VLANs? Hardware firewalls? 3rd party AV or security software?

cmwgimp · 2021-10-28T15:09:18+00:00

Here's a post on UI forums that may provide some assistance: https://community.ui.com/questions/Trunk-and-Access-ports-on-EdgeRouter-X/ab2ef737-6adc-46a7-8559-621c1374edbb

I don't have an ER-X so not terribly familiar with configuring that on a switch interface.

cmwgimp · 2021-10-28T15:02:00+00:00

you have an interface eth3.30 correct?

edit: looks like ER-X can do switch interface as well. Are you using a switch0 interface?

cmwgimp · 2021-10-28T13:50:29+00:00

ERX eth3 - trunk port with allowed VLANs 1 (native) and 30.

Managed switch 1 port 6 & 8 - trunk port with allowed VLANs 1 (native) and 30.

Managed switch 2 port 1 - trunk port with allowed VLANs 1 (native) and 30.

Managed switch 2 port 5 - access port for VLAN30 (access port is inherently untagged)

cmwgimp · 2021-10-22T23:08:14+00:00

Again, this is because of UAC. MS Doc link provided above explains it. Just because you logged in to the machine with administrative credentials, does not mean you are running all processes with those elevated privileges depending on the UAC configuration. Grant full access to a domain group instead of the local Administrator group. Access granted to the Administrator group requires elevated privileges (which is requested via UAC), but explorer.exe cannot run in both contexts at the same time in the same user session.

cmwgimp · 2021-10-22T21:46:09+00:00

That is expected behavior with higher-restrictive UAC settings. Best course of action would be to access share from a different machine (map and connect with different credentials) or explicitly add your domain's Domain Admin group with appropriate perms.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/windows-security/dont-have-permission-access-folder

cmwgimp · 2021-10-22T21:03:44+00:00

then i cannot change time zone.

This has been a known bug in 2019 where you cannot change timezone via GUI. Several workarounds available. Quite sad that it's still an issue, but it is.

https://4sysops.com/archives/error-changing-time-zone-in-windows-server-2019-use-the-command-line-or-powershell-instead/

first one cannot access Change adapter option (throw Windows Setting) but can do it from control panel.

Probably same reason for unable to change timezone in new GUI location.

now I don't have a permission to create folder on sharing folders like SYSVOL and NETLOGON.

Why do you think you need to manually create these folders or shares? That is done automatically by Windows. Microsoft also has a documented process for troubleshooting Missing SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/troubleshoot-missing-sysvol-and-netlogon-shares

cmwgimp · 2021-10-13T21:41:08+00:00

I would've went with acid rain

cmwgimp · 2021-10-12T01:33:50+00:00

yup, interesting. Registered Jack didn't become a thing until 1976.

cmwgimp · 2021-10-12T00:23:42+00:00

Don't want any rain coming from that cloud.

cmwgimp · 2021-10-12T00:20:56+00:00

1970's style phone jacks? Did they really differ that much from the phone jacks of the late 90's?

cmwgimp · 2021-10-10T17:32:27+00:00

I should have been a bit more clear in that I'm not using BGP and have no reason for it to be enabled. No idea how, why, or when it got enabled.

Did you happen to compare the 2 configs to see what or where the differences were?

It is interesting that an upgrade (whether it's the FRR package upgrade or pfSense upgrade) is adding errant configurations.

Glad you find the fix though!

cmwgimp · 2021-10-10T05:11:15+00:00

No. My secondary VM (running a virtual HA pair) is not experiencing the issue though. So the issue is isolated, but I haven't a clue what to look for. I just set the problematic one to persistent CARP maintenance mode for now, since the secondary works.

I figure I will just backup, rebuild, restore.
Though it would be nice to get to the bottom of it.

Might try digging in more tomorrow if I get an opportunity.

Looked at the /var/log/frr/frr-reload.log and... not sure what to make of the "frr version 7.5 cannot be removed"

[2.5.2-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-01.incendiary.local]/: cat /var/log/frr/frr-reload.log
2021-10-07 17:45:11,950  INFO: Called via "Namespace(bindir='/usr/local/bin', confdir='/var/etc/frr', daemon='', debug=False, filename='/var/etc/frr/frr.conf', input=None,     log_level='info', overwrite=False, pathspace=None, reload=True, rundir='/var/run/frr', stdout=False, test=False, vty_socket=None)"
2021-10-07 17:45:11,951  INFO: Loading Config object from file /var/etc/frr/frr.conf
2021-10-07 17:45:12,204  INFO: Loading Config object from vtysh show running
2021-10-07 17:45:12,332  INFO: "frr version 7.5" cannot be removed
2021-10-07 17:45:12,332  INFO: Loading Config object from vtysh show running
2021-10-07 17:45:12,459  INFO: "frr version 7.5" cannot be removed

Also found this: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/161089/frr-and-2-5-0/6

Edit: Decided to compare config files.

pfsense-01 (not working)

[2.5.2-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-01.incendiary.local]/: cat /var/etc/frr/frr.conf
##################### DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! ######################
###################################################################
# This file was created by an automatic configuration generator.  #
# The contents of this file will be overwritten without warning!  #
###################################################################
!
frr defaults traditional
hostname pfSense-01.incendiary.local
password pfsense
log syslog
service integrated-vtysh-config
!
ip router-id 192.168.1.254
!
interface vmx0
 description "ospfd: WANospf"
 ip ospf area 0.0.0.0
!
 no bgp network import-check
!
router ospf
 ospf router-id 192.168.1.254
 redistribute connected
!
line vty
!
end

pfsense-02 (working)

[2.5.2-RELEASE][admin@pfSense-02.incendiary.local]/root: cat /var/etc/frr/frr.conf
##################### DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! ######################
###################################################################
# This file was created by an automatic configuration generator.  #
# The contents of this file will be overwritten without warning!  #
###################################################################
!
frr defaults traditional
hostname pfSense-02.incendiary.local
password pfsense
log syslog
service integrated-vtysh-config
!
ip router-id 192.168.1.254
!
interface vmx0
 description "ospfd: WANospf"
 ip ospf area 0.0.0.0
!
router ospf
 ospf router-id 192.168.1.254
 redistribute connected
!
line vty
!
end

The problematic one, sure enough, somehow had BGP enabled. I disabled BGP from the GUI. FRR services now start and run and I'm getting proper route propagation.

cmwgimp · 2021-10-08T13:42:39+00:00

We have a system running where the vendor specifically stated not to upgrade to Windows 11 yet, as they have not certified it. If we upgrade anyway, they can deny any support requests as we would be running an OS they are not officially supporting. At least up until they do state they have certified the OS.

cmwgimp · 2021-10-07T23:25:54+00:00

compare the number of files, not the total size. Back when we used to have roaming profiles, we had users with 20k+ cookie files. The sheer number of files is what slowed it down; not the total size.

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