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Category Archives: Windows

Get Ready Now To Deploy Internet Explorer 8

28-Aug-08

Unless you’re hell bent on deploying Firefox in your corporate environment (and managing it with Group Policy), here are some reasons why you should plan for Internet Explorer 8 now and deploy it when the final version is released:

Compatibility View mode will ensure those internal web applications don’t break. Intranet sites are displayed Compatibility View [...]

WSUS Update for Server Manager in Windows 2008

27-Aug-08

Microsoft have made available an update for Windows Server 2008 that integrates the WSUS 3.0 console into Server Manager.
By default, Windows Server 2008 includes several server roles. Server Manager enables integration of additional roles and features that are available from the Microsoft Download Center and from Windows Update Web sites as optional updates to [...]

WAIK Documentation Updates

22-Jul-08

An update to the documentation included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit are available:
Windows AIK User’s Guide and Unattended Setup Reference (Documentation Update 1)
This documentation update includes revised content that addresses known help issues, workarounds, and other changes. These files replace the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) .chm files.

Download the ZIP file and extract to %ProgramFiles%\Windows AIK\Docs\CHMs to [...]

Windows Update 80092026 plus Certificate Crypto Operation Failed

17-Jul-08

Ok, two separate issues but here, but fixed the same way. First up is Windows Update reporting:
Windows could not search for new updates
Error(s) found: Code 80092026

Then un-related to Windows Update, a code-signing certificate issued from an internal certificate authority, reporting:
The cryptographic operation failed due to a local security option setting

Both issues fixed by deleting the [...]