Showing posts with label windows update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows update. Show all posts

Monday, October 28, 2013

SQL 2012 Server fails in Windows Update with error 84C4000E

About two years ago I posted a entry about SQL2008R2 failing in installing updates via Windows Update.

http://techtuxwords.blogspot.ch/2011/09/ms-sql-server-2008-r2-sp1-fails-with.html

As you can see, the very same happens with SQL 2012 server, the reason is again the very same issue.
So you have to again change the locale to installing the update, and then you can switch back afterwards.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

DOS memory problems under Windows XP

If you are one those (un)happy people to still having to use DOS applications under Windows XP, then it is possible that your applications no longer run.

If you used high memory then this won't work any longer and you will receive out of memory messages from the DOS application.

The reason for this are a few recent microsoft updates for windows XP.

In more detail,
deinstall these 4 updates and restart the computer

kb2749655
kb2756822
kb2661254-v2
kb2724197

You will then have back the high memory area for your DOS applications.
Why they deactivate high memory is not clear, but I think it's (realy, realy) time to replace your DOS application (and Windows XP at the same time) by a modern solution.