List all of the Microsoft Hotfixes Installed on a System

If you need to list all of the Microsoft hotfixes/patches that are installed on a system, you can run the command below from a command prompt. Add/Remove Programs does not list them all.

$10,000 Worth of Microsoft Training Videos For Free

Microsoft puts on a huge training event every once per year, per continent called TechEd. This event is great! It offers hundreds of different focused training sessions every year that you can choose from to further your education. However, the registration fee alone is over $2,000 (standard pricing), then you have travel and hotel expenses on top of that. Because of that, this is not something that everybody can afford to attend.

If you cannot go to Teched, you can still watch the sessions from previous years for free online. These videos won't give you the full conference experience, but they are a great learning resource that's available for free.

Fix Event ID# 7043 Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type

This is an error that's a little misleading. At first it might seem that the file is missing or that there is a permissions issue, but that's not the case. The problem is that there is a bad charater in the template file.

Log Name:      Application

Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation

Date:          3/6/2013 1:07:44 PM

Event ID:      7043

Task Category: Web Controls

Level:         Error

Keywords:     

User:          DOMAIN\farm-admin

Computer:      sharepoint-server.domain.local

Description:

Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e4bce131e9439c'.

Fix Sharepoint/Powershell Error: The Farm is Unavailable

Below is an error that you can get in PowerShell or via STSADM for SharePoint

PS C:\> Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy
Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy : The farm is unavailable.
At line:1 char:30
+ Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy <<<<
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (Microsoft.Share...pplicationProxy:SPCmdletGetServiceApplicationProxy) [Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletGetServiceApplicationProxy

The Distributed Transaction Coordinator service terminated with service-specific error 3221229584 (0xC0001010).

If you get the following error in the system event logs while trying to start the Distributed Transaction Coordinator service, we can help.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7024
Description: The Distributed Transaction Coordinator service terminated with service-specific error 3221229584 (0xC0001010).

The IP Address You Have Entered for this Network Adapter is Already Assigned to Another Adapter

If you have ever replace and NIC card, either virtual or physical, and used the same static IP address as the old card had, you probably recognise the error below.

The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter <Name of adapter>. <Name of adapter> is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer or is a legacy adapter that is not working. If the same address is assigned to both adapters and they become active, only one of them will use this address. This may result in incorrect system configuration.

Do you want to enter a different IP address for this adapter in the list of IP addresses in the advanced dialog box?

VMWare Console Window Blank

There's an issue with Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows that causes you to get a black empty screen , or a white blank screen while trying to connect to a VMWare console using the VSphere client, or the Virtual Infrastructure Client (VIC). You might also be presented with one of the following errors

• Unable to get the window handle for the 'AxQuickMksAxCtl' control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported.
• Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation