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Windows cannot access the specified device

Michael — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:23:57 +0000

This is an old problem, but I still see it from time to time. You are trying to run and executable that you downloaded, and you are on a Windows 2003 system. You double click and get:

As you can see here, I am simply trying to install the windirstat utility to figure out what is taking up all the disk space. If you have drive space issues, and we seem to always have drive space issues, this is a great utility.

The problem is this:

Notice the Security section at the bottom. if you click on Unblock, then it looks like this:

Apply the change and the security section at the bottom goes away, and you can then run the program.

Error installing Integration Services on Hyper-V VM

Michael — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48:34 +0000

I was trying to change from a “Legacy Network Adapter” to a “Network Adapter” on one of my Hyper-V VMs. I added the “Network Adapter” and removed the “Legacy Network Adapter”, and started the machine up. When the machine came up, it wouldn’t connect to the network. Having seen this before I knew exactly how to fix it. Run the Integration Services install again. I did that, and got:

An error has occurred: One of the update processes returned error code 61658

So, being the smart guy that I am, I rebooted and tried again. Same result. The hits I got on google suggested that I was still running an CTP or Beta, but I am running the RTM version (2008 Hyper-V, but not R2 on this one).

I was logging into this machine with a Domain account, but it wasn’t on the network. We use some restrictions on the server desktops and redirect application setting and such, so I thought that might be related.

Here is what worked:

I added back the Legacy Network Adapter (leaving the non-Legacy adapter as well)

I installed integration services again (and it worked just fine)

I removed the Legacy Network Adapter

Now the machine is working just as expected.

Error installing DPM 2010 Beta

Michael — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:04:32 +0000

I was installing the DPM 2010 Beta (finally) and had an issue trying to get the SQL 2008 to install. Finally figured out that I had the install files stored too deeply in a network share. I figure this out by running the SQL install directly and when it when to check prereq’s it had an error on one section and when you click for more info this is what you get:

Rule "Long path names to files on SQL Server installation media" failed.

SQL Server installation media on a network share or in a custom folder can cause installation failure if the total length of the path exceeds 260 characters. To correct this issue, utilize Net Use functionality or shorten the path name to the SQL Server setup.exe file.

So, I moved it to a shorter path and it installed just fine.

HyperV Integration Services: Fatal error during installation

Michael — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:55:38 +0000

I managed to convince the “powers that be” that we didn’t need to have a dual quad-core server with the capacity for 32GB of RAM to and connectivity to our SAN sitting around doing nothing until they occasionally use it for upgrade testing… So I did a P2V (Physical to Virtual conversion) and shut down the physical machine. But when I tried to install the Integration components… I got “An error has occurred: Fatal error during installation.” A quick google gave me the below post, and believe it or not.. it worked. (I didn’t reboot before I installed.)

HyperV Integration Services: Fatal error during installation

Problem:
Installing Integration Services on HyperV I got the following problem:
"An error has occured: Fatal error during installation."
Solution:
Delete (or rename) two file on the guest machine
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\wdf01000.sys
C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\wdfldr.sys
Reboot and reinstall the integration services.

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