Offline Windows OS / Microsoft Office Updates | Offline WSUS Updates

Hi All,

Another interesting topic on Windows Updates.

Scenarios : 
Any Windows Operating System (32 bit / 64 Bit)

Issue :
I had a simple issue in updating my home PC with latest Windows Patches.
Updating windows online is tedious and time consuming task.

I was searching for the solution which should be as simple as One Click Installation.

Yes. One click installation for all available Windows Updates. And fortunately it is available for you all at no cost (FREE).

Solution
http://www.wsusoffline.net/
(Thanks to Mr. Torsten Wittrock)

Thankfully, it has facility to download windows updates via Proxy Server as well as WSUS Server.
So you  dont have to burn your Internet Bandwidth.

This will be majorly helpful to all IT Techies who have access to WSUS Server OR Corporate Big Internet Pipes ;)

Hoping that this article is useful to you. Let me know what you think and comment.

The system cannot log you on due to the following error. RPC Server is Unavailable.

Error : 
The system cannot log you on due to the following error :
RPC Server is Unavailable

Please try again or consult your system administrator.










Observations :
OS : Windows Server 2003, 64 Bit.
Domain Group policies are not getting applied.
Sometimes, domain is not pingable.
Event log gives following errors :



Solution : 

This is just workaround which I found in the Microsoft forum :
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/2e675354-62fc-4b09-874d-e97ca71c09c1/the-rpc-server-is-unavailable-while-trying-to-take-remote-desktop-of-2003-server?forum=winservergen&prof=required

Steps :
1) Logon to server using Local Administrator Account. (If you dont have it, create it remotely from another computer via Computer Management Console
2) Open Registry Editor. Start-Run-Regedit (Enter)
3) Navigate to following location :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
 
4) Create new DWORD Value - "IgnoreRegUserConfigErrors" and set its value to "1"




5) Its done. Now you will be able to login to Server using domain login.

6) Investigation on the Group Policy error is still going on. I will update this post once I get the solution.

Thank You.

How to backup / Restore Brocade FC Switch Config

Hi All,

Backup of everything is MUST in admins life.

This document will help you to backup or Restore the Brocade Fibre Switch Configuration.

1) Login to switch using Utility like Putty / Kitty.
2) Download Portable FTP Server Utility : http://sourceforge.net/projects/smallftpd
3) Start it and add one user. Give LRW Permissions. (e.g. Shown below)











Create Temp Folder in C:\ and point it


4) Run the following commands :

Commands :
1) configupload (For Backing up Fibre Switch Configuration)




2) configdownload (For restore)

Another additional method for ensuring the backup : 

1) Login to switch using Utility like Putty / Kitty.

2) You can run the following commands to see additional configuration information that you can copy to a file to save:
configShow
ipaddrShow
licenseShow
switchShow
Save the commands output in text file.

Now your switch is Backup Up!!! Congrats!!!