Want a Service Pack?

You may have noticed that it was a while since Microsoft released a Service Pack. They keep pumping out Cumulative Updates which include many fixes, but these CUs include a disclaimer that you should only install them if you experience a particular problem
corrected by the CU. Several of my MVP colleagues encourage people to install CUs, but I personally find it hard to recommend this to people on a general basis given the disclaimer.
For this reason, Christopher Muthmann, I and Glenn Berry have submitted three Connect items asking Microsoft to release SQL 2008 SP4, SQL 2008 R2 SP3 and SQL 2012 SP2. It's particularly urgent for the two SQL 2008, as they go out of mainstream support this
summer.
I like to stress that you should only vote for these Connect items, if you really think that service packs are needed. If the CUs meet your needs, and you don't care about Service Packs, don't vote. Or vote down, if you think that releasing service packs
(which requires quite some testing effort) is a waste of time, and Microsoft should focus on improving their cloud story or whatever.
Here are the URLs:
Glenn Berry's, generic for SQL 2008:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/814658/release-final-service-packs-for-sql-server-2008-and-2008-r2
Christoph Muthmann's, for SQL Server 2008 SP3:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/814600/release-service-pack-3-for-sql-server-2008-r2
Mine for SQL Server 2012 SP2:
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/814656/release-service-pack-2-for-sql-server-2012
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [email protected]

Hi Erland,
Thanks for your post. Personally, yours feedback is valuable for us to improve our SQL Server product and increase the level of service provided.
Sofiya Li
Sofiya Li
TechNet Community Support

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There's been about a zillion service packs in the last year - and each time we apply a service pack,
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That's the problem with having a great product - people start nit-picking about the little stuff.
- Mike
"Michael Girdley" <[email protected]> wrote:
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Yes. This will be addressed in version 6.0 service packs, as we have
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BEA Systems Inc
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Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.
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03/27/2014 00:13:44 14 ERR                      An exception was encountered when trying to start service SPAdminV4
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English (United States)
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03/27/2014 00:13:44 14 ERR                      An exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown. Additional exception
information: Cannot start service SPAdminV4 on computer '.'.
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service SPAdminV4 on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
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03/27/2014 00:13:44 14 ERR                    Failed to start the SPAdminV4 service.
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03/27/2014 00:13:44 14 ERR                    An exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown. Additional exception information:
Cannot start service SPAdminV4 on computer '.'.
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service SPAdminV4 on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
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03/27/2014 00:13:44 14 ERR                    Task upgrade has failed with an unknown exception
03/27/2014 00:13:44 14 ERR                    Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service SPAdminV4 on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
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03/27/2014 00:13:44 14 ERR                    An exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown. Additional exception information:
Cannot start service SPAdminV4 on computer '.'.
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service SPAdminV4 on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
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   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args)
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I have an HP-Pavilion Vista PC with MS Office 2007 and Service Pack 2. Each time I try to save a Wo

I have an HP-Pavilion Vista PC with MS Office 2007 and Service Pack 2. Each time I try to save a Word or Excel document I get the “Not Responding” message. The “Word is saving……” bar at the bottom does not show any progress. On clicking the document I get a faded version even when in Safe Mode. Somehow the document appears on the Desktop where I tried to save it. On trying to open the saved document, even as administrator, I get the following ”File in Use” message:
“The ….docx is locked for editing by….” and I am asked three questions including:
“Do you want to open a Read Only copy” yet on clicking “Yes” I am able to edit the same document.
On trying to save to a different location I get the message:
“Your autocorrect file MSO 1033.ad could not be saved. The file may be read only or you may not have permission to modify this file.”
The same message stating FILE12\1033\MSO.ACL MSO 1033ad recurs with new Excel documents.
How can I correct this problem?
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Worse still, the HP Advisor icon that appears on startup does not load successfully while showing the message: “Access to the path Hewlett-Packard\HD Advisor is denied”.
What can I do about it?
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I'm having the same issue, allowing guest access on the share did change the logs I'm getting in Samba. Earlier on it was giving errors on the inability of guest access to the share.
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[2008/01/29 13:05:47, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-100.5/samba/source/lib/fault.c:fault_report(37)
INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 4204 (3.0.10)
Please read the appendix Bugs of the Samba HOWTO collection
[2008/01/29 13:05:47, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-100.5/samba/source/lib/fault.c:fault_report(39)
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I also noticed that the temporary file that is created by office is not removed after the attempt to safe the file. (something like: ~$filename).

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I also receive the same error message on changing DataSource, Parameters and subscription.
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https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/4ea477ec-ea12-4a3e-bc33-2fcf9d52b84e/error-rsaccessdenied-nt-authoritynetwork-service-are-insufficient?forum=sqlreportingservices
I hope this is helpful to you, mark it as Helpful.
If this works, Please mark it as Answered.
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Blog : http://sharepoint-community.net/profile/DharmendraSingh

G580 wireless device not recognized in windows Xp service pack 3

Hi i bought a new laptop last week, g580 and the serial no is **********. I have installed windows xp service pack 3 and the laptop cannot detect the wlan device when i check in the hardware/device manager/network adapter , i also get a message when i turnon my laptop from the wlan adapter that the drivers are missing. I have downloaded the wireless drivers from the lenovo support website i.e. WLAN (Liteon, Cybertan) and when i am trying to install the drivers a error pops up saying "BCM4313 : cannot find setup file". So please guide me to resolve this issue, i also installed wimax but it says the wimax device is not found.
Moderator note: serial number removed for member's protection.

Hi vijeth,
thanks for posting and welcome to the community,
Based from your post here this does seem to be a driver issues impacting your Broadcom wireless card that has been fitted into your machine. This Error code is actually wide spread across different Manufacturers that has the Broadcom wireless installed. At this point it is uncertain what the exact solution is. Some have rectified the issue by doing a windows update and it had installed the broadcom drivers and that had solved the issue.
Currently there are some solutions that has help some of the users. Especially from the thread below.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/G580-Limited-access-Wireless-problem/td-p/9155...
You may want to check this out. Some of the user are experiencing this Win 7 or Win8. But it worth checking what they did as it might help you out as well.
regards

Windows xp , which service pack is best ?

hi, can anyone help please ? my PC uses windows xp service pack 2, i have automatic updates enabled but i have not been prompted to update it to service pack 3. i have tried to look for a download to update to service pack 3, as i presume it is better than service pack 2. is this correct ? is it better ?
also, when i have found a link offering to allow me to get service pack 3, it is accompanied by dire warnings about setting up system restore points, suggestions that only programmers and experts should be doing it and advice about losing files, data and damaging the computer !! is it worth the (apparent) risk to get service pack 3, how risky is it?
thanks for all advice.

this forum is for problems with products supplied by BT retail. I suggest you try here which is more appropriate http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itproxpsp/threads
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TS1717 Having trouble running iTunes version 11.0.2 on a Dell Laptop running Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1. Keep getting an error message "the software required for communicating with iPods and mobile phones was not installed correctly..." reinst

Having trouble when I launch iTunes (version 11.0.2) on my Dell Laptop running Windows 7 Professional (service pack 1). I get an error message indicating software required to communicate with iPod and mobile phones was not installed correctly. Do you want iTunes to try to repair this for you? I normally respond with OK and it immediately tells me "could not be repaired. Please reinstall iTunes..." I have done this a number of times to no avail.

I also notice Quicktime is not getting installed at all.
That one is normal nowadays (ever since the iTunes versions 10.5.x).
The software required for communicating with iPods and mobile phones was not installed correctly. Do you want iTunes to try to repair this for you?
Let's try a standalone Apple Mobile Device Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of why it's not installing under normal conditions.
Download and save a copy of the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe) installer file to your hard drive:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Download and install the free trial version of WinRAR:
http://www.rarlab.com/
Right-click the iTunesSetup.exe (or iTunes64setup.exe), and select "Extract to iTunesSetup" (or "Extract to iTunes64Setup"). WinRAR will expand the contents of the file into a folder called "iTunesSetup" (or "iTunes64Setup").
Go into the folder and doubleclick the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi (or AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi) to do a standalone AMDS install.
(If it offers you the choice to remove or repair, choose "Remove", and if the uninstall goes through successfully, see if you can reinstall by doubleclicking the AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi again.)
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ITunes problems after trying to install Windows XP service pack 2

Hey guys, I've been having trouble with my iTunes among other programs recently, and I was wondering if anyone might be able to help. Basically, my iTunes has been acting strangely ever since I tried upgrading my Windows XP system with Service Pack 2. When it ran through installation, it got all the way through. However, once I rebooted the computer, it told me it was unable to complete due to an unstable system. So it told me to uninstall the software, and I removed it from my program list.
Unfortunately, once I complete removed it from my hard drive, several programs on my machine started to malfunction. Now, whenever I try to play iTunes, it just stops working all of a sudden along with the rest of the sound software on this computer.
The big problem is, I forgot to back up my system before I did all this, so now I'm worried that I'm stuck with this dysfunctional hybrid of a computer system. So now, I've tried reinstalling the old Service Pack 1 onto the computer, but it always seems to cancel in mid-installation.
I know this is probably of a topic that should be posted, on an XP forum, but I was hoping that maybe someone on here might be able to give me some advice on how to solve this problem. If not for my computer, than perhaps at least for my iTunes trouble.
Thanks to all who might be able to help.

The reason I would think your iTunes stopped working is because your system is no longer compatible as iTunes requires Windows XP SP 2 in order to work properly.
If you want to back up your iTunes content then I would suggest opening My Documents>My Music and choose the whole iTunes folder and move it to an external drive. That is normally where all your content is saved, unless you didn't have 'Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library' selected in iTunes then you might want to use the whole My Music folder as your backup.

"Requirements: Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2"

I do not yet own an IPod Nano, but I am planning on buying one. The question that I need to know is about the wording of the requirements for Windows XP. It says XP Home or Pro with Service Pack 2, but I don't know whether that means it requires Windows XP Home (without SP2) or Windows XP Pro with SP2; or if it requires Windows XP Home or Pro, both needing SP2 installed. I have XP Home with no Service Pack installed, and do not want to install it due to a conflict it has with another program that I use on my computer. If anyone could help me with this, thank you very much. Also, if you have Windows XP Home, please post if your IPod Nano is working and if you have SP2 or not. Thank you.

Don't worry, you can install iTunes on Windows 7. Just make sure the recipient knows to download the correct version of the installer.
iTunes for Windows (32 bit installer)
iTunes for Windows (64 bit installer)
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Can't install quicktime or itunes I recieve error code 2738. I'm running windows Vista 32 with Service Pack 2. I have tried old and new version of both programs. Also, have gone through Apple's online help with no good outcome

Can't install quicktimeor uninstall it for that matter and itunes I receive error code 2738 with both downloads. I'm running Window Vista with Service Pack 2. I have check for all window update. I have gone through Apple itune help list. Even going into cmd to do regsvr32 vbscript.dll which was successfull. Can you help...my son had to register his ipod at the neighbors house..What going on.
Son even call apple with no help and was give Microsoft number no help there either they wanted me to call HP.....run around

Excellent news!
Strange how sometimes the fixit works better than the manual methods, and sometimes the manual methods work better than the fixit. It differs from Microsoft fixit to Microsoft fixit too. (Unfortunately, because these "anomalous 2738s" are pretty rare as install errors go, I don't have a good feel yet for whether or not it's the fixit or the manual method that's more likely to work in iTunes/QuickTime installation contexts.)
Afraid I'm not very good on earbud troubleshooting, but fingers crossed the folks over at the iPod communities might be able to help:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipod

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