Windows Server 2012 not applying gpupdate why?

Hello, i am doing group policys on windows server 2012 with windows 7 clients and some of the gp's are not updateing on the clients i am doing gpupdate /force on them but that makes no difference can someone tell me whats wrong. here is some pics
Is the GPO applied for authentificated users? yes they are.
what does gpresult /r say?
image 1:
http://tinypic.com/r/2njy7ap/6
image 2:
http://tinypic.com/r/2qva8mc/6
some more images at random
http://tinypic.com/r/pxi6v/6
http://tinypic.com/r/1zokpk5/6
could you do a
gpresult /H whatever.htm
i did a gpupdate before heres the pic
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/87903671/screen.bmp
and then i did the gpresult heres the website
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/87903671/whatever.htm
now can someone tell me whats wrong?

could you please run rsop.msc on client end and post the result
Darshana Jayathilake

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ErrorMessage %%2155348075
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   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : company.local
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : company.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-5D-0A-5C-02
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.49(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 23, 2014 10:23:01 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:23:01 PM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.10.10.220
                                       10.10.10.221
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.company.local:
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : company.local
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
NOTE: 10.10.10.220 and 10.10.10.221 are the other domain controllers on my network. One of them is 2012 and one of them is 2008. They are both functioning correctly for providing DNS services. The 2012 Virtual DC, however, still has
the internet connectivity issue that this whole post was about in the first place.
NOTE2: When I logged on to COMPANYDC02 this morning, it told me that I had new Windows Updates that needed to be downloaded.   Confused, I checked the most recent time WU had checked for updates at it had successfully checked for updates last night
at 10pm. Of course, it failed when trying to download them, but it appears that once in a while, a connection gets through successfully...

Windows Server 2012 R2 - ALL HF's Failing to install as "Does Not Apply to this computer"

Hi,
A general question about hot fix installs.
I have multiple servers that are all Windows 2012 R2. They do not have internet connections, so I have to install the Hotfixes manually. I download the HF's from the ISO download page (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/913086) every month. I collect them and install in a bulk install during a release cycle ( a couple times a year). I just realized that NO HF's have installed since JUNE 2014. Every HF that shows up in WindowsServer2012R2 directory fail to install with a message of "The update is not applicable to your computer". Which is fine if that was true, but.... I get this message for every HF from the ISO's since June 2014. NOT one HF thinks it is applicable to my computer. Could that be the case? No HF's apply to my Server 2012 systems since June of 2014?
This is my system info, and below that is the results from attempting to install 95 HF's.
C:\TEMP>systeminfo
Host Name: MYHOST
OS Name: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
OS Version: 6.3.9600 N/A Build 9600
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Member Server
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner: Windows User
Registered Organization:
Product ID: 00252-80025-36226-AA727
Original Install Date: 6/13/2014, 8:04:39 AM
System Boot Time: 3/16/2015, 2:34:45 PM
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: PowerEdge R720
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor(s): 2 Processor(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4 GenuineInt
el ~2500 Mhz
[02]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4 GenuineInt
el ~2500 Mhz
BIOS Version: Dell Inc. 2.2.2, 1/16/2014
Windows Directory: C:\Windows
System Directory: C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
System Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Input Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Time Zone: (UTC-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
Total Physical Memory: 262,099 MB
Available Physical Memory: 249,337 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 301,011 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 288,015 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 12,996 MB
Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys
Domain: mydomain.sgn
Logon Server: \\MYHOST
Hotfix(s): 25 Hotfix(s) Installed.
[01]: KB2862152
[02]: KB2868626
[03]: KB2876331
[04]: KB2888505
[05]: KB2892074
[06]: KB2893294
[07]: KB2893984
[08]: KB2898785
[09]: KB2898868
[10]: KB2898871
[11]: KB2900986
[12]: KB2901125
[13]: KB2901128
[14]: KB2909210
[15]: KB2909921
[16]: KB2912390
[17]: KB2916036
[18]: KB2919442
[19]: KB2922229
[20]: KB2923392
[21]: KB2925418
[22]: KB2930275
[23]: KB2931358
[24]: KB2931366
[25]: KB2936068
Network Card(s): 6 NIC(s) Installed.
[01]: Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 10 GigE (NDIS VB
D Client)
Connection Name: ISCSI
DHCP Enabled: No
IP address(es)
[01]: 192.168.1.30
[02]: fe80::38c9:e59c:5ac2:e0a1
[02]: Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE (NDIS VBD
Client)
Connection Name: NIC3
Status: Hardware not present
[03]: Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE (NDIS VBD
Client)
Connection Name: MGMT
DHCP Enabled: No
IP address(es)
[01]: 7.48.64.32
[02]: 7.48.64.30
[03]: fe80::f14e:9339:9326:c7fd
[04]: Broadcom BCM57810 NetXtreme II 10 GigE (NDIS VB
D Client)
Connection Name: SLOT 5 Port 1_swport_VMRepwan
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: N/A
IP address(es)
[05]: Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 10 GigE (NDIS VB
D Client)
Connection Name: NIC2
Status: Hardware not present
[06]: Broadcom BCM57810 NetXtreme II 10 GigE (NDIS VB
D Client)
Connection Name: SLOT 5 Port 2_swport_VMOpswan
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server: N/A
IP address(es)
Hyper-V Requirements: A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for
Hyper-V will not be displayed.
I have a script that runs each HF install.. If I run them manually without the tool I get the same results so it is not the script..
Installing 95 patches
for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter x64
Repository path: U:\Patch Repository_4_1\2012_R2_HFs\
1. Windows8.1-KB2894852-v2-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
2. Windows8.1-KB2894856-v2-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
3. Windows8.1-KB2920189-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
4. Windows8.1-KB2926765-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
5. Windows8.1-KB2928120-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
6. Windows8.1-KB2931358-x64.msu patch status: ALREADY INSTALLED - SKIPPING
7. Windows8.1-KB2931366-x64.msu patch status: ALREADY INSTALLED - SKIPPING
8. Windows8.1-KB2933826-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
9. Windows8.1-KB2939576-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
10. Windows8.1-KB2953522-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
11. Windows8.1-KB2957151-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
12. Windows8.1-KB2957189-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
13. Windows8.1-KB2957689-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
14. Windows8.1-KB2961072-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
15. Windows8.1-KB2961887-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
16. Windows8.1-KB2962872-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
17. Windows8.1-KB2964718-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
18. Windows8.1-KB2964736-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
19. Windows8.1-KB2965788-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
20. Windows8.1-KB2966072-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
21. Windows8.1-KB2966826-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
22. Windows8.1-KB2966828-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
23. Windows8.1-KB2971850-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
24. Windows8.1-KB2972213-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
25. Windows8.1-KB2972280-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
26. Windows8.1-KB2973114-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
27. Windows8.1-KB2973201-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
28. Windows8.1-KB2973351-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
29. Windows8.1-KB2974008-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
30. Windows8.1-KB2976627-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
31. Windows8.1-KB2976897-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
32. Windows8.1-KB2977292-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
33. Windows8.1-KB2977629-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
34. Windows8.1-KB2978668-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
35. Windows8.1-KB2982794-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
36. Windows8.1-KB2982998-v2-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
37. Windows8.1-KB2987107-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
38. Windows8.1-KB2987114-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
39. Windows8.1-KB2988948-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
40. Windows8.1-KB2992611-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
41. Windows8.1-KB2993651-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
42. Windows8.1-KB2993958-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
43. Windows8.1-KB3000061-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
44. Windows8.1-KB3000483-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
45. Windows8.1-KB3000869-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
46. Windows8.1-KB3001237-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
47. Windows8.1-KB3002657-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
48. Windows8.1-KB3002885-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
49. Windows8.1-KB3003057-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
50. Windows8.1-KB3003381-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
51. Windows8.1-KB3003743-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
52. Windows8.1-KB3004150-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
53. Windows8.1-KB3004361-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
54. Windows8.1-KB3004365-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
55. Windows8.1-KB3005607-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
56. Windows8.1-KB3006226-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
57. Windows8.1-KB3008923-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
58. Windows8.1-KB3008925-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
59. Windows8.1-KB3010788-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
60. Windows8.1-KB3011780-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
61. Windows8.1-KB3013126-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
62. Windows8.1-KB3013455-v2-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
63. Windows8.1-KB3014029-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
64. Windows8.1-KB3018943-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
65. Windows8.1-KB3019215-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
66. Windows8.1-KB3019978-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
67. Windows8.1-KB3020393-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
68. Windows8.1-KB3021674-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
69. Windows8.1-KB3021952-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
70. Windows8.1-KB3023607-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
71. Windows8.1-KB3036197-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
72. Windows8.1-KB3021953-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
73. Windows8.1-KB3022777-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
74. Windows8.1-KB3023266-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
75. Windows8.1-KB3023562-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
76. Windows8.1-KB3024663-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
77. Windows8.1-KB3029944-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
78. Windows8.1-KB3030377-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
79. Windows8.1-KB3031432-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
80. Windows8.1-KB3032323-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
81. Windows8.1-KB3032359-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
82. Windows8.1-KB3040335-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
83. Windows8.1-KB3033408-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
84. Windows8.1-KB3033889-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
85. Windows8.1-KB3034196-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
86. Windows8.1-KB3034344-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
87. Windows8.1-KB3035017-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
88. Windows8.1-KB3035034-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
89. Windows8.1-KB3035126-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
90. Windows8.1-KB3035131-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
91. Windows8.1-KB3035132-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
92. Windows8.1-KB3037634-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
93. Windows8.1-KB3039066-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
94. Windows8.1-KB3044132-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
95. Windows8.1-KB3046049-x64.msu patch status: DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS COMPUTER
Thanks,
Dave

Hi Dave,
Would you please check CBS lg file and other relevant event logs if find more clues? On current situation, please refer to following article and check if can help you.
Update is not applicable to your computer- but it is
Best regards,
Justin Gu
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Windows Server 2012 GPO setting are not apply on windows Xp clients

Hi
I am create GPO on windows server 2012. 300 clients on domain are working fine, GPO setting apply on all windows 7, 8 clients. But 200 clients of windows XP are not working. GPO setting are not applies on XP. I am trying to Group Policy
Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP (KB943729) on one window XP client, all GPO servers 2012 setting is working fine. But is not solution. I have 200 clients of windows XP, Please provide batter solution on one click command and apply all 200
XP clients.
Thanks.

Dear,
I have Windows server 2012 , i have install ADDS with Forest functional level 2008 & Domain functional level 2008 .
I have applied GPO to particular OU, when i login to domain user on Windows 7 PC all GPO working fine but when i login on Windows Xp SP3 PC its not applied on XP.
I am facing issue on windows XP clients it is true. Please see this URL address:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/grouppolicy/archive/2009/03/27/group-policy-preferences-not-applying-on-some-clients-client-side-extension-xmllite.aspx
Please provide batter solution on one click command
Thanks.

Set up Search Service App For SharePoint server 2013 on Windows server 2012 R2 not working

Hi all,
I installed SharePoint server 2013 on Windows server 2012 R2 using VirtualBox. I created a DC(domain controller) server with a domain set up on one VM and it has SQL server 2012 SP1 installed. Then SharePoint 2013 on another VM was set up to access
the DC server. Everything seems working except Search Service App which cannot be sucessfully set up. Creation process for Search service app says Successful and 4 search databases were created and look fine. But when I navigate to search service app
admin page, it gives error info:
System status: The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the administration component '386f2cd6-47ca-4b3a-aeb5-d9116772ef16' in search application 'Search Service Application 1' is in
a good state and try again.
Search Application Topology: Unable to retrieve topology component health states. This may be because the admin component is not up and running.
From event viewer, I see following errors:
(1) Error From source: SharePoint Server
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance
(b7c72eb8-cbaf-435e-b4c9-963cb6e4e745).
Reason: The object you are trying to create already exists. Try again using a different name.
Technical Support Details:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040D02): The object you are trying to create already exists. Try again using a different name.
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance.Synchronize()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boolean
isAdministrationServiceJob)
(2) Error From source: SharePoint Server Search
Could not access the Search database. A generic error occurred while trying to access the database to obtain the schema version info.
Context: Application '386f2cd6-47ca-4b3a-aeb5-d9116772ef16'
(3) Warning from source: SharePoint Server Search
A database error occurred. Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider Code: 8169 occurred 0 time(s) Description: Error ordinal: 1 Message:
Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier., Class: 16, Number: 8169, State: 2    at
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
(4) Error From source: SharePoint Server
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance
(b7c72eb8-cbaf-435e-b4c9-963cb6e4e745).
Reason: The gatherer application could not be mounted because the search administration database schema version does not match the expected backwards compatibility schema version. The database might not have been upgraded.
Technical Support Details:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC0041235): The gatherer application could not be mounted because the search administration database schema version does not match the expected backwards compatibility schema version. The database might not have
been upgraded.
Since separate DC server and SharePoint server do not work, I installed SharePoint 2013 on DC server ( so DC server has everything on it now ) but it gives exactly same result. Later I installed SharePoint 2013 SP1 and still have the same problem with Search
Service app. I spent two weeks tried all suggestions available from Web and Google but SharePoint Search Service simply does not work. Config and other databases work but why Search Service has this issue seemingly related to search DB.
Could anybody please help out? You deserve a top SharePoint consultant award if you could find a solution. I am so frustrated and so tired by this issue.    This seems also to be a SP set up issue.
Thanks a lot.

Using new Search Service App wizard to create SSA is always a success. I could delete existing SSA and recreate it and no problem. It says successful but when I open Search Admin page from CA, it gives me errors as mentioned.
Now I used the following PS script for creating SSA from Max Mercher, but it stays at the last setps in following script:
Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$IndexLocation = "C:\Search" #Location must be empty, will be deleted during the process!
$SearchAppPoolName = "SSAPool"
$SearchAppPoolAccountName = "mydomain\admin"
$SearchServiceName = "SSA"
$SearchServiceProxyName = "SSA Proxy"
$DatabaseServer = "W12R2DC1"
$DatabaseName = "SSA"
$spAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool -Identity $SearchAppPoolName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (!$spAppPool)
$spAppPool = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name $SearchAppPoolName -Account $SearchAppPoolAccountName -Verbose
$ServiceApplication = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Identity $SearchServiceName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (!$ServiceApplication)
# process stays at the following step forever, already one hour now.
$ServiceApplication = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Name $SearchServiceName -ApplicationPool $spAppPool.Name -DatabaseServer $DatabaseServer -DatabaseName $DatabaseName
Account mydomain\admin is an farm managed account, domain admin account, in WG_ADMIN role, It is in all SQL server roles and is DBO. I see search DBs are already on SQL server. From Event viewer, I got following errors in sequence:
(1) Crawler:Content Plugin under source Crawler:Content Plugin
Content Plugin can not be initialized - list of CSS addresses is not set.
(2) Warning for SharePoint Server Search
A database error occurred. Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider Code: 8169 occurred 0 time(s) Description: Error ordinal: 1 Message: Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier., Class: 16, Number: 8169, State: 2
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
(3) Error for SharePoint Server Search
Could not access the Search database. A generic error occurred while trying to access the database to obtain the schema version info.
Context: Application 'cbc5a055-996b-44a7-9cbc-404322f9cfdf'
(4) Error for SharePoint Server
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (b7c72eb8-cbaf-435e-b4c9-963cb6e4e745).
Reason: The gatherer application could not be mounted because the search administration database schema version does not match the expected backwards compatibility schema version. The database might not have been upgraded.
(5) Error Shared Services for SharePoint Server Search
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (b7c72eb8-cbaf-435e-b4c9-963cb6e4e745).
Reason: The object you are trying to create already exists. Try again using a different name.
Technical Support Details:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040D02): The object you are trying to create already exists. Try again using a different name.
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance.Synchronize()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boolean isAdministrationServiceJob
Above errors keep being generated. Last step for SSA creation stay there forever. Any clue what is really going on? Thanks.

SharePoint server 2013 Search Service App on Windows server 2012 R2 not working

Hi all,
I installed SharePoint server 2013 on Windows server 2012 R2 using VirtualBox. I created a DC(domain controller) server with a domain set up on one VM and it has SQL server 2012 SP1 installed. Then SharePoint 2013 on another VM
was set up to access the DC server. Everything seems working except Search Service App which cannot be sucessfully set up. Creation process for Search service app says Successful and 4 search databases were created and look fine. But when I navigate
to search service app admin page, it gives error info:
System status: The search service is not able to connect to the machine that hosts the administration component. Verify that the administration component '386f2cd6-47ca-4b3a-aeb5-d9116772ef16' in search application 'Search Service Application 1' is
in a good state and try again.
Search Application Topology: Unable to retrieve topology component health states. This may be because the admin component is not up and running.
From event viewer, I see following errors:
(1) Error From source: SharePoint Server
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (b7c72eb8-cbaf-435e-b4c9-963cb6e4e745).
Reason: The object you are trying to create already exists. Try again using a different name.
Technical Support Details:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040D02): The object you are trying to create already exists. Try again using a different name.
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance.Synchronize()
   at Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration.ApplicationServerJob.ProvisionLocalSharedServiceInstances(Boolean isAdministrationServiceJob)
(2) Error From source: SharePoint Server Search
Could not access the Search database. A generic error occurred while trying to access the database to obtain the schema version info.
Context: Application '386f2cd6-47ca-4b3a-aeb5-d9116772ef16'
(3) Warning from source: SharePoint Server Search
A database error occurred. Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider Code: 8169 occurred 0 time(s) Description: Error ordinal: 1 Message: Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier., Class: 16, Number: 8169, State: 2
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
(4) Error From source: SharePoint Server
Application Server Administration job failed for service instance Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance (b7c72eb8-cbaf-435e-b4c9-963cb6e4e745).
Reason: The gatherer application could not be mounted because the search administration database schema version does not match the expected backwards compatibility schema version. The database might not have been upgraded.
Technical Support Details:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC0041235): The gatherer application could not be mounted because the search administration database schema version does not match the expected backwards compatibility schema version. The database might not have
been upgraded.
Since separate DC server and SharePoint server do not work, I installed SharePoint 2013 on DC server ( so DC server has everything on it now ) but it gives exactly same result. Later I installed SharePoint 2013 SP1 and still have the same problem
with Search Service app. I spent two weeks tried all suggestions available from Web and Google but SharePoint Search Service simply does not work. Config and other databases work but why Search Service has this issue seemingly related to search DB.
Could anybody please help out? You deserve a top SharePoint consultant award if you could find a solution. I am so frustrated and so tired by this issue.
Thanks a lot.

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that SharePoint server 2013 Search Service App did not work on Windows server 2012 R2.
Please make sure you configure Search Service Application correctly. You can refer to:Create and configure a Search service application in SharePoint Server 2013
I recommend to created new Search Service Application, and made a full crawl. Then assigned the new SSA as the default SSA for webapplications. Finnlay checked the issue doesnt occur now,
If all search related components now are online, to keep the enviroonment clean, you can delete the old SSA.
Thank you for your understanding.
Best Regards,
Linda Li
Linda Li
TechNet Community Support

Windows Server Backup scheduled task run successfully but backup do not start (not running) on Windows Server 2012

Hi,
A backup job has been setup on Windows Server 2012 (Platform: Win32NT; ServicePack: ; Version: 6.2.9200.0; VersionString : Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0) via Windows Backup Software UI (Local Backup 1.0).
It is appearing as a scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup" belonging to user 'nt authority\system' in task scheduler.
The problem is that the Backup job never start despite the scheduled task running and completing successfully (when run automatically or manually)!
Would you be able to explain why and assist in resolving that issue?
Here is what we know:
When the backup is run manually via the Windows Backup Software UI, it works fine.
When the backup is run via command line (as set in schedule task) in a cmd command prompt (as local/domain 'administrator' or as 'nt authority\system' which is possible by running command prompt via 'PsExec.exe -i -s cmd'), something like "%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe
start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet", it works fine.
If you manually run the preset scheduled task while logged in as administrator, the task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.
Idem if you schedule task is run automatically at scheduled time.
The schedule task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.
It is confirmed by running the following in a command prompt as 'nt authority\system':
schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup"
SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup".
Despite success result, the Backup job does not start running...
No errors or warning appears anywhere in Event Logs (Microsoft > Windows > Backup or Task Scheduler) nor in the scheduled task History tab. The schedule task complete successfully but no Backup job is run...
If scheduled task automatically set by Windows Backup software is duplicated (copied) and set manually it runs fine as 'administrator' and as 'nt authority\system' (subject that 'nt authority\system' is added to the 'Backup Operators' AD group).
Here is an export of the current pre-set schedule task, is there any settings that need to be changed to make it works?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
    <Author>MYDOMAIN\SERVER1</Author>
    <SecurityDescriptor>D:AR(A;OICI;GA;;;BA)(A;OICI;GR;;;BO)</SecurityDescriptor>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
    <CalendarTrigger id="Trigger 1">
      <StartBoundary>2014-07-14T21:00:00</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <ScheduleByDay>
        <DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
      </ScheduleByDay>
    </CalendarTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>Parallel</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>false</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet</Arguments>
    </Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>
Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Once again, the issue is not to run the backup manually from the command line but to have it run via the scheduled task setup by the Windows Backup software.
By default, the schedule task is to be run as NT Authority\System, and when run under this account, the backup does not start (even though account is member of Backup Operators) and job can manually be run via elevated command prompt. This is not a normal
behavior and constitute a major bug in Windows Server 2012.
From my understanding the NT Authority\System account is a built-in account from Windows that should by default be part of the Administrators group (built-in) even though it does not explicitly appears like it in AD by default.
This account shall have by default Administrators rights and Backup Operators rights (via the Administrators group) without being explicitly added to those groups (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/ms684190%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). By design
it is supposed to be the most powerful account which has unrestricted access to all local system resources. If that is not the case (as it seems) then this would constitute a major bug in Windows Server 2012 edition.
As said previously and as you confirmed, currently by default NT Authority\System on Windows 2012 server cannot start backup manually via an elevated command prompt unless it is manually added to Backup Operators (or Administrators) group. But wouldn't that
constitute a bug of Windows Server 2012?
Our server has not yet been restarted since I added NT Authority\System account to the Administrators group explicitly manually so I cannot yet confirmed it would sort the issue. Indeed it is heavily in use so cannot easily be restarted. Will confirm when
done.
We also have an additional problem where after a while of last reboot, part of the Exchange ECP can no longer be properly loaded in the web browser due to compilation error (compilation is done via NT Authority\System account which seems to no longer have
sufficient right to compile .NET code). What is strange is that it works at first and then stop working at some point... I am hopeful that adding NT Authority\System to the Administrators group would sort this issue as well but once again, that shall not be
needed!!!
Could a Windows Server 2012 update introduced some security policy changes or else that prevent NT Authority\System to have full power?

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