Erwin Bierens

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Enable God Mode for Windows 10 and Windows Server

The steps shown in this post will work on Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. When activated, it is a folder that contains links to all of the settings of your Windows system. How to enable God Mode in Windows 10 To enable God Mode in windows 10 login to the Windows 10 client with account that has administrative privileges. Create a new folder on the desktop. Continue reading

Disable .NET Framework 4.8 from Windows Update

About the .NET Framework 4.8 The .NET Framework 4.8 is an in-place upgrade to versions 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and 4.7 of the .NET Framework. In case of Exchange / Skype for Business Server 2015 if you don’t have the corresponsing CU patch or product level we will need to block the automatic installation through Windows Update of the .NET Framework 4.8 patch. These steps describes how to perform this blocking action. Continue reading

Error 0x800705b4 in Windows Update

2018-10-31 1 min read Windows Server 2016 Erwin Bierens
Recently i was installing some new servers in my lab environment and ran in to this Windows Update error 0x800705b4. / Fix the Windows Update issue Microsoft provides Windows Update troubleshooter which will detect the problem and (try) to fix it. Try using this method to fix the 0x800705b4 error. Type troubleshoot in Cortana/Search at the bottom left corner of desktop. Click Troubleshooting on the pop-up menu. Click System and Security Continue reading

Disable .NET Framework 4.7 from Windows Update

Microsoft posted a blog about .NET 4.7 with Exchange is not supported yet. (link) About the .NET Framework 4.7 The .NET Framework 4.7 is an in-place upgrade to versions 4, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, and 4.6.2 of the .NET Framework. In case of Exchange we will need to block the automatic installation through Windows Update of the .NET Framework 4.7 patch. These steps describes how to perform this blocking action. Continue reading