WSUS 3.0 INSTALL ERROR ON WINDOWS SERVER 2008 SP2 X64

This took me 4 nights to figure out how to fix the installation error and get the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2 going on a Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64 server. I guess it must be common for people to encounter the problem I had as it appears to be the WSUS 3.0 SP2's fault that doesn't recognise x64 Windows properly.

How to : Deploy & Configure WSUS 3.0 SP2

Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2) provides a comprehensive solution for managing updates to your network. So, rather than having every computer in your organization download megabytes worth of updates over the internet, you can configure a WSUS server to be the only computer that downloads updates and than you configure every other computer in your organization to use the WSUS server as the source of update files.

How to : nslookup Common Usage Examples

NSLOOKUP is a basic command line utility for DNS queries, it’s built into Windows and should be a tool you’re familiar with. Here are some real world examples which I deem common queries.

Query A and PTR records

This is as straight forward as you can get. NSLOOKUP FQDN or NSLOOKUP x.x.x.x

How to : Attrib Shortcut Virus Set All Files In All Drive From Hidden

Usually when virus hide files and it also remove folder options it is much difficult to get the files quickly if one is in hurry.I’m going to tell the the way in which you can unhide all the hidden files.

* use this command for all the folders in the drive. attrib -s -r -h *.* /s /d /l

Steps 1

1. Go to Start > Run > type cmd
2. Dos will open type cd\
3. Now type the drive letter in which you want to Unhide the files lets suppose in my case its E: this will open the E: drive

How to : Determine Which .NET Framework Versions Are Installed

To find the installed .NET Framework versions manually (versions 1-4)

1. On the Start menu, choose Run.
2. In the Open box, enter regedit.exe.
   You must have administrative credentials to run regedit.exe.
3. In the Registry Editor, open the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP
   The installed versions are listed under the NDP subkey. The version number is stored in the Version entry. For the .NET Framework 4 the Version entry is under the Client or Full subkey (under NDP), or under both subkeys.

   Note
   The "NET Framework Setup" folder in the registry does not begin with a period.

To find the installed .NET Framework versions manually (versions 4.5 and later)

1. On the Start menu, choose Run.
2. In the Open box, enter regedit.exe.
   You must have administrative credentials to run regedit.exe.
3. In the Registry Editor, open the following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full
   Check for a DWORD value named Release. The existence of the Release DWORD indicates that the .NET Framework 4.5 or newer has been installed on that computer.