HOW-TO Microsoft Windows Store apps fail to update – Error 0x803FB002

HOW-TO Microsoft Windows Store apps fail to update - Error 0x803FB002
Tweet Sometimes when you have a Windows Store app on Windows 10 there is an update available. So you get a nice fly-out that there is one. And you think, ok let’s do this update! You click ‘Okay’ to update, and then: ERROR But why? And how to resolve this error… First what happens: And ...

Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation 1

Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation
Tweet On a machine running Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or even Windows Server 2012, 2012R2 or 2016 you can get a strange error when sysprepping the machine. Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation. (Error 0x8007139f) Normally this is true because you can’t sysprep an upgraded machine. But I had this in a ...

Windows Installer Error Codes

Tweet When working with Windows msi installers you sometimes run into some kind of error or message. Here is an overview of the most common errors or messages. They are most commonly found at the end of your installer log (always install with logging ;-)) usually prefaced by “MainEngineThread is returning”. This is the place ...