2016 Essentials - The good old Connector Software issue :/

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  1. itsmemario1

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    Hum, yes, thats the problem. A broken windows (update) and/or missing services. ^^

    My link above claims it got fixed by MS by now, while its not.
    Your link beeing from 2019 also has more reports than solutions (that I tried), but thanks. :)
     
  3. MrG

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    #4 MrG, Feb 1, 2021
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    I had a similar problem as you today, though not exactly the same.
    Yesterday I installed a new copy of NAV 360 so I wanted to BU the 2 PCs & 1 Laptop I installed it on.
    The Main rig went smooth so did the laptop.

    When I got to the Test rig it wanted to install W10 v2004 (have 19H2) so I tried to defer it using gpedit, that failed so I just let it install.
    Afterword's I uninstalled the Connector & DL & installed it again... FAIL to connect using Launchpad.
    Next I updated the 0.0.0.0.DNS settings using the Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, still no joy.
    So I uninstalled the Connector again.

    So I read my notes from previously w/ screenshot (attached) & deleted the (8) entries in Task Scheduler/Microsoft/Windows/Windows Server Essentials.
    Restarted the PC again, installed Connector again & was off to the races.
    HTH
    WSE2016 BU admin_  2eaTryB.jpg
     
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    Interesting. Thanks ! Also your previous MS forum link got an "update". Pretty annoying anway. :/
     
  5. MrG

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    My same WSE2016 Connector problem happened again updating from 19H2 to 20H2 builds for the PC backup Windows 10 OS.
    I went through the same steps again starting w/
    1. Uninstalling 'Connector'.
    2. Update the DNS settings (as above)
    3. Delete 8 items in the Task Scheduler (as above)
    4. Restart PC
    5. Install 'Connector' per my WSE2016 Installation guide for small businesses.
    &
    My WSE2016 backup began for that Test rig test.
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    This was good news as I also have a x86 Win10 install on that PC w/ a favorite 16bit app & it still works on this newer feature update.
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    This WSE2016 BU w10/partition had another problem (I fixed after mutable tries) after the update as it wouldn't shut down, but that's going to be another thread/post on another day.