BTW - I manually resolved an IP address for http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and plugged in the IP address to the browser, so it's happily doing more patching.
I doubt that will fix the problem, however. Kurt On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 18:24, Damien Solodow <damien.solo...@harrison.edu> wrote: > Few questions: > Windows x86 or x64? > What update or build of ESX are you using? > Which virtual nic are you using? > Is the guest OS set correctly on the VM? > -------------------------- > Sent using BlackBerry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 08:14 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Subject: The arrrgghhhness of it all... > > I'm trying to install Win2k3 R2 SP2 in an ESX3.5 VM, from scratch. > It's blowing up on it big time, and I am really unhappy with it right > now. > > Sitrep: > > Install Disk1 (Win2k3 R2 SP2), reboot, then Disk2, then install the > VMWare tools, reboot, then join doimain - no problem. > > Install first round of 90+ patches from the MSFT site, minus IE8 and > the malicious software removal tool, and plus a few optional goodies, > such as .NET framework updates, reboot - no problem > > Install the second round of 43 updates, and no more DNS name > resolution. Error in the event log 11167 Dnsapi - I've looked at that, > and several other eventlog entries that probably stem from that. (17 > W32tm, 1010 MsGina, 1053 Userenv in particular) > > I've scratched the machine twice and started over, and it's the same > each time. I can resolve NetBIOS names, but it barks on any FQDN. > "Ping request could not find host ad.example.com. Please check the > name and try again." > > EventID.net isn't much help, as I've tried everything on there I can > see, and it doesn't resolve the issue. > > Anyone run into this? It's terribly weird... > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
