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When you have limited size profile or limited user permission on Terminal Server.

Even if Autoupdate is running user will be unable to install it and will get stuck in some temporary folder.

To disable Adobe autoupdate you have 2 oprions.

First is:Go to c:Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\UpdaterX (where X can be a number depending on you Adobe version)
Rename the following files Adobe_Updater.exe and AdobeUpdaterInstallMgr.exe

Second is:By deploying the following registry file via GPO

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\9.0\Updater]
"bShowAutoUpdateConfDialog"=dword:00000000
"bShowNotifDialog"=dword:00000000
"iUpdateFrequency"=dword:00000000

Change the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\7.0\Updater according to your Acrobat version

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Scenario:

User is not been reconnected to same Terminal Server session.

The consequences can be duplicated sessions, profile location lose, locked files on storage and more.
After few hours I found that Microsoft have A HotFix that addresses the issue

KB article is: KB977541

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I got this after installing some update, can’t say exactly which.
The problem symptom is that when you type anything in search bar it looks like that

To solve it.

Go to Run> type regedit.exe

Navigate to :HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{EF87B4CB-F2CE-4785-8658-4CA6C63E38C6}\TopViews\

You will see a key named {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Just rename it to anything else like {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.Orig

After you rename the key , start Task manager and kill the explorer.exe process

Run the process again from file>New Task (Run..)

Type in bar explorer.exe

And Walla!

It works!

Microsoft published a hotfix that addresses the issue in Windows 7 and 2008R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977380

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In Vista Windows 2008  or Windows 7 when  you right-click the network icon in the navigation area, but it does not take you directly to the Network Connections properties as we are used to in Windows XP 2000 or 2003 .
You can access Network Connections management menu by running ncpa.cpl from run menu or you can create a shortcut that will access those menu by key combination.

To create ncpa.cpl shortcut

• Right-click on the desktop
• Click: New>Shortcut
• Type the location of the item: ncpa.cpl 
  
• Choose a suitable name, e.g. ‘Network Connection’
   
• Right-click on the newly created shortcut
• Select Properties and seek the dialog box called Shortcut Key.
      Simply over-type ‘None’ with the combination that suits you, for example:
      Ctrl +Alt +N.  Start by holding the Ctrl key, ‘None’ should change.
   
• Now by pressing on Ctrl +Alt+N Network Connection Properties will Open.

Creating shortcuts using control panel applets (CPL files) can be be very useful.
Here is a list of common CPL files which can be used.

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If “Install virtual machine guest service installation” is unavailable and grayed out, don’t panic. Just shut down the guest machine and it will become available.
It is not a bug, it is by design.

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During Installation you receive the “Setup Failed due to insufficient permissions.  Please make sure that the current User has local administrator permissions.  Error: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security.” error.

The reason is “UAC – User Account Control in Server 2008” You must turn it off from control panel or run setup.exe as administrator.
Read here how to disable User Account Control in Server 2008

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Although IP v6 is the next thing , if you not going to use it it can be simply disabled.

To disable IP v6 go to Start >Run type ncpa.clp and hit enter.
You will receive your network adapters list.

Press right click and properties on each adapter and remove selection from “internet protocol version 6”

After you remove it run the following command from command prompt :
Remember you must run Command Prompt as administrator

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User Account Control (UAC) is a security component in Windows Vista/7 and 2008 .

It allows user to perform tasks with non administrative privileges. Some times the feature need’s to be disabled.

To disable it Click Start>Control Panel>User Accounts
In the User Accounts  window, remove selection from “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help your computer”

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Since windows Vista and Windows 2008 when performing some system tasks in command prompt ,
you must run CMD with administrative privileges.

To do that navigate to All Programs>Accessories right click on Command Prompt and chose “Run as administrator”

You can chose Command Prompt to run always with administrative privileges.
To do that navigate to All Programs>Accessories right click on Command Prompt and chose “Properties”
Under properties navigate to “shortcut” and press advanced
Select Run as Administrator and OK.

From now CMD will run always as Administrator

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 or former AdminPack

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7D2F6AD7-656B-4313-A005-4E344E43997D&displaylang=en

File name for x64 platform: amd64fre_GRMRSATX_MSU.msu

File name for x64 platform:x86fre_GRMRSAT_MSU.msu

RSAT for Windows 7 Help: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449475%28WS.10%29.aspx

Also See

RSAT for VISTA

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista X86

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9FF6E897-23CE-4A36-B7FC-D52065DE9960&displaylang=en

File name: Windows6.0-KB941314-x86_en-US.msu

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista X64

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D647A60B-63FD-4AC5-9243-BD3C497D2BC5&displaylang=en

File name: Windows6.0-KB941314-x64_en-US.msu

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