Short: Microsoft Hints at MSE Support in WHS

09. August 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: Microsoft, Short · Tags: , , ,

I received an email today welcoming me to the Microsoft Security Essentials beta (which is odd, as I’ve been in the MSE beta since it was first launched), as the following paragraph jumped out at me as I skimmed it:

Notice to Windows® Home Server customers: Microsoft Security Essentials Beta is not supported on Windows Home Server (WHS). Beta testers who have installed Microsoft Security Essentials Beta on WHS should consider uninstalling Microsoft Security Essentials Beta to avoid potential incompatibility problems. Those who plan to beta test Microsoft Security Essentials Beta unsupported on WHS should wait until the next Windows Home Server update rollup currently scheduled to occur on or about September 1, 2010.

Emphasis mine. It’s not a lot to go on, but Microsoft may finally be officially adding support for their own anti-virus product to Windows Home Server. In the words of Jeremy Clarkson, “Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!”

Short: Microsoft Security Essentials Upgrade Error 0×80070050

06. July 2010 · 7 comments · Categories: Microsoft, Short, Troubleshooting · Tags: , , ,

Microsoft Security EssentialsI downloaded the Microsoft Security Essentials Ongoing Beta from Microsoft Connect this evening, and as before it installed normally. However, when I tried to update it to the latest version (the setup file on Connect is very out-of-date) the definitions came in fine but the core product refused to upgrade and only provided the error code 0×80070050.

Event viewer wasn’t helpful, a reboot didn’t fix it, and neither did uninstalling/reinstalling. On a whim, though, I decided to try to the upgrade through Windows Update (after enabling Microsoft Update) and what do you know, it worked!

TL;DR Version: If you get the 0×80070050 error code while trying to upgrade MSE through the MSE program itself, enable Microsoft Update via the Windows Update Control Panel and do the upgrade from there.