When Windows automatic update suddenly stops updating Windows automatically

Recently we noticed that some of our test and dev servers were not updating automatically through Windows or Microsoft update. It was real pain to find why this happened. There are numerous threads in the Internet about failed Windows update, and it is very hard to find the right answer. Luckily, I found a post …

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: ‘ammintrin.h’: No such file or directory

I can not compile my C++ projects after installing ‘Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033)’, see my yesterday’s post: Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033) failed with Code 643. Visual Studio 2010 shows the following error: 1>—— Build started: Project: some_project_name_i_am_hiding, Configuration: Debug Win32 —— 1> stdafx.cpp 1>c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual …

Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033) failed with Code 643

Yesterday tried to install ‘Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (KB2455033)’ via Windows update on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit but it failed with Code 643. Installation constantly failed with Code 643 – Some updates were not installed. Currently Google search does not shows anything useful, however Microsoft Connect have listed 4 workarounds. I tried …