Hello all
well.. on all my windows 2012 server installs i always had device setup manager errors.. at first i didnt paied to it too much attention but after some installs i got bored of this and wanted to dig into it, especially when hyper v role is installed.
(This workaround works for domain and not domain joined hosts)
I think this is something Microsoft has to address..
I found that it happens whenever there's a creation of snapshots, so on a hyper host more frequently then on a win 2012 box without it.
whenever a snaphost is invoked doesnt' matter from what application, device setup manager involved in mounting it ask for its driver wich obviously comes from inside the box.
After a better understanding of what the problem was i wanted to dig into policies.. and here i got this 2 policies to workaround it..
local computer , turn off windows update device driver searching and specify search order for device driver source locations.
After disabling the first and enabling the second by choosing search windows update only if needed my errors gone away.
It sounds like windows 2012 has a problem with the driver in the box so with these policies after a first local search going to WU for the driver solves it.
Would like someone from Microsoft address better this.. Thanks
Hope it helps someone..
Regards