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A Fix for the Lync 2010 Control Panel Crash Issue on VMWare

By Curtis Johnstone, on March 21st, 2013

For those living with the annoying issue of the Lync Server 2010 Control Panel crashing on a VMWare image, a fix has quietly been released in the form of a new update to Silverlight (which was the underlying cause).

The original issue was caused by a Silverlight 5.x update (specifically Silverlight 5.1.10411.0) and the only workaround was to rollback to Silverlight 4.x. This was annoying when updates applied to the image re-upgraded Silverlight to the 5.1 version and the issue surfaced again.

On March 12, 2013 Microsoft released an update to Silverlight 5: see MS13-022: Vulnerability in Silverlight could allow remote code execution.

This updates Silverlight to be 5.1.20125.0 and . . . → Read More: A Fix for the Lync 2010 Control Panel Crash Issue on VMWare

Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on March 21st, 2013

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Recent Lync Control Panel Issue (AdminUIHost AppCrash)

By Curtis Johnstone, on May 17th, 2012

March 2013 Update: A fix for this issue is now available. See A Fix for the Lync 2010 Control Panel Crash Issue on VMWare for more information.

I have experienced an issue recently with the Lync Control Panel crashing on several Lync servers. It appears the problem is caused by a recent Silverlight 5 update, but may or may not surface on all Lync servers. The issue is being investigated, but in the meantime, if you are experiencing this issue there are two easy workarounds:

Launch the Lync Control Panel from a web browser using the pool FQDN. This will take the form: https://<pool_FQDN>/CSCP. Don’t forget the “s” or a . . . → Read More: Recent Lync Control Panel Issue (AdminUIHost AppCrash)

Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on May 17th, 2012

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