HP Officejet 7500A - Call to Driver Package Uninstall returned error 5

Issue

Something went wrong when a user was installing HP Officejet 7500A multi-functional A3 printer software from HP website. The printer doesn't appear in Windows 10 Settings > Printers & Scanners. In the old Control Panel > Devices and Printers it appears under Unspecified devices, but fails to print or display printer properties. The printer is connected via USB cable.

Reinstalling HP software and drivers doesn't help. Trying to uninstall HP Officejet 7500 E910 Basic Device Software fails with the following error:

HP Officejet 7500 E910 Basic Device Software
Call to Driver Package Uninstall returned error 5 for package
"C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\hpwia_oj7500_e910.inf_amd64_a273b0b47eb558ad\hpwia_oj7500_e910.inf":
A caller of DnverPackagelnstall must be a member of the Administrators group to install a driver package.

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Windows Server 2012 stuck in reboot loop installing updates

Issue

Windows Server 2012 Foundation stuck in a reboot loop while installing updates. The server starts with a message "Configuring Updates - Stage 1 of 4", shortly after it reboots and the same happens again.

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Intel Optane Memory Pinning - Unable to load DLL

Issue

Windows 10 displays the following error every time user right-clicks in Windows Explorer. Sometimes the same error appears without any user action.

Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning
Unable to load DLL
'iaStorAfsServiceApi.dll': The specified module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007001
Windows Explorer

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Can't run .vbs with Windows Task Scheduler - Open With...

Issue

Cannot run a simple .vbs script using Windows Task Scheduler. The script runs just fine if launched manually. However, if it's run from a scheduled task as a currently logged on user, Open With dialogue opens. If it's run from a scheduled task under a different user account, nothing happens and task stays in Running state indefinitely.

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