Re: Windows 2000 SP4 RollUp 1 problems?

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"Neko-" <neko@xxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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> I'm using a machine running Windows 2000 Server SP4 English and is a
> DC (not a major one, so I can play with it a bit). Recently Microsoft
> released the Windows 2000 Security Roll Up Package 1, which I
> installed on a few PC's without any problems. When installing it on
> the DC machine however, it ran into some problems.
>
> When installing it from the Windows Update site, halfway through the
> installation it suddenly couldn't find a file it needed to copy. It
> wasn't located in the temporary directory the EXE was expanded to. I
> aborted the installation, but after rebooting the machine somehow the
> Internet Explorer would not start anymore. The process was in the list
> of running processes, I just never got a window to start browsing. All
> normal network connectivity remained unhampered from the looks of it.
>
> I then downloaded the actual package to a local EXE file
> (Windows2000-KB891861-x86-ENU.EXE) through another machine, and moved
> it over the network to the affected DC. Installed it, and without any
> issues it installed it as it should. Rebooted the PC... Same problem
> with IE remained. I could try starting it, but it'd hang some
> processes (I couldn't access the startbar anymore, couldn't run
> EXPLORER.EXE and such), and not display a browse window. Killing the
> IEXPLORE.EXE process released everything again allowing me to proceed
> with normal operation. I tried reinstalling IE, but this just stated
> that I had the latest components already. Reinstalling IE (after a few
> hitches) also did not provide for a solution.
>
> Then the Automatic Updates came around stating it had downloaded new
> updates, and it asked me if it could install them. Well... seeing I
> had a minor issue already, any further updates (among two or three
> security updates, IE had an update listed) might solve it. So I
> agreed. Left the window open for a night, but nothing got installed.
>
> I then booted up the machine in safemode with network support. Tried
> IE... Started normally. Browsed to the Windows Update site, and
> installed the available critical updates. No problems whatsoever. It
> installed normally, and asked for a reboot. No problem... Rebooted the
> machine. Tried IE... No go. IE still exhibits the same problem. As a
> work-around I installed FireFox... That one connects to the internet
> without any problems. So something appearantly is loaded on normal
> boot that interferes with the functioning if IE.
>
> I'd be content with using that if it wasn't for the fact that I
> noticed some other problems. Not that the machine needs the software
> (I may remove it alltogether, but it may help out pointing to a cause
> of the whole) but AdAware had issues updating. It managed to update
> eventually tho. SpyBot S&D updated without issues, SpywareBlaster
> however hangs when trying to update the signature files. SpySweeper
> appearantly likes to go the same way as IE, and refuses to start
> alltogether. Lastly, the machine is running SETI (the CPU has got to
> do something when it's not being used much), and I've noticed that
> that machine seems unable to connect to the SETI website for returning
> it's results packet.
>
> The network connectivity isn't hampered and FireFox connects out to
> the internet normally, so I'm ruling out the possibility of TCPIP
> dying on me or the networkcard having issues. Also since IE works when
> running in safemode, I kinda rule out an issue with IE itself (and as
> a result any of the other programs aswell), and am looking more for an
> underlying problems within the OS. Appearantly some part of that
> RollUp package (and perhaps because of the failed first install) is
> interfering with normal operation of the machine, or atleast certain
> programs. As I said, it's not the primary machine, but I do like to
> keep any machine functional as much as possible.
>
> Tho one would expect that if the package was successfully installed on
> a later pass that any file conflicts or registry issues should've been
> taken care of.
>
> The logfiles do not yield any real errors that might point to the
> cause of the issue. There is a message (right after restarting the
> machine) depicted in the application log:
>
> EventID 61 - Warning - WMI ADAP was unable to process the RemoteAccess
> performance library due to a time violation in the open function.
>
(http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=61&eventno=21&source=WinMgmt&pha
se=1)
>
> I do not use any performance counters on that machine, so I'm biased
> to go with the second noted on that page:
>
> Woodrow Wayne Collins (Last update 3/11/2004):
> If this error appears at the same time as the system is rebooting, no
> action is necessary as it is to be expected.
>
> The Systemlog yields an error 8022 - Warning - The browser was unable
> to retrieve a list of domains from the browser master <OTHERPC> on the
> network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{47D422E2-33A7-4E9D-8E50-CB519A8D9B64}.
> The data is the error code.
> The data depicts: 0000: 47 00 00 00 G...
>
>
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=8022&eventno=453&source=BROWSER&phase=1
>
> This also does not look like a real cause for problems. Since both are
> warnings, I discard 'm both as not being real issues.
>
> So I'm turning here to see if anyone might have some idea what is
> going on, and what might be done about it.
>
> Thanks in advance for any comment, feedback or solution provided.
>
> Neko-


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