Re: KB946648 Setup Error Message

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Thanks....I did this as instructed and it still didn't work.

Going to the site you gave me...I ran the update and the error message I got was the same as I attached in my original post:

"Required installation branch was not found in INF file."

I also tried downloading from the update site and it went through everything to install, BUT, I got this message:

"Some Updates could not be installed:
The following were not installed:
Security Update for Windows XP (KB946648)"

(This is the message that I have gotten every other time I tried it from the update site.)

When I've gone to other pages for help...I get lost as to what do I do now!

I am still running SP2...mainly, because when I decided to venture out and download SP3, it wouldn't install....

Thanks,

Corrine

"nass" <nass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D99056D3-66FB-4206-B3F3-CC770AB1CE59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


"*Corrine*" wrote:

> I have been trying to install this update for a couple of weeks...and it seems to install, but then gives me a message that it failed to install. I have never gotten a error number nor any reason for why it won't install. Today I went to this page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8f588f7e-c4ed-42a0-b157-54b1eda60474&DisplayLang=en and tried to download it here. I followed instructions and it seemed to install, BUT, I got the error message (attached) this time.
>
> I haven't a clue what this means...except that I'm missing something! I hope it's nothing totally serious.
>
> Hope I've asked this question in the correct group.....my first time being here......
>
> Thanks....
>
> Corrine


Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you perform a new Windows XP
installation or you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144


Open a notepad and copy and paste the following into it and save as
update.bat on your desktop. Double click the bat file to excute and click
[Yes to register the dlls and reboot your machine and see if that will help!

regsvr32 wuweb.dll
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll

Reboot your machine and try to download the security KB.
Security Update for Windows XP (KB946648)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8F588F7E-C4ED-42A0-B157-54B1EDA60474&displaylang=en

Or let us know the exact verbatim error message you get.
HTH,
nass
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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

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