Re: MS Update #KB960859 keeps "installing" over and over + other p

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry


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http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain/browse_frm/thread/bf97089a317b3cf1/

Dublin wrote:
What does your script do? I'm not too keen to run scripts on my
computer if I cant be sure that it is safe.

It is a vbscript (so you can download it and edit it if you want) - but it
essentially writes a key to your registry so that when something checks if
the KB article in question is installed or not, it sees it listed and
assumes it is (whether or not it is.)

HKey Local
Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB960859\

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