Re: Suppress version checking in MS04-038 security patch

From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 10/24/04


Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:48:30 -0400


"notion" <notion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:934A5582-A8C5-4A07-9197-B493B6FD7605@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply. I didn't find an answer in the security bulletin.
> Perhaps you are referring to "/o Overwrite OEM files without prompting."
> That doesn't help me.
> What I'd like to do (and previously was able to) would be to prevent the
> patch from checking the version of IE installed. For instance, normally the
> patch would only install if you had the version of IE that the patch was made
> for. I didn't see anything documented about skipping a version check of IE.

Where was *that* documented? ;o

I can see something like that for packages which use .msi or .msp
but there doesn't seem to be any mention of such a feature in the
white paper on update.exe

(Hint: see links in KB262841 which that bulletin links to.)

I wouldn't want to do that. I'd rather uninstall the thing I wanted to
reinstall and then install it again.

Notice that this is the direction implied by this article on "standardizing
the patch experience". (No reference to the words reinstall or force
but much attention given to the term uninstall.)

< http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/patch/stdpatex.mspx >

Robert

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>
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>> "notion" <notion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8F2DFE14-04DD-48A4-8E4F-42657EC65A72@microsoft.com...
>> > Previous Internet Explorer security patches used a different installer
>> > technology that allowed you to use the switch /n:v to suppress a version
>> > check during the installation of the cumulative IE security patch. MS04-038
>> > does not support this switch. Does anyone know of an undocumented method to
>> > suppress the version check? Thanks!
>>
>>
>> How about a "documented" method instead?   ;)
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-038.mspx
>>
>> Hint:   expand bullets  Security Update Information
>>     and  Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2
>>
>>
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>>
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>> 


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