Re: "The updatebr.inf file is invalid"

I had a similar error, probably caused by MSN messenger. What OS are you
running? It's a problem with the windows installer program.

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> Hi,
>
> Whenever I try to do Windows Update on my Windows 2003 SP1 server, it
> fails. If I manually download the hotfix, I get the error "The
> updatebr.inf file is invalid".
>
> Any idea what might be causing this or more importantly, what I can do
> about it? I can't install any security updates at the moment.
>
> Thank you!
> Adam
>


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