Re: same update-15times 15 days
From: MowGreen [MVP] (mowgreen_at_nowandzen.com)
Date: 06/07/04
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Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 17:18:20 -0700
> 8. To reward myself, I proceeded to pick up the phone and order
> pizza. I then ate it while watching TV. I suggest you do the
> same.
Good work, Singh. Pepperoni, with everything, or just anchovies? ;)
An alternative method is to boot to safe mode and delete all WMP ,
WMP.dll files, boot back to Normal mode , run WMsetup.exe, download
the update from the Microsoft Download center, install it in Safe Mode.
Then order a pizza ....
MowGreen [MVP]
*-343-* Never Forgotten
Singh wrote:
> The methods posted here didn't work for me. Even the methods
> posted on the site http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm
> didn't work for me, but they did help in finding the right
> solution.
>
> I'll post my methods here. They are a bit more extreme, but in
> the end, they worked and resolved the problem.
>
> Here is what I did step-by-step to fix the problem:
>
> 1. I uninstalled ALL Windows Media Hotfixes from add/remove.
> There were only two showing up on my add/remove panel anyway. I
> didn't uninstall the Windows XP Hotfixes. Make sure you don't
> either. Didn't Reboot.
>
> 2. Clicked on "Add/Remove Windows Components" list in Add/Remove.
> From there, unchecked Windows Media Player and uninstalled it.
> Rebooted.
>
> 3. Then I deleted ALL the keys found in the regedit folder
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows Media
> Player. Rebooted
>
> 4. Disabled Antivirus and ZoneAlarm. (At this point, Windows
> Media Player can still be run from the start menu for some
> reason, don't know why, but I reinstalled it anyways). To
> reinstall it, I went to c:\program files\windows media player and
> ran setup_wm.exe. (Make sure your firewalls like BlackIce and
> ZoneAlarm are not running or setup_wm.exe will say it can't
> download the updates). Rebooted.
>
> 5. Instead of going to Windows Update to do the system-scan
> thing, I downloaded the update file itself from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=af9cf65e-0c55-452e-a0fa-3aa165e667c1&DisplayLang=en
>
>
>
> 6. Double-clicked the file after downloading, installed it.
> Rebooted.
>
> 7. At this point, had my fingers crossed. I went to Windows
> Update and did the system scan thing. Zero critical updates
> found, good news.
>
> 8. To reward myself, I proceeded to pick up the phone and order
> pizza. I then ate it while watching TV. I suggest you do the
> same.
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