Re: Windows update v5, where is the history file on my HD

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From: Derek (Derek_at_noisp.invalid)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:51:23 +0200

Georgia
I had the Control Panel>Automatic Updates>"Notify me but don't automatically
download or install them" checked, yet still "Software Distribution Service
2.0" was automatically implemented. If it was as simple as setting the
"Automatic Updates in the Control Panel to override this automatic updates
for SP2, do you think Torgeir would bother to explain the "services.msc"
method?
Derek

"Parkers-Georgia & Bob" <ashbroke@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:eHW8EpkgEHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Thanks - I think the other method worked too, and I had no reason to
delete
> folders as mentioned in his post. Hopefully he will verify this.
>
> I keep getting the stupid ESENT message in my Event Viewer, and it happens
> when I am not even using the system, so obviously it is not being
generated
> by any action on my part. How on earth do I get rid of this issue, which
is
> cluttering up the listing in my Event Viewer, making it difficult to spot
> other events quickly which might be meaningful ones?
>
> And thanks for the info on System Restore - I won't bother to do that
since
> it will have no effect.
> Georgia
>
>
> "Derek" <Derek@noisp.invalid> wrote in message
> news:u5MhJcjgEHA.396@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Georgia
> > I have tried to roll back to the day before the Software Distribution
> > Service 2.0 change (using System Restore), initially I got the comment
> that
> > it was not possible to restore that date but at a second attempt it
> appeared
> > to roll back. However the file C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsUpdate\V4 is
still
> > empty and the Windows update page is still v5.
> > Have a look at the fourth post in this thread, where Torgeir Bakken
> explains
> > how to disable the "Automatic Updates".
> > Derek
> >
> >
> > "Parkers-Georgia & Bob" <ashbroke@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:Oqzi3KjgEHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > I have the same questions. My files were also deleted by the v5
> automatic
> > > install. I had never allowed Windows Update to download and install
> > without
> > > allowing me to review the updates first before this stupid v5 did its
> own
> > > thing. Why does v5 have the right to override my chosen settings?
> > >
> > > Will a system restore to prior to that install revert everything back
to
> > v4?
> > >
> > > I have since turned off the automatic update feature because when I
got
> > the
> > > WUD icon in my taskbar after the v5 install, instead of a choice to
> review
> > > the update (forgot what it was) I had a greyed out box with a
checkmark
> > and
> > > the only two options were INSTALL or CANCEL. When I cancelled, the
icon
> > did
> > > not go away so I immediately opted to stop all automatic
> > > updates/notifications/whatever (using Control Panel, Windows Update
> > > settings, checking bottom option) - since I was concerned someone else
> at
> > > the computer might end up doing an install if they clicked that
taskbar
> > > notification icon by mistake.
> > >
> > > This entire arrangement is unacceptable to me, that Windows/Microsoft
> > should
> > > take control of our systems in such a way that we cannot even CHOOSE
> > anymore
> > > if we want updates or not! In the past I would read this group to see
> > what
> > > errors came along with buggy updates before downloading them. Now I
> don't
> > > want them at all! I certainly will not want SP2 since IBM and other
huge
> > > corporations are uncomfortable with it :-(
> > >
> > > At the Windows Update site, my installation history was still there
last
> > > time I checked (after the v5 update). However, if I should choose to
> > install
> > > an update, will the CUSTOM option for downloads allow me to review
them
> > > first?????
> > >
> > > I would appreciate some responses from MSVPs on this. I am very
> concerned
> > > that v5 has taken over the review process and taken it away from me.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Georgia
> > >
> > >
> > > "Derek" <Derek@noisp.invalid> wrote in message
> > > news:eUZ9zjigEHA.3272@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > Torgeir
> > > > In the case of the two computers where the files were deleted when
v5
> > was
> > > > automatically installed and the files/folders removed (I have since
> > > disabled
> > > > the automatic install facility as per your first post in this
thread),
> > can
> > > I
> > > > expect trouble when the time comes to install SP2 (not yet offered
to
> > our
> > > > three computers)?
> > > > Derek
> > > >
> > > > "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in
> message
> > > > news:%23n%23o1ghgEHA.704@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Derek wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Torgeir,
> > > > > > Thank you for the explanation.
> > > > > > For your interest I have access to three computer which have
been
> > > > changed
> > > > > > from v4 to v5.
> > > > > > Two had v4 changed whilst downloading Hotfixes, the first of
these
> > has
> > > > > > C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsUpdate\V4 (but V4 was emptied during the
> > change
> > > > to
> > > > > > v5), the second has lost the C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsUpdate
> (Windows
> > > > update
> > > > > > has been deleted during the change to v5).
> > > > > > The third computer was manually changed from v4 to v5 by going
to
> > the
> > > v4
> > > > > > page, changing the v4 to v5 in the URL and pressing "Go". This
> > > computer
> > > > has
> > > > > > C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsUpdate\V4\iuhist.xml.
> > > > > > So with three computers we have three different results when
> > changing
> > > v4
> > > > to
> > > > > > v5. This does not install much confidence before changing to
SP2.
> > > > > > Derek
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, strange indeed. But note that this is a WU5 issue and not a
SP2
> > > > > issue as far as I can see.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> > > > > Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> > > > > the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
> > > >
> > > >
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