Re: KB883939 Prevents WU after Install

"Jigsaw" <Jigsaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E7B32435-D232-4F47-94F9-9B1F5E77CC20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi
>
> when i install KB883939 (Cumulative Update for IE 6 SP1) it prevents Windows
> Update from working properly. I get the error 0x80072F78.
>
> To get round this i have to re-install IE6 SP1 which wipes out 4 or 5 other
> updates, reinstall them and miss out KB883939.
>
> I've also tried downloading it and installing it manually, but i still get
> the same problem.
>
> im running Windows 2000 SP4
>
> Is this a known error?


You're using the web interface to newsgroups.
Try a search?

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&mid=fe640020-4880-49da-95b4-7a30419919ed&sloc=en-us

(web interface search for
0x80072F78
- filtered by Answered Questions
)

(Post by Torgeir Bakken (MVP) citing KB articles
836985 and 871260.)


However, that answer was given last September.
Let's see if there have been any significant additions since then:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/e2631cf8826c9bf9?hl=en&;

(Google Groups search for
(0x80072F78 OR 80072F78) (MSFT OR MVP) group:microsoft.*
- sorted by date to try to capture current thinking
)

(Additional troubleshooting suggestions for this error code
by PA Bear [MVP] a couple of weeks ago.)


You can find more from each sample search
or by modifying the searches yourself.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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