RE: problem installing critical update KB896688
- From: "Mike" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:18:02 -0700
Thanks Dan, I will try turning off my AV software, when I download it again
and try to install it. I appreciate the quick answer with your experience. It
seems there was not alot of testing with this download set. Maybe 7 or 8
items is too much for the average PC to accept?
M
"oknowhi" wrote:
> I have WinXP SP2. When I installed all the updates the other day(13th I
> think) my IE was screwed
> up. There were no drop down menu items on top toolbar showing but they would
> drop down if I scrolled over them, my start menu lost all its small icons,
> any folders I went to showed icons only and I could not change it back to
> list like I normally have them, and a few other things were "changed" I don't
> remember. So after reading the posts here, I UNINSTALLED all of the days
> updates ( I had 8 of them) and then reinstalled one by one (this time with my
> AV off) except I did not reinstall KB896688( only downloaded and saved it).
>
> What I finally did was went to KB896688 on MS downloads site and then DL it
> from there to SAVE and then decided to try it again installing from my own
> computer and now my IE and computer all works fine. I also made sure I had
> my AV disabled this time when saving it and when installing it with nothing
> else
> running or open. I think what happened when trying to DL all 8 from WIN
> Update site, something was corrupted in the process of DL or installation.
>
> If you scroll down here on this discussion board you will see many folks are
> having all sorts of problems with this months updates from MS especially I
> think if you try to take them all from the WIN Update site using Express and
> doing all of them at once.
>
> To Remove: Start/Control Panel/Add Remove Program. Tick where it says "Show
> Updates" at
> the top right of the window. Click on the update and then on remove.
>
> OR you run a SEARCH for Files. If so then>>> Look for the updates from
> this month
> KB896688, 904706,905414,905749,901017,900725,902400 and 890830(but this one
> you can't uninstall). Put it in the "All or part of file name" window and it
> will bring up the "uninstaller" for that update. Right click on it and OPEN
> it and follow instructions. Preferably maybe do one at a time on the search
> and start with 896688 as it has caused most of the problems it seems.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>
>
> "Mike" wrote:
>
> > I just downloaded and installed 7 updates yesterday successfully. Today
> > another one shows up it downloaded fine, but will not configure itself? Any
> > others having problems with this one
.
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