Re: Being prompted for Updates that have been installed???
- From: "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:27:32 -0500
"Mark D" <MarkD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What appears to be broken is the reboot process that is supposed
> to put in the system files that are in use during the update.
What is often thought in that case is that a user's security programs
if not disabled may be interfering with the renaming procedure.
Did you have your security programs disabled over the reboot
(or try rebooting in safe mode which would also probably prevent such
potential interference)?
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> Well, I seem to be the only one posting to my question.
>
> Have done much more investigation and have discovered a resolution to the
> Microsoft Update problem and will probably need to take this to another forum
> for further discussion.
>
> What I determined is that Microsoft Update is working just fine. What
> appears to be broken is the reboot process that is supposed to put in the
> system files that are in use during the update.
>
> How did I determine this.... I looked at the KBxxxxxx.log files that are in
> the Windows directory. In those near the end of the log, there is mention of
> files that are (delayed) and they have names like SETx.tmp. If you check the
> properties of the tmp files, you will notice that they directly correlate to
> those files (delayed).
>
> To FIX the symptoms of problem, I booted to Windows PE, renamed all the DLLs
> that I wrote down to .tmp and then renamed each file named SETx.tmp to the
> appropriate DLL name. The versions of the SETx.tmp files are those
> referenced in the KB article.
>
> This resulted in a MUCH more stable and functional OS. I carried it further
> to other tmp files I located in Windows\system32\usmt
>
> It is interesting to note that the creation of the SETx.tmp files are always
> created with a unique name. If you try and install the update over and
> over....... you get an additional copy of the files that are not installed.
> Consequently you really start using up the storage space on the drive with
> multiple copies with different names. In my case, there was 260 MB of tmp
> files created.
>
> --
> MD
>
>
> "Mark D" wrote:
>
>> Forgot to include the list of updates.
>>
>> There was 6 on Friday, but somehow I have reduced it to 5... accidentally
>>
>> Cumulative Security update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP (KB896688)
>> Security update for Windows XP(KB896424)
>> Security update for Windows XP(KB900725)
>> Security update for Windows XP(KB902400)
>> Security update for Windows XP(KB905749)
>>
>> Security update for Windows XP(KB905414) Seems to have gone away finally.
>> --
>> MD
>>
>>
>> "Mark D" wrote:
>>
>> > I have 5 critical updates that do not seem to get installed properly. I have
>> > tried one at a time, in numeric order, downloading and installing in safe
>> > mode...
>> >
>> > I don't get any errors, I get success messages for installs. Then when I
>> > return the the update site or when the Automatic Update notification pops up,
>> > the same 5 updates are there...
>> >
>> > I have reset the Automatic Updates forlder by stopping the service and
>> > removing the directory.
>> >
>> > Nothing seems to work. I have Adaware, Spybot, and Spyblaster spyware
>> > scanners running as well as McAfee Antivirus 8i. I have even scanned online
>> > using Trend Micro's online scanner. Can't find any significant issues with
>> > spyware or virus'.
>> >
>> > I do get explorer.exe crashing after a reboot because it attempt to access
>> > restricted memory. DEP seems to be configured correctly. After the crash, I
>> > log off and on and usually everything works just fine.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions welcome.
>> > --
>> > MD
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