Re: SP2 Won't Install

The problem is I understand that you get a lot of lines in these update logs which look like failures when they can be safely disregarded.

Yeppers, Gerry. Start at the *end* of the log and work backwards. Knowing which errors are meaningless and which contain a clue would confuse Sherlock Holmes.

From : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093

Locating Failures in the log file
If you received a specific error message on the Windows Update Web site, follow these steps:
1. Open the Windowsupdate.log log file in Notepad. 2. On the Edit menu, click Find, and then search for the specific error message. Note The Web site displays the final error message. This final error message may have been caused by a failure that is described earlier in the Windowsupdate.log log file.
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Additionally, if you do not know which error occurred on the Windows update Web site or you want to find more information about a failure by Automatic Updates, search for the following key words:
• FATAL • WARNING Note Not all warnings are critical errors. Start with the fatal errors and then work to the top of the Windowsupdate.log log file to make sure that you have identified the correct error message.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
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Gerry Cornell wrote:

Robert

Your approach is much more sophisticated than my own. This is the post where I made the connection.

Looking again at this log in this thread. What do you make of these lines?

810.203: CheckRegistryValue: RegOpenKeyEx for SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active
Setup\Installed Components\{FDC11A6F-17D1-48f9-9EA3-9051954BAA24} KeyName
failed :0x2

It seems not to like something to do with Net Framework.

The problem is I understand that you get a lot of lines in these update logs which look like failures when they can be safely disregarded.


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