Re: (KB928366) Failing




Daniel_L;3002965 Wrote:
"debilman@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:

On Jul 11, 8:38 am, NorthDakotaBrian
<NorthDakotaBr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I got the same unexplained "update failed" type error. Followed
this advice
and got to a more detailed problem description, but it still fails
because
I'm not clear on what to do.

"EyeNoZero" wrote:

This update failed 5 times. I feel like a bad day is coming. Maybe
not
tomorrow..but soon. Total reformat over a weekend.

As I painfully learned today, this is a common problem. Free Microsoft
security support has been swamped with phone calls at 866-727-2338.
Fortunately they're being very nice about it and walk you through the
steps
to overcome the installation problems for the ,Net 1.1 and .Net 2.0
security
updates issued July 10, 2007. The bizarre nature of this is that tech
support told me that these updates work fine if you do not already have
.net
framework 1.1 or .net framework 2.0 installed -- heck, why would you
update
them if you don't have them already installed? Such is the joy of
dealing
with tech support overseas at 2 a.m. their time.

Also you need to keep the 3 versions of .net framework on your
computer
(1.1, 2.0, and 3.0) -- they are not cumulative. Different applications
require different versions of .net framework to function.

I'll try to repeat their step by step instructions so you don't have
to
call. It worked fine on my Windows XP Pro, SP2 computer; it did not
work on
my wife' similar computer.

Read through them first before you do anything -- especially the
caution at
the end.

The steps from Microsoft Security Tech Support and from Aaron
Stebner's
Weblog at upnet.notlong.com -- Microsoft Tech Support actually took me
there
first.

(1) Try to perform a standard uninstall of the .net framework for which
you
could not install the July 10 security update. Of course, you do this
in the
Control Panel's Add-Remove Programs.

(2) If this fails to completely remove the .net framework you've
targeted,
then you'll want to download the tool from Stebner's Weblog -- this is
the
tool that Microsoft Tech Support uses and recommends. The file name is
dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip . Unzip the file and run it. You will get to
choose
which versions (1.0, 1.1, 2.0) of .net framework you want to uninstall
and
clean up. While Mr. Stebner warns against simply uninstalling the .net
frameworks, Microsoft Tech Support had me run this tool without first
attempting the standard uninstall. On my computer this worked just
fine.

Stebner warns:
There are a couple of very important caveats that you should read
before
using this tool to cleanup .NET Framework bits on your machine:
1. You should try to perform a standard uninstall first. This tool is
not
designed as a replacement for uninstall, but rather as a last resort
for
cases where uninstall or repair did not succeed for unusual reasons.
2. This cleanup tool will delete shared files and registry keys used
by
other versions of the .NET Framework. So if you use it, be prepared to
repair
or reinstall any other versions of the .NET Framework that are on your
computer to get them to work correctly afterwards

Download the tool completely uninstall .net frameworks 1.0, 1.1, and
2.0.

(3) Reboot your computer after uninstalling/cleaning up the .net
frameworks
you want to remove. NOte that when you restart your computer, any
application
that is dependent on a .net framework version that you uninstalled will
not
work. Be patient -- they'll work once you've reinstalled the
appropriate .net
framework(s).

(4) Run Windows Update - custom. It should show all of the .net
frameworks
not currently installed on your computer. Now you have probably not
worried
about .net framework 3.0 since there was no security update for it. But
there
is a regular update for it. You will probably find these .net
frameworks
under "High Priority," but more likely under "Software, Optional." You
can
download ALL of the .net frameworks and updates that are visible to you
here
-- 1.1, 2.0, 3.0.

(5) After they've installed, reboot your computer.

(6) Now, the .net framework 1.1 that you just installed includes the
latest
security update (Microsoft made this change today, July 12, 2007). You
should
NOT try to install that update. So you should go back to Microsoft
Update,
choose custom, and if it shows the .net framework 1.1 security pack
update
tell Microsoft Update not to show it any more. Apparently Microsoft
Update
thinks you didn't install it because it was built into the 1.1 that you
just
installed.

(7) If you uninstalled .net framework 2.0, you should have been able
to
reinstall it via Microsoft update. If it did not show up in Microsoft
update,
you can track it down online via a search engine or at Microsoft.com
and
download it and install it manually.

CAUTION. Frankly, you would be most prudent to clone your hard drive
before
running these updates -- just to give yourself some protection. On my
wife's
Windows XP Pro, SP2 computer, the .net framework 1.1 reinstall did not
take
and I could not install it because I started getting Runtime errors
from the
Microsoft Visual C++ RunTime Library. So I had to revert to a clone
after
copying all the data (the D partition) to the clone's D partition.

WTF did you say? I would rather update Linux Ubuntu 7.04 first.


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