Re: Failure to install KB938371

I too am in a similar predicament, ALL other Updates Install Fine, only problem with KB938371, Before I realised what was happening, ALL my other restore points were "overwritten" So I can't go back & try out the things mentioned below....In WindowsXP the only thing preventing carrying out a System Restore was the available amount of space given to the system restore, so you could have restore points say weeks or even months previously,

With Vista after KB938371 continually saved restore points, after about 15 attempts to Install, No restore points were visible "before" the 12th February, even though it was only the 15th February!!!!! I wish MS would give the option to create a restore point or NOT!!!!

If MS know that some problems exist with certain updates, why "Roll" them out all at the same time!!!!!!

What is the point telling people NOW to install these updates seperately & via a standalone Installation, when you know certain people will have problems!!!!! I have my system setup to Automatically Download & Install Updates just like MS recommend....Are you now saying that I shouldn't, as Updates even from MS can't be trusted to perform as they should do???

Just my 2 cents worth....

Sorry to hijack your thread

Regards

Grzyb
"Willem Overbeeke" <WillemOverbeeke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A6C558C6-16E6-498E-9100-D266C47C8EEE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear Tunkytoy,

Unfortunately that option is not open to me. As part of the site policy on
Wednesday every week an assessment of system stability is performed, and, if
satisfactory, all but the latest restore points are deleted.

So, my only recourse would be to security backups, but then I face the
problem of re-installing whatever else was installed after KB937287 + all
other registry changes. This, at the moment at least, I deem a
disproportional effort. I hope there will be another way of getting KB938371
on board. After all, a lot of people who DID install KB937827 WERE successful
in installing KB938171 as well.

Further advice would be appreciated.

Regards,


"TUNKYTOY" wrote:


Your problem maybe because you installed KB937287 with other updates in
the same session and for some reasons not clear messes up install
updates on some machines and especially KB938371. You cannot uninstall
KB937287 but you can possibly do a system restore prior to its
installtion date. If so download the standalones for both. Install
KB937287 first (no reboot required) then install KB938371 and reboot. I
had the same problem until I read the article below and it worked
perfectly. I also went offline, disabled anti-virus, windows firewall
and browser prior to installing to be on the safe side.

The article that set me on to this :
Quote
In what is hopefully not a harbinger of bad tidings for Vista SP1
itself, Microsoft product manager Nick White announced in the Windows
Vista blog on Feb. 19 that patch 937287 was being pulled from
distribution due to the issues it was causing on some machines.

You can prevent the reboot problem from occurring by installing patch
937287 separately, not at the same time as any other updates. Several
people have been able to fix affected machines by rolling Windows back
to an earlier restore point, and then installing 937287 manually. This
procedure has been described in Joaquim Anguas's blog.

To obtain 937287 and install it separately, you should visit
Microsoft's official Download Center to get the 32-bit version or the
64-bit version.
End Quote


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TUNKYTOY
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