Re: Repeated update installations

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I have tried this and it did not help the situation.

However I then tried another solution suggested by someone else on the
internet as this had worked for him. I found the update KB954430 on add and
remove programmes and removed it. Then I went to the windows update site and
downloaded it with the custom download option and then manually installed it
immediatly. This worked for him and seems to have worked for me too.

Thanks to Shenan Stanley and the unknown other correspondant for their help.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Repeated Installation of KB954430 Update wrote:
For some time I have had an update to install every time I close
down my computer. I thought that there cannot be that many updates
and on checking my update history I find that my computer is
repeatedly successfully installing the same update. This is
Security Update for Microsoft MXL Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2
(KB954430) Other updates are installed normally, once only. What is
wrong?

No searches, I presume...

Viewing the Knowledge Base Article for the update:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954430

Under "Known issues with this security update", you might read this:
"This security update may repeatedly appear in the update list on Microsoft
Update or on Windows Update if one of the system files is corrupted or if it
has not been updated correctly. For more information about this issue, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
[941729] Security updates for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2
may repeatedly appear in the update list on Microsoft Update or on Windows
Update"

Which naturally leads you here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941729/

Titled: "Security updates for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2
may repeatedly appear in the update list on Microsoft Update or on Windows
Update"

With this simple resolution:

To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
2. At the command prompt, type
ren %windir%\System32\msxml4.dll msxml4.old
and then press ENTER.
**Note** After you press ENTER, you may receive the following
error message. "Cannot find the file specified."
Ignore this message, and go to step 3.
3. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER.
4. Visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.update.microsoft.com
5. Download and then install the latest MSXML security update.

Try that - let everyone here know if it works so it can be added to the many
indefinitely archived postings about this same issue and those who might
search some time in the future may resolve their problem more quickly and
easily.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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