Re: WinXP recent updates don't succeed...eats up disk space

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Machine info: WinXP Home SP2, IE8...

Why isn't WinXP SP3 installed yet?

About IE7 & IE8 and Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/05/05/ie-and-xpsp3.aspx

Now again today I am down to ~0.5Gb free space. Every time an install
fails, it seems the disk space goes down lower and lower.

I suppose that might answer my question:

The hard disk space requirements for WinXP SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947311

You receive error messages if there is insufficient free disk space on the system drive to install the Windows XP SP3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956894

How to reclaim disk space on a Windows XP-based computer that has a hard disk capacity of 4 GB or less
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956324

Error message when you try to install Windows XP SP3: "You do not have enough free disk space on %SystemDrive% to archive the uninstall files"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949375

Before installing SP3, you might want to see http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

The .NET framework 2.0-3,.5 update succeed. "Security Update for
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (KB971090)" failed again
I believe it's running out of disk space

The reference to Regulation in the log suggests otherwise. See...

Updates are not downloaded or the "Automatic Updates" icon does not display the status of downloads when you enable the Automatic Updates service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/910340

You may be able install the updates via Windows/Microsoft Update website (WinXP): Understand that by doing so, you're pushing all other Automatic Updates users further back in the queue (which may explain, at least in part, why Automatic Updates hasn't brought them in for you yet).

If you have any problem installing KB971090, see the "How to obtain help" section of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971090
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Himanshu Gohel wrote:
Machine info: WinXP Home SP2, IE8, Office 2007, Visual Studio 2005 SP1

Recent spate of updates have made my machine extremely irritable. The
first problem I started noticing is that my C: drive kept filling up and
running low on disk space. Yes, it was a bad partitioning choice, but I
haven't managed to correct that error. Anyway I freed up about 1.5Gb to
alleviate the low disk space error and I think some more updates did
install.

Now again today I am down to ~0.5Gb free space. Every time an install
fails, it seems the disk space goes down lower and lower. I don't think
it's any malware - I keep an eye on running processes and also run MS
Forefront Client Security.

Second problems is that if I let automatic updates install updates, the
machine never shuts down...after a few times and finding that the
machine was stuck all night at the "do not shut down your computer"
message, I decided to try and install updates one at a time, manually.

The .NET framework 2.0-3,.5 update succeed. "Security Update for
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (KB971090)" failed again
(see log below). I believe it's running out of disk space again...does
it really need more than 0.5Gb to install? Remember I started off with
1.5Gb ... how can I recover all this space that I'm losing every day?

Thanks,

Himanshu


2009-08-02 12:32:28:140 1296 afc Agent *************
2009-08-02 12:32:28:140 1296 afc Agent ** START ** Agent: Installing
updates [CallerId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2009-08-02 12:32:28:140 1296 afc Agent *********
2009-08-02 12:32:28:140 1296 afc Agent * Updates to install = 1
2009-08-02 12:32:28:140 2072 c9c COMAPI - Updates to install = 1
2009-08-02 12:32:28:140 2072 c9c COMAPI <<-- SUBMITTED -- COMAPI:
Install [ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2009-08-02 12:32:28:156 1296 afc Agent * Title = Security Update for
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (KB971090)
2009-08-02 12:32:28:156 1296 afc Agent * UpdateId =
{C1BCDBBD-FD17-4032-9446-2C730A1B7F63}.102
2009-08-02 12:32:28:156 1296 afc Agent * Bundles 1 updates:
2009-08-02 12:32:28:156 1296 afc Agent *
{E94C4657-5B14-4D22-A156-84403F74F5A1}.102
2009-08-02 12:32:28:187 1296 afc Handler Attempting to create remote
handler process as ASANA\Owner in session 0
2009-08-02 12:32:28:406 1296 afc DnldMgr Preparing update for install,
updateId = {E94C4657-5B14-4D22-A156-84403F74F5A1}.102.
2009-08-02 12:36:05:609 592 f80 Misc =========== Logging initialized
(build: 7.2.6001.788, tz: -0400) ===========
2009-08-02 12:36:05:609 592 f80 Misc = Process:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2009-08-02 12:36:05:609 592 f80 Misc = Module:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuaueng.dll
2009-08-02 12:36:05:609 592 f80 Handler :::::::::::::
2009-08-02 12:36:05:609 592 f80 Handler :: START :: Handler: Command
Line Install
2009-08-02 12:36:05:609 592 f80 Handler :::::::::
2009-08-02 12:36:05:609 592 f80 Handler : Updates to install = 1
2009-08-02 12:36:50:812 592 f80 Handler : WARNING: Command line
install completed. Return code = 0x00000663, Result = Failed, Reboot
required = false
2009-08-02 12:36:50:812 592 f80 Handler : WARNING: Exit code = 0x8024200B
2009-08-02 12:36:50:843 592 f80 Handler :::::::::
2009-08-02 12:36:50:843 592 f80 Handler :: END :: Handler: Command
Line Install
2009-08-02 12:36:50:843 592 f80 Handler :::::::::::::
2009-08-02 12:36:50:843 1296 cb4 DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New
download job [UpdateId = {A9E325EF-3002-4D74-9CC4-2CE1967678FB}.101]
***********
2009-08-02 12:36:50:843 1296 cb4 DnldMgr Regulation:
{7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D} - Update
A9E325EF-3002-4D74-9CC4-2CE1967678FB is "PerUpdate" regulated and can
NOT download. Sequence 1528 vs AcceptRate 0.
2009-08-02 12:36:50:843 1296 cb4 DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to
download due to regulation.
2009-08-02 12:36:50:843 1296 cb4 DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New
download job [UpdateId = {C89B9346-9511-4C47-8C45-EBC21CE363F3}.101]
***********

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