I recently sorted out a problem with Firefox & IE7 & everything seems to be working with the exception of Windows Update. I am running XP home edition service pack 2.
At first I could not get Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 to install. I went to the windows download site & ran the downloaded .exe - this worked.
I am left with a problem installing Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130 ) I found a discusion on the Microsoft Discussion Group but it seems quite complicated.I wonder if there is a simpler solution?
I hope it is acceptable to quote from another forum in this way.
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David Arnstein 3/1/2006 11:02 PM PST
Here is my experience with the KB892130 problem. I was able to defeat
it. I don't know how useful this will be to the rest of you. I hope
that my method works for some of you, at least.
Actually, I will describe four methods that I tried. Only the fourth
method worked for me, but perhaps there are useful clues present here.
Background
----------
The computer is a Dell XPS, 2.5 years old. It uses Windows XP
Professional, and I have applied service pack 2. I have applied all
suggested updates from the "Windows Update" function that is built
into Internet Explorer. Until 2006 February 28, that is. On that day,
Windows Update ceased to function. I detail this in the section
"Method 1," immediately following.
This is what finally worked for me. Once again, I used the utility
program PsExec from Sysinternals. But this time, I used it to execute the
update.exe program. It succeeded!
Conclusion
----------
I don't remember if I rebooted or not. I ran Windows Update from IE,
and it did not try to install KB892130 again. It successfully
installed six patches from Microsoft. What a relief!
I suspect that I still have a permisions problem lurking on my
computer. I don't know if it is a registry key, a file, a directory,
or some combination of these. I expect to make occasional use of
PsExec in the future, too.
Good luck to all of you! I hope to get some feedback and learn from
it.
--
David Arnstein | Have fun with your spams:
At first I could not get Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 to install. I went to the windows download site & ran the downloaded .exe - this worked.
I am left with a problem installing Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130 ) I found a discusion on the Microsoft Discussion Group but it seems quite complicated.I wonder if there is a simpler solution?
I hope it is acceptable to quote from another forum in this way.
Microsoft Discussion Groups Home | Communities Home | Communities Worldwide
KB892130 Failure: Another Solution in Windows Update | | Help
David Arnstein 3/1/2006 11:02 PM PST
Here is my experience with the KB892130 problem. I was able to defeat
it. I don't know how useful this will be to the rest of you. I hope
that my method works for some of you, at least.
Actually, I will describe four methods that I tried. Only the fourth
method worked for me, but perhaps there are useful clues present here.
Background
----------
The computer is a Dell XPS, 2.5 years old. It uses Windows XP
Professional, and I have applied service pack 2. I have applied all
suggested updates from the "Windows Update" function that is built
into Internet Explorer. Until 2006 February 28, that is. On that day,
Windows Update ceased to function. I detail this in the section
"Method 1," immediately following.
This is what finally worked for me. Once again, I used the utility
program PsExec from Sysinternals. But this time, I used it to execute the
update.exe program. It succeeded!
Conclusion
----------
I don't remember if I rebooted or not. I ran Windows Update from IE,
and it did not try to install KB892130 again. It successfully
installed six patches from Microsoft. What a relief!
I suspect that I still have a permisions problem lurking on my
computer. I don't know if it is a registry key, a file, a directory,
or some combination of these. I expect to make occasional use of
PsExec in the future, too.
Good luck to all of you! I hope to get some feedback and learn from
it.
--
David Arnstein | Have fun with your spams:
