Shaun wrote:
> Hi
>
> Trying to install the latest windows autoupdate - but the update fails
> to install. So I read the newsgroups and downloaded 834707
> individually, but when I try to install it it says branches.inf not
> found (yet this file is perfectly OK in the expanded files).
> Interestingly enough, my other XP partition (on the C drive) installed
> OK, but this (wholly seperate) partition, doesn't! Maybe it doesn't
> like D: :-)
Most likely fixed by removing the Read-Only flag on the branches.inf
file in the %windir%\inf folder (a hidden folder).
To remove the flag, you can run the following command from Start/Run:
attrib %windir%\inf\branches.inf -r
(run the command exactly as typed above, with %'s and all).
> The 834707 log shows me this:
>
> 1.963: 2004/10/21 09:45:08.421 (local)
> 1.963: d:\7d9ec925348f8d34eab40a885f06\update\update.exe (version
> 5.5.31.0)
> 2.003: Service Pack started with following command line:
> 2.975: DoInstallation: CleanPFR failed: 0x2
> 2.975: SetProductTypes: InfProductBuildType=BuildType.IP
> 2.975: SetAltOsLoaderPath: No section uses DirId 65701; done.
> 3.025: DoInstallation: FetchSourceURL for
> d:\7d9ec925348f8d34eab40a885f06\update\update_SP2G DR.inf failed
> 3.025: LoadFileQueues: SetupGetSourceFileLocation for halacpi.dll
> failed: 0xe0000102
> 3.045: BuildCabinetManifest: update.url absent
> 3.055: Starting AnalyzeComponents
> 3.055: AnalyzePhaseZero used 0 ticks
> 3.055: No d:\windows\INF\updtblk.inf file.
> 3.055: OEM file scan used 0 ticks
> 3.065: AnalyzePhaseOne: used 10 ticks
> 3.065: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatch analysis disabled; skipping.
> 3.065: AnalyzeComponents: Hotpatching is disabled.
> 3.065: FindFirstFile d:\windows\$hf_mig$\*.*
> 3.205: AnalyzeForBranching used 140 ticks.
> 3.325: AnalyzePhaseTwo used 120 ticks
> 3.325: AnalyzePhaseThree used 0 ticks
> 3.325: AnalyzePhaseFive used 0 ticks
> 3.325: AnalyzePhaseSix used 0 ticks
> 4.807: AnalyzeComponents used 1752 ticks
> 4.807: Downloading 0 files
> 4.807: bPatchMode = FALSE
> 4.807: Inventory complete: ReturnStatus=0, 1782 ticks
> 5.939: CreateUninstall = 1,Directory =
> D:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB834707$
> 5.939: Num Ticks for invent : 2914
> 64.523: Message displayed to the user: Are you sure you want to
> cancel?
> 64.523: User Input: YES
> 64.523: DoInstallation: LoadOrInstallBranchesInf failed to install;
> error=0x00000005.
> 64.613: Access is denied.
> 65.404: Message displayed to the user: Access is denied.
> 65.404: User Input: OK
> 65.404: KB834707 installation did not complete.
> 66.326: Message displayed to the user: KB834707 installation did not
> complete.
> 66.326: User Input: OK
> 66.326: Update.exe extended error code = 0x5
> 66.326: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom
> action compliance.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards
>
> Shaun
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