cannot download and install Security Update for Flash Player(KB923

I keep getting a reminder that I have to run an update to install the
Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789), but everytime I try to download
it, it fails. I have tried this several times but it keeps failing. I am
running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

bobman wrote:
> I keep getting a reminder that I have to run an update to install
> the Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789), but everytime I
> try to download it, it fails. I have tried this several times but
> it keeps failing. I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

Tried downloading it and installing it manually?

11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]
-- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe
could allow remote code execution

Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
installation exe.

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what kind of an answer is that?
I got the problem fixed with the help of another expert.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> bobman wrote:
> > I keep getting a reminder that I have to run an update to install
> > the Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789), but everytime I
> > try to download it, it fails. I have tried this several times but
> > it keeps failing. I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
>
> Tried downloading it and installing it manually?
>
> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]
> -- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe
> could allow remote code execution
>
> Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
> installation exe.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

bobman wrote:
> I keep getting a reminder that I have to run an update to install
> the Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789), but everytime I
> try to download it, it fails. I have tried this several times but
> it keeps failing. I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition
> 2005

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Tried downloading it and installing it manually?
>
> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]
> -- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe
> could allow remote code execution
>
> Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
> installation exe.

bobman wrote:
> what kind of an answer is that?
> I got the problem fixed with the help of another expert.

Interesting...

1) What did you do to fix it...?
2) What was wrong with the answer that I gave?

You said you were having trouble with one single update. It was reminding
you so I had to assume it was automatic updates that was doing it. If you
downloaded and installed the actual update manually and it installed -
automatic updates would see it was installed and would no longer offer it to
you. I fail to see where I was incorrect to offer that as a solution to
you.

Was it the asking of a simple question to clarify you had not tried to
install the update manually?
Was it my "pretend" statement? Since in order to go from the web page I
gave you for the update to the actual download of the executable file for
the update you would have to select the link that stated:

IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-069.mspx

and not the one that stated:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ns/200611.mspx

I am truly curious as to why you have responded the way you did to my
attempt to help you...?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

I was thrown off by this comment you made--
"Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
> installation exe."
It just came across kind of like you were talking down to me.
Anyway, I posted this question in another area and I got an answer there.
What was happening was that I was repeatedly getting reminders to download
the update. I would attempt to download it but it would not download. The
message kept coming up over and over. Finally I got it fixed from the other
area that I posted the question. I honestly don't remember what I did, but
it's fixed now.
Thanks for your help.


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> bobman wrote:
> > I keep getting a reminder that I have to run an update to install
> > the Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789), but everytime I
> > try to download it, it fails. I have tried this several times but
> > it keeps failing. I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition
> > 2005
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > Tried downloading it and installing it manually?
> >
> > 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]
> > -- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe
> > could allow remote code execution
> >
> > Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
> > installation exe.
>
> bobman wrote:
> > what kind of an answer is that?
> > I got the problem fixed with the help of another expert.
>
> Interesting...
>
> 1) What did you do to fix it...?
> 2) What was wrong with the answer that I gave?
>
> You said you were having trouble with one single update. It was reminding
> you so I had to assume it was automatic updates that was doing it. If you
> downloaded and installed the actual update manually and it installed -
> automatic updates would see it was installed and would no longer offer it to
> you. I fail to see where I was incorrect to offer that as a solution to
> you.
>
> Was it the asking of a simple question to clarify you had not tried to
> install the update manually?
> Was it my "pretend" statement? Since in order to go from the web page I
> gave you for the update to the actual download of the executable file for
> the update you would have to select the link that stated:
>
> IT professionals:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-069.mspx
>
> and not the one that stated:
>
> Home users:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ns/200611.mspx
>
> I am truly curious as to why you have responded the way you did to my
> attempt to help you...?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

bobman wrote:
> I keep getting a reminder that I have to run an update to install
> the Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789), but everytime I
> try to download it, it fails. I have tried this several times but
> it keeps failing. I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition
> 2005

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Tried downloading it and installing it manually?
>
> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]
> -- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe
> could allow remote code execution
>
> Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
> installation exe.

bobman wrote:
> what kind of an answer is that?
> I got the problem fixed with the help of another expert.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Interesting...
>
> 1) What did you do to fix it...?
> 2) What was wrong with the answer that I gave?
>
> You said you were having trouble with one single update. It was
> reminding you so I had to assume it was automatic updates that was
> doing it. If you downloaded and installed the actual update
> manually and it installed - automatic updates would see it was
> installed and would no longer offer it to you. I fail to see where
> I was incorrect to offer that as a solution to you.
>
> Was it the asking of a simple question to clarify you had not tried
> to install the update manually?
>
> Was it my "pretend" statement? Since in order to go from the web
> page I gave you for the update to the actual download of the
> executable file for the update you would have to select the link
> that stated:
>
> IT professionals:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-069.mspx
>
> and not the one that stated:
>
> Home users:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ns/200611.mspx
>
> I am truly curious as to why you have responded the way you did to
> my attempt to help you...?

bobman wrote:
> I was thrown off by this comment you made--
> "Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
>> installation exe."
> It just came across kind of like you were talking down to me.
> Anyway, I posted this question in another area and I got an answer
> there. What was happening was that I was repeatedly getting
> reminders to download the update. I would attempt to download it
> but it would not download. The message kept coming up over and
> over. Finally I got it fixed from the other area that I posted the
> question. I honestly don't remember what I did, but it's fixed now.
> Thanks for your help.

I wish we knew what you did - it could be very useful.
I was looking for it in Google Groups searches - but comes up only with this
post - so it mustn't have been a newsgroup that archives to google groups.

http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q...=2006&safe=off

Oh well - if you remember - let us know!

And as I described - the pretend statement had to do with the web page I
sent you to and the choices you had there - nothing personal.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

bobman wrote:
> what kind of an answer is that?
> I got the problem fixed with the help of another expert.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Interesting...
>
> 1) What did you do to fix it...?
> 2) What was wrong with the answer that I gave?
>
> You said you were having trouble with one single update. It was
> reminding you so I had to assume it was automatic updates that was
> doing it. If you downloaded and installed the actual update
> manually and it installed - automatic updates would see it was
> installed and would no longer offer it to you. I fail to see where
> I was incorrect to offer that as a solution to you.
>
> Was it the asking of a simple question to clarify you had not tried
> to install the update manually?
>
> Was it my "pretend" statement? Since in order to go from the web
> page I gave you for the update to the actual download of the
> executable file for the update you would have to select the link
> that stated:
>
> IT professionals:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-069.mspx
>
> and not the one that stated:
>
> Home users:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ns/200611.mspx
>
> I am truly curious as to why you have responded the way you did to
> my attempt to help you...?

bobman wrote:
> I was thrown off by this comment you made--
> "Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
> installation exe."
> It just came across kind of like you were talking down to me.
> Anyway, I posted this question in another area and I got an answer
> there. What was happening was that I was repeatedly getting
> reminders to download the update. I would attempt to download it
> but it would not download. The message kept coming up over and
> over. Finally I got it fixed from the other area that I posted the
> question. I honestly don't remember what I did, but it's fixed
> now. Thanks for your help.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> I wish we knew what you did - it could be very useful.
> I was looking for it in Google Groups searches - but comes up only
> with this post - so it mustn't have been a newsgroup that archives
> to google groups.
> http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q...=2006&safe=off
>
> Oh well - if you remember - let us know!
>
> And as I described - the pretend statement had to do with the web
> page I sent you to and the choices you had there - nothing personal.

Hmmm...
Is it this one?

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...47fd855215e568
Where the last suggestion was to get the latest version of Flash?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

yes, that was it. As it turns out, I didn't have to download the latest
version; it fixed itself for some reason.
thanks

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> bobman wrote:
> > what kind of an answer is that?
> > I got the problem fixed with the help of another expert.
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > Interesting...
> >
> > 1) What did you do to fix it...?
> > 2) What was wrong with the answer that I gave?
> >
> > You said you were having trouble with one single update. It was
> > reminding you so I had to assume it was automatic updates that was
> > doing it. If you downloaded and installed the actual update
> > manually and it installed - automatic updates would see it was
> > installed and would no longer offer it to you. I fail to see where
> > I was incorrect to offer that as a solution to you.
> >
> > Was it the asking of a simple question to clarify you had not tried
> > to install the update manually?
> >
> > Was it my "pretend" statement? Since in order to go from the web
> > page I gave you for the update to the actual download of the
> > executable file for the update you would have to select the link
> > that stated:
> >
> > IT professionals:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-069.mspx
> >
> > and not the one that stated:
> >
> > Home users:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ns/200611.mspx
> >
> > I am truly curious as to why you have responded the way you did to
> > my attempt to help you...?
>
> bobman wrote:
> > I was thrown off by this comment you made--
> > "Pretend you are an IT professional to find and download the actual
> > installation exe."
> > It just came across kind of like you were talking down to me.
> > Anyway, I posted this question in another area and I got an answer
> > there. What was happening was that I was repeatedly getting
> > reminders to download the update. I would attempt to download it
> > but it would not download. The message kept coming up over and
> > over. Finally I got it fixed from the other area that I posted the
> > question. I honestly don't remember what I did, but it's fixed
> > now. Thanks for your help.
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > I wish we knew what you did - it could be very useful.
> > I was looking for it in Google Groups searches - but comes up only
> > with this post - so it mustn't have been a newsgroup that archives
> > to google groups.
> > http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q...=2006&safe=off
> >
> > Oh well - if you remember - let us know!
> >
> > And as I described - the pretend statement had to do with the web
> > page I sent you to and the choices you had there - nothing personal.
>
> Hmmm...
> Is it this one?
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...47fd855215e568
> Where the last suggestion was to get the latest version of Flash?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

I have been trying to install KB923789 for over a month, each time it fails. I have installed my computer with every other update available and all is fine except the flash player. Any Ideas?

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cynthia wrote:
> I have been trying to install KB923789 for over a month, each time
> it fails. I have installed my computer with every other update
> available and all is fine except the flash player. Any Ideas?

Download and install the latest version of Adobe Flash...

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...h&promoid=BIOW

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html