can't install KB890829 silently

I'm trying to install KB890829 silently using a batch file and it won't
install. If I remove /q:a it will install. I've also tried using /q:u and I
see some dialog boxes, but when I go to Windows Update it says it is not
installed. I’ve tried to install it on 10 different Windows XP SP2 machines.
There are 6 other updates in the batch file that do install. This is the
command I'm trying to run in my batch file:
"\\servername\officexp-kb890829-fullfile-enu.exe" /r:n /q:a. I don't see any
error messages in event viewer. Is there another log file?

"jbwerner" <> wrote in message news:75BE9DCE-E8DD-4264-AF60-
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> I'm trying to install KB890829 silently using a batch file and it won't
> install. If I remove /q:a it will install. I've also tried using /q:u and I
> see some dialog boxes, but when I go to Windows Update it says it is not
> installed. I’ve tried to install it on 10 different Windows XP SP2 machines.
> There are 6 other updates in the batch file that do install. This is the
> command I'm trying to run in my batch file:
> "\\servername\officexp-kb890829-fullfile-enu.exe" /r:n /q:a. I don't see any
> error messages in event viewer. Is there another log file?


Usually. However, since there isn't a lot of consistency in the diagnostics,
in either their names or location to be sure that I am seeing everything
what I do is use Search Companion to find all files which changed that day,
then sort that result by Date Modified. Then just look for readable files which
changed between the time the update was run and finished.

Of course that is how to find that out after the diagnostics have been created.
Even better, e.g. when you are diagnosing a reproducible problem, is to use
FileMon with appropriate filters. (FileMon is freeware from SysInternals.)


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