I'm having trouble installing MS Vista updates

There were around 8 or so released on Jan 29th.
I'm at a university where our Vista computers are looking at a local WSUS
server for it's automatic updates.
However, I downloaded the ones mentioned above from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads and saved them to my hard drive

In particular, I'm trying to install Update for Window Vista (KB925528)
but when I try to install it I get an error msg.
The window title is "Microsoft Update Standalone Installer"
The error msg is "Installer encountered an error: 0x8007177f"
This machine is disabled for file encryption.

> I'm at a university where our Vista computers are looking at a local WSUS
> server for it's automatic updates.

You'll need to contact the System Admin to obtain/install the updates if
the WSUS server is not offering them up. It *appears* that your system
is not allowed to install them from other sources.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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steve wrote:

> There were around 8 or so released on Jan 29th.
> I'm at a university where our Vista computers are looking at a local WSUS
> server for it's automatic updates.
> However, I downloaded the ones mentioned above from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads and saved them to my hard drive
>
> In particular, I'm trying to install Update for Window Vista (KB925528)
> but when I try to install it I get an error msg.
> The window title is "Microsoft Update Standalone Installer"
> The error msg is "Installer encountered an error: 0x8007177f"
> This machine is disabled for file encryption.
>
>

We haven't changed anything in the gpo or wsus settings. Win XP computers are
allowed to go to ms windows update site while Vista computers are not. But,
these are updates I downloaded from Microsoft Downloads. I did fid the
answer in another blog. It appears that our domain is disabling EFS. See the
note...
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Regarding the install failures related to file encryption, this is due to a
known issue with the installer.

The workaround is to enable EFS on your machine for a short time and install
the package.

To enable EFS, press Windows-R and start gpedit.msc. Browse to Computer
Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Public Key Policies
-> Encrypting File System -> (right-click) Properties, and set the EFS state
to “Allow�.

To verify that the above worked, press Windows-R and start rsop.msc. Browse
to the same path as above, and verify the setting.

If your domain administrator has disabled EFS, then you will not be able to
enable it locally. In that case, you will have to depart the domain, complete
the install, then rejoin the domain.

Apologies for the inconvenience. We are working on a fix for the issue.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:41 PM by Vijay Bharadwaj [MSFT]



"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> > I'm at a university where our Vista computers are looking at a local WSUS
> > server for it's automatic updates.
>
> You'll need to contact the System Admin to obtain/install the updates if
> the WSUS server is not offering them up. It *appears* that your system
> is not allowed to install them from other sources.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> steve wrote:
>
> > There were around 8 or so released on Jan 29th.
> > I'm at a university where our Vista computers are looking at a local WSUS
> > server for it's automatic updates.
> > However, I downloaded the ones mentioned above from
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads and saved them to my hard drive
> >
> > In particular, I'm trying to install Update for Window Vista (KB925528)
> > but when I try to install it I get an error msg.
> > The window title is "Microsoft Update Standalone Installer"
> > The error msg is "Installer encountered an error: 0x8007177f"
> > This machine is disabled for file encryption.
> >
> >
>