KB899589 0X8007F06B ---- FIXED on my machine

Thought it would help to post a Subject Line as above. I followed PA Bear's
directions reprinted below that I copied-kept for future issues.

Where I had still a Red Icon in System Tray and a notice in Update page that
I had hidden a Critical Update, I no longer have either showing. MS
presumably patched this.

My memory is mush but someone posted about the Hide Update button being
"grayed out" and I recall having to play a game or two to make it "active".
Don't let that stop you if you use these directions in the future.

PA Bear's Directions:
This appears to be a bug in the Windows Update detection logic. KB899589
should not be needed if WinXP SP3 was installed properly.

1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:

Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
(Stopping the service will take a moment)

2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:

Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]

Open the Download folder and delete its contents Close the window.

3. Go to Windows Update website > Select CUSTOM and allow the scan to
complete > Uncheck/deselect KB899589 and hide it ("Don't show me this update
again").

4. Start the Automatic Updates service:

Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
(Starting the service will take a moment)
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MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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Thanks for your feedback, Craig.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Craig S wrote:
> Thought it would help to post a Subject Line as above. I followed PA
> Bear's
> directions reprinted below that I copied-kept for future issues.
>
> Where I had still a Red Icon in System Tray and a notice in Update page
> that
> I had hidden a Critical Update, I no longer have either showing. MS
> presumably patched this.
>
> My memory is mush but someone posted about the Hide Update button being
> "grayed out" and I recall having to play a game or two to make it
> "active".
> Don't let that stop you if you use these directions in the future.
>
> PA Bear's Directions:
> This appears to be a bug in the Windows Update detection logic. KB899589
> should not be needed if WinXP SP3 was installed properly.
>
> 1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
> (Stopping the service will take a moment)
>
> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
>
> Open the Download folder and delete its contents Close the window.
>
> 3. Go to Windows Update website > Select CUSTOM and allow the scan to
> complete > Uncheck/deselect KB899589 and hide it ("Don't show me this
> update
> again").
>
> 4. Start the Automatic Updates service:
>
> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
> (Starting the service will take a moment)

MS apparently corrected the KB899589 problem on their end sometime on 20
Jun-08, Kern.

KB951476 was re-released for WinXP SP2 & SP3 on 19 Jun-08.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Kern wrote:
> =?Utf-8?B?Q3JhaWcgUw==?= <> wrote in
> news:C4F17840-819C-45C1-AC5A-:
>
> I was having this same problem on a laptop with Windows XP Media
> Center edition and SP3 installed. Found this article and started to
> follow it. When I ran Windows Update today (June 22, 2008) the prompt
> for KB899589 was gone and replaced with critical update notice for
> KB951376. Either clearing the download folder helped or Microsoft
> found the detection problem and has fixed it. Don't know which but
> Windows Update is no longer saying that KB899589 needs to be installed
> on my laptop.
>
>> Thought it would help to post a Subject Line as above. I followed PA
>> Bear's directions reprinted below that I copied-kept for future
>> issues.
>>
>> Where I had still a Red Icon in System Tray and a notice in Update
>> page that I had hidden a Critical Update, I no longer have either
>> showing. MS presumably patched this.
>>
>> My memory is mush but someone posted about the Hide Update button
>> being "grayed out" and I recall having to play a game or two to make
>> it "active". Don't let that stop you if you use these directions in
>> the future.
>>
>> PA Bear's Directions:
>> This appears to be a bug in the Windows Update detection logic.
>> KB899589
>> should not be needed if WinXP SP3 was installed properly.
>>
>> 1. Stop the Automatic Updates service:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
>> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Stop
>> (Stopping the service will take a moment)
>>
>> 2. Delete the contents of the Download folder:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) %windir%\SoftwareDistribution > [OK]
>>
>> Open the Download folder and delete its contents Close the window.
>>
>> 3. Go to Windows Update website > Select CUSTOM and allow the scan to
>> complete > Uncheck/deselect KB899589 and hide it ("Don't show me this
>> update again").
>>
>> 4. Start the Automatic Updates service:
>>
>> Start > Run > (type in) services.msc > [OK]
>> Double-click Automatic Updates > Click on Start
>> (Starting the service will take a moment)