KB937061 - Visual Studio update fails

The error code is 663 (I think).

I ran into a similar problem today with this update. The Updates Waiting
shield came on in the notification area for "Security Update for Microsoft
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (KB937061)". So I downloaded and installed
it - successfully, according to the message. But the reminder won't go away.

I rebooted. I reinstalled it and the notification went away until I rebooted
again. The support info says it can be uninstalled via the Control Panel "Add
or Remove Programs"; but unlike other updates I see when I check "Show
updates" this one does not appear, even though it does appear in the "Review
your update history" within Windows Update. And the option to "Don't show
this update again" is grayed out, so I can't hide it. (This is on Windows XP
Home with SP2.)

Aha - I think Eric Brodish's reply in a couple other threads on this subject
answers my question. I'll wait a while for matters to sort themselves out.

I gave up and re-installed VS2005 to get around the problem. My issue was
different, as the update was failing, not repeating itself.

Heath Stewart's Blog has a fix that works for me; see http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/.

Bill Grimes

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