Missing dll problem KB920872 + Creative Audio HQ

Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the following
problem:

On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
"Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".

A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.

This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
assure you it's not...

DavidB

David,

If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
> Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
> • When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback does not
> play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the audio playback resumes from
> a random position on the audio track.
> • You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audio file playback:
> Stop 0x0000004E
> PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
> • You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture audio.

then DO NOT install the update.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


DavidB wrote:

> Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the following
> problem:
>
> On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
> "Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
>
> A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
>
> This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
> the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
> assure you it's not...
>
> DavidB
>
>
>

Many thanks Mow - I'll get rid of it.

DavidB

"MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> David,
>
> If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
>> Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
>> • When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback
>> does not play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the
>> audio playback resumes from a random position on the audio track.
>> • You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audio file
>> playback:
>> Stop 0x0000004E
>> PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
>> • You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture
>> audio.
>
> then DO NOT install the update.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> DavidB wrote:
>
>> Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the
>> following
>> problem:
>>
>> On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
>> "Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
>>
>> A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
>>
>> This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
>> the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
>> assure you it's not...
>>
>> DavidB
>>
>>

I never had the problem as noted but WU had already installed it for me.
It did not cause any problem related to ahqman.dll .
Just to add to your info.
--
mae

"DavidB" <> wrote in message
news:...
| Many thanks Mow - I'll get rid of it.
|
| DavidB
|
| "MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
| news:...
| > David,
| >
| > If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
| >> Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
| >> . When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback
| >> does not play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the
| >> audio playback resumes from a random position on the audio track.
| >> . You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audio
file
| >> playback:
| >> Stop 0x0000004E
| >> PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
| >> . You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture
| >> audio.
| >
| > then DO NOT install the update.
| >
| > MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
| > ===============
| > *-343-* FDNY
| > Never Forgotten
| > ===============
| >
| >
| > DavidB wrote:
| >
| >> Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the
| >> following
| >> problem:
| >>
| >> On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
| >> "Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
| >>
| >> A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
| >>
| >> This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of
whacking
| >> the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
| >> assure you it's not...
| >>
| >> DavidB
| >>
| >>
|

I allowed my system to automatically apply all updates last night, and
it wouldn't boot afterwards....

I tried Last Known and a variety of Safe Mode options, and still
nothing.

I then removed some hardware from my machine and eventually got it to
come up in Safe Mode....ran a system restore to before the autoupdate.
And, later did an update without this patch.

At least things seem to have rebooted alright.

What did I remove? A USB Flash Drive (SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB), an
iPod Shuffle (1GB) and my Gen 3 iPod (40GB).

A quick thought....the Gen3 iPod is connected to the firewire port on
my soundcard (Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Dell (OEM)).

Lawrence.

MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> David,
>
> If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
> > Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
> > · When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback does not
> > play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the audio playback resumes from
> > a random position on the audio track.
> > · You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audio file playback:
> > Stop 0x0000004E
> > PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
> > · You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture audio.
>
> then DO NOT install the update.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> DavidB wrote:
>
> > Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the following
> > problem:
> >
> > On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
> > "Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
> >
> > A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
> >
> > This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
> > the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
> > assure you it's not...
> >
> > DavidB
> >
> >
> >

I am not having this problem, but here is what is happening to me with this
update. I had just finished installing the latest 7 critical updates (did
not include 920872) tonight. After the reboot, I got another notification
that updates were ready for my computer. I proceeded, and 920872 was
indicated as already downloaded and ready to install. So I did. When
finished, the notification icon did not go away. I rebooted (jic) and upon
restart, the icon reappears, notifying me that updates are ready. It is
again 920872! This puppy will NOT go away...

Methinks there is a problem...

"" wrote:

> I allowed my system to automatically apply all updates last night, and
> it wouldn't boot afterwards....
>
> I tried Last Known and a variety of Safe Mode options, and still
> nothing.
>
> I then removed some hardware from my machine and eventually got it to
> come up in Safe Mode....ran a system restore to before the autoupdate.
> And, later did an update without this patch.
>
> At least things seem to have rebooted alright.
>
> What did I remove? A USB Flash Drive (SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB), an
> iPod Shuffle (1GB) and my Gen 3 iPod (40GB).
>
> A quick thought....the Gen3 iPod is connected to the firewire port on
> my soundcard (Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Dell (OEM)).
>
> Lawrence.
>
> MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
> > > Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
> > > · When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback does not
> > > play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the audio playback resumes from
> > > a random position on the audio track.
> > > · You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audio file playback:
> > > Stop 0x0000004E
> > > PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
> > > · You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture audio.
> >
> > then DO NOT install the update.
> >
> > MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
> > ===============
> > *-343-* FDNY
> > Never Forgotten
> > ===============
> >
> >
> > DavidB wrote:
> >
> > > Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the following
> > > problem:
> > >
> > > On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
> > > "Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
> > >
> > > A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
> > >
> > > This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
> > > the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
> > > assure you it's not...
> > >
> > > DavidB
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>

Thanks for posting this information, Lawrence. The issue that David
posted may be due to hardware configuration ... i.e. devices attached to
the sound card.
In any case, if one is not seeing the symptoms as described in the KB
article, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872 , then the update is
*not* needed, IMHO.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

wrote:

> I allowed my system to automatically apply all updates last night, and
> it wouldn't boot afterwards....
>
> I tried Last Known and a variety of Safe Mode options, and still
> nothing.
>
> I then removed some hardware from my machine and eventually got it to
> come up in Safe Mode....ran a system restore to before the autoupdate.
> And, later did an update without this patch.
>
> At least things seem to have rebooted alright.
>
> What did I remove? A USB Flash Drive (SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB), an
> iPod Shuffle (1GB) and my Gen 3 iPod (40GB).
>
> A quick thought....the Gen3 iPod is connected to the firewire port on
> my soundcard (Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Dell (OEM)).
>
> Lawrence.
>
> MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
>
>>David,
>>
>>If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
>>
>>>Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
>>>· When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback does not
>>>play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the audio playback resumes from
>>>a random position on the audio track.
>>>· You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audio file playback:
>>>Stop 0x0000004E
>>>PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
>>>· You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture audio.
>>
>>then DO NOT install the update.
>>
>>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
>>===============
>> *-343-* FDNY
>>Never Forgotten
>>===============
>>
>>
>>DavidB wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the following
>>>problem:
>>>
>>>On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
>>>"Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
>>>
>>>A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
>>>
>>>This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
>>>the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
>>>assure you it's not...
>>>
>>>DavidB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Well, I guess I corrected it. I uninstalled the update, went to the MS
knowledgebase site via the link, downloaded it, installed it, and rebooted.
The icon came back, as expected. I clicked on the icon, and selected
download. It started to download, then ended, and the icon went away, and MS
Update shows no updates needed, and history shows I installed 920872 4 times!
But, all appears okay, so...

Thanks anyway.

"Robert" wrote:

> I am not having this problem, but here is what is happening to me with this
> update. I had just finished installing the latest 7 critical updates (did
> not include 920872) tonight. After the reboot, I got another notification
> that updates were ready for my computer. I proceeded, and 920872 was
> indicated as already downloaded and ready to install. So I did. When
> finished, the notification icon did not go away. I rebooted (jic) and upon
> restart, the icon reappears, notifying me that updates are ready. It is
> again 920872! This puppy will NOT go away...
>
> Methinks there is a problem...
>
> "" wrote:
>
> > I allowed my system to automatically apply all updates last night, and
> > it wouldn't boot afterwards....
> >
> > I tried Last Known and a variety of Safe Mode options, and still
> > nothing.
> >
> > I then removed some hardware from my machine and eventually got it to
> > come up in Safe Mode....ran a system restore to before the autoupdate.
> > And, later did an update without this patch.
> >
> > At least things seem to have rebooted alright.
> >
> > What did I remove? A USB Flash Drive (SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB), an
> > iPod Shuffle (1GB) and my Gen 3 iPod (40GB).
> >
> > A quick thought....the Gen3 iPod is connected to the firewire port on
> > my soundcard (Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Dell (OEM)).
> >
> > Lawrence.
> >
> > MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> > > David,
> > >
> > > If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
> > > > Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
> > > > · When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback does not
> > > > play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the audio playback resumes from
> > > > a random position on the audio track.
> > > > · You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audio file playback:
> > > > Stop 0x0000004E
> > > > PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
> > > > · You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture audio.
> > >
> > > then DO NOT install the update.
> > >
> > > MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
> > > ===============
> > > *-343-* FDNY
> > > Never Forgotten
> > > ===============
> > >
> > >
> > > DavidB wrote:
> > >
> > > > Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the following
> > > > problem:
> > > >
> > > > On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
> > > > "Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
> > > >
> > > > A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
> > > >
> > > > This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
> > > > the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
> > > > assure you it's not...
> > > >
> > > > DavidB
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >

It is too bad that a patch that isn't needed, that causes problems,
insists on being an automatic (and important) patch.

Though I guess it isn't that wide spread, because I haven't heard much
of people having issues with this Tuesday's set of automatic updates.

Though I work in the Enterprise (Unix) IT group at K-State.....but, I'm
somewhat of an anomaly for running Windows XP.

Lawrence

MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> Thanks for posting this information, Lawrence. The issue that David
> posted may be due to hardware configuration ... i.e. devices attached to
> the sound card.
> In any case, if one is not seeing the symptoms as described in the KB
> article, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872 , then the update is
> *not* needed, IMHO.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
> wrote:
>
> > I allowed my system to automatically apply all updates last night, and
> > it wouldn't boot afterwards....
> >
> > I tried Last Known and a variety of Safe Mode options, and still
> > nothing.
> >
> > I then removed some hardware from my machine and eventually got it to
> > come up in Safe Mode....ran a system restore to before the autoupdate.
> > And, later did an update without this patch.
> >
> > At least things seem to have rebooted alright.
> >
> > What did I remove? A USB Flash Drive (SanDisk Cruzer Micro 2GB), an
> > iPod Shuffle (1GB) and my Gen 3 iPod (40GB).
> >
> > A quick thought....the Gen3 iPod is connected to the firewire port on
> > my soundcard (Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - Dell (OEM)).
> >
> > Lawrence.
> >
> > MowGreen [MVP] wrote:
> >
> >>David,
> >>
> >>If the system is not experiencing the symptoms as described here :
> >>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872
> >>
> >>>Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2):
> >>>· When you resume audio playback after you pause it, the audio playback does not
> >>>play the audio file from the correct position. Instead, the audio playback resumes from
> >>>a random position on the audio track.
> >>>· You randomly receive the following Stop error message during audiofile playback:
> >>>Stop 0x0000004E
> >>>PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
> >>>· You randomly receive a Stop error message when you try to capture audio.
> >>
> >>then DO NOT install the update.
> >>
> >>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
> >>===============
> >> *-343-* FDNY
> >>Never Forgotten
> >>===============
> >>
> >>
> >>DavidB wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Info for anyone using Creative Audio HQ software and finding the following
> >>>problem:
> >>>
> >>>On successive reboots after I installed KB920872 I received an error of
> >>>"Cannot find ahqman.dll in the specified location".
> >>>
> >>>A hard boot as opposed to a soft reboot cured the problem.
> >>>
> >>>This sounds rather like Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking
> >>>the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again, but I can
> >>>assure you it's not...
> >>>
> >>>DavidB
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >

Sidebar to problem: Everytime I have installed KB920872 (6 times in least 3
days) Lavasoft AdAware then advised me I have a problem in Registry Keys:
It's called Adware.AdMedia" and that it "might be installed by a Trojan". If
I delete KB920872 after deleting the reg key, my system is clean again.

Perhaps others having problems with KB920872 should check for this problem
also.