Re: Cannot get rid of or at least hide downloaded update

Juve wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running Windows XP SP2. Automatic update has downloaded SP3, and
> want me to install. I don't want to because I did it once and SP3
> mucked up my wireless connection. How do I get rid of the yellow icon
> with the exclamation mark in the task bar? It keeps bugging me.
>
> Juve


You do realize that SP2 is no longer supported and *no* Security updates
will be offered, correct ?

You can click the yellow icon and then UNcheck the box next to
KB936929 (XP SP3), click OK. Another window will pop up asking if you do
not want it offered again. Put a check in the box and then click OK once
more.

You can delete the previously downloaded setup package (it's not the
complete, full install package so it's not that large) by stopping the
Automatic Update service ( click Start > Run > type in
net stop wuauserv
then click OK or press Enter

Navigate to the Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download subfolder and
locate the randomly named subfolder that contains the XP SP3 setup
package. When you determine which randomly named subfolder contains the
setup package, delete the subfolder, and then restart the system or
restart the AU service
Start > Run > type in
net start wuauserv
click OK or press Enter.


MowGreen
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"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

Juve wrote:
> Thanx. I do know that SP2 is no longer supported, but what can I do.
> It seems to me that I am stuck in a Catch 22 situation. If I upgrade
> my wireless won't work, and if I don't, I won't get security upgrades.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Juve

What method did you use previously to install SP3 ... automatic download
or a manual installation of it ?

If it was just via automatic updates suggest you download the entire SP3
package and *save* it.
Then create a new folder on the root drive ( the drive where Windows is
installed to, usually C:\ ) and move SP3
(WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe) to the newly created folder.
Then configure the system to Clean boot, restart, apply SP3, restart
*manually* once the required, automatic restarts are done, undo the
Clean boot steps, and restart once more.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT
Professionals and Developers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displaylang=en

How to configure Windows XP to start in a clean boot state
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353



Here's two worthwhile guides for installing SP3 but the second one,
msmvps.com, appears to be down as of now -

Steps to take before you install Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717/

Windows XP SP3 - Read all prerequisites for a successful installation
http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron...tallation.aspx


MowGreen
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked

Juve wrote:
> Thanks again for your speedy reply. You are right in implying that I
> used automatic update. Was that wrong? Anyway, I have decided to make
> a another attempt based on your suggestions. However, there are a few
> questions I need to have sorted out before I dare. So if you could
> take time to share of your expertise once more, I would be very
> pleased.
>
> 1. I tried to delete the previously downloaded set up package which
> was done via automatic update, but with no success. I could not find
> it.I navigated to the c:\windows\SoftWareDistribution\Download folder
> and searched for KB936929 without any luck. I also searched in the
> subfolders. My question is, will the fact that the "automatic
> download" still resides on my computer conflict with the installation
> of Windows XP Service Pack 3 Network Installation Package for IT
> Professionals and Developers?
>
> 2. It seems a bit daunting to install a package intended for IT
> Professionals and Developers as I am neither of the two by a long
> shot. I am just an end user with perhaps a little above average
> knowledge of computers, so would I be able to do it? What could go
> wrong? If I botch it, will I be able to uninstall back to SP2?
>
> Juve


1. No, the previously downloaded setup package can only be installed by
you if you locate the .exe and run it, or Automatic Updates, if you
allow it to. Since you've Declined to use the already downloaded setup
package by Hiding it, then AU will not install it nor will it conflict
with a full download of SP3.
You can remove *all* of the contents of
Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download by first ensuring that all of the
previously downloaded updates ( *except* SP3 ) are now installed and the
system has been restarted.
Then stop the Automatic Update service and the Background Intelligent
Transfer service (BITS), too, if it has started, and then move all of
the contents of Download to the Recycle Bin.

2. Don't let the " IT Professionals and Developers " title that MS uses
for the full SP3 package much credence. It's just the full, complete
package of SP3, no more, no less.
Using a full, complete SP3 package allows you to install it without the
system being connected to the internet whereas the previously downloaded
setup package *does* require an internet connection so that the full
package can be downloaded.

Plus, having it on hand will allow you to slipstream it with the
original XP installation CD so that if you ever have to reinstall XP
again, you'll be working with an XP installation CD that already
contains SP3 -

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP3
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd.htm



MowGreen
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked