> This all
> makes me wonder if the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool or
> Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista
> (KB961260) back on 11-Feb-2009 somehow corrupted my Language Pack
> installation.
You might be interested to read the article I wrote a year ago to this
newsgroup about LPREMOVE and problems caused by it.
The title was:
LPREMOVE may cause repeating update installation hell
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...fbcd335df51c58
Conclusion in the old message:
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So, my reading of this is that Vista's LPREMOVE task starts
automatically, and may cause serious trouble if it is interrupted by a
reboot.
When interrupted by reboot (e.g. due to a reboot request by Windows
Update), the status of many updates may be left mixed, if LPREMOVE has
just changed their status. They can be left marked either uninstalled,
install in progress, installed or permanent. At the next reboot the
update system tries to reinstall all "half installed" updates, and
this may then break the things for good. As LPREMOVE did not ran into
end, it will then restart, and will again starts working language by
languagge the whole process.
So, when installing Vista, please be aware about LPREMOVE task and
that if it starts, you need to let it run into end before rebooting.
This can take 20-30 minutes, like it did for me.
I am not even sure if that task is really needed to be allowed to run
or not. It can also be manually removed by running the command:
lpremove /c
http://www.windowsvistauserguide.com...e_lpremove.htm
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