Re: Office Genuine Advantage Notifier update failed - Problem?

Why isn't SP3 installed yet?

See
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...tall-kb949810/


Teflon wrote:
> XP Pro SP2 - KB949810 update failed, multiple times. Went to the MS
> suggested fix page and noted they wanted me to go in and fool around
> with the registry. Well, I don't do 'registry'.
>
> So, can I just block this update from being listed and go about my
> updates and other business with no future problems, OR, is this thing
> going to jump up and bite me in the rear at some point in time?
>
> If it's going to cause a future problem, is there a simpler fix than
> the convoluted registry tweaks suggested by MS?

Teflon wrote:
> On Jan 10, 3:57 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why isn't SP3 installed yet?
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> See
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...tall-kb949810/
>
>
> Teflon wrote:
>> XP Pro SP2 - KB949810 update failed, multiple times. Went to the MS
>> suggested fix page and noted they wanted me to go in and fool around
>> with the registry. Well, I don't do 'registry'.
>>
>> So, can I just block this update from being listed and go about my
>> updates and other business with no future problems, OR, is this thing
>> going to jump up and bite me in the rear at some point in time?
>>
>> If it's going to cause a future problem, is there a simpler fix than
>> the convoluted registry tweaks suggested by MS?
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> After an early install of SP3, the HP laser printer on LP1 stopped
> working. MS Support suggested many fixes over many months, none of
> which worked. MS finally told me to uninstall SP3. Voila, printer
> worked again. I don't have the time to go through all of that again.
>
> So, given that experience, would you re-install SP3? Everything seems
> to be working just fine without it.
>
> Do you think having SP3 installed would have prevented this recent
> update failure?
>
> Is this Office Genuine Advantage Notifier update a prerequisite for
> getting future updates to Office 2003?
>
> Thanks for responding.

To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the previous
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup. Thank you.

A1. MS Support just got tired of you and gave you the brush off. Computers
running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates,
Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will
not be available after 10 July 2010 until SP3 is installed. So you'd better
contact HP Support to get a [HP Director] fix or get a new printer & then
install SP3 ASAP.

A2. No. OGA (and WGA) Notifications is and always has been an Optional
update. That being said, if you get an OGA error prompt at startup, see the
link I cited in my first reply.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/0...tall-kb949810/

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If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."


"Teflon" <> wrote in message
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> On Jan 10, 3:57 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why isn't SP3 installed yet?
>>
>> Seehttp://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/28/workaround-to-disable-and-re...
>>
>
> Somehow, that URL link got truncated, doesn't work. Could you provide
> the characters missing at the end? I'll just patch, copy and paste it
> to my browser.
>
> Thanks again.

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm

Setting up Windows Mail (in Vista) to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mi...-windows-mail/

Setting up Windows LIVE Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ms...ows-live-mail/


Teflon wrote:
> On Jan 10, 3:57 pm, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why isn't SP3 installed yet?
>>
>> Seehttp://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/28/workaround-to-disable-and-re...
>>
>
> Somehow, that URL link got truncated, doesn't work. Could you provide
> the characters missing at the end? I'll just patch, copy and paste it
> to my browser.
>
> Thanks again.