Recurring Update, No Matter How Many Times I Install

Running WinXP Tablet Edition, SP2. I've installed KB890530 countless
times, and both Automatic Update and Windows Update tell me it needs to
be installed. The history, however, (below) reports that it has been
successfully installed multiple times.

I've tried clearing IE's cache. And the profile's temp directory. And
I looked in Add/Remove Programs for KB890830 with hopes of removing it,
but it's not there to remove.

Any ideas? One of the suggestions at this MS support link
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193385) suggests disabling
anti-virus and firewall before running windows update, but that's an
absolute last resort in my mind.

# # # [Windows Update Log] # # #
Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
(KB890830) Friday, August 18, 2006 Microsoft Update
Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
(KB890830) Friday, August 18, 2006 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
(KB890830) Thursday, August 17, 2006 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
(KB890830) Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
(KB890830) Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Automatic Updates
# # # [/Windows Update Log] # # #

From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830

> Known issues
> • Typically, when you run the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool,
> the tool creates a randomly named temporary directory in the root drive of
> your computer. This directory will contain several files and includes the
> Mrtstub.exe file. Most of the time, this folder will be automatically deleted
> after the tool has finished running or after the next restart. Sometimes,
> this folder may not be deleted automatically. In these cases, this folder
> can be deleted manually and has no adverse effect on the computer.

Has this behavior occurred previously, i.e. the MSRT downloading again
and again ?
It is safe to temp disable the installed AV while the system is online
and is doing an Automatic Update, especially if it *may* be interfering
with the MSRT scan.
The scan results can be viewed by opening the mrt.log located in
WINDOWS\debug.
Perhaps that would provide a clue.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
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wrote:
> Running WinXP Tablet Edition, SP2. I've installed KB890530 countless
> times, and both Automatic Update and Windows Update tell me it needs to
> be installed. The history, however, (below) reports that it has been
> successfully installed multiple times.
>
> I've tried clearing IE's cache. And the profile's temp directory. And
> I looked in Add/Remove Programs for KB890830 with hopes of removing it,
> but it's not there to remove.
>
> Any ideas? One of the suggestions at this MS support link
> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=193385) suggests disabling
> anti-virus and firewall before running windows update, but that's an
> absolute last resort in my mind.
>
> # # # [Windows Update Log] # # #
> Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
> (KB890830) Friday, August 18, 2006 Microsoft Update
> Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
> (KB890830) Friday, August 18, 2006 Automatic Updates
> Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
> (KB890830) Thursday, August 17, 2006 Automatic Updates
> Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
> (KB890830) Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Automatic Updates
> Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2006
> (KB890830) Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Automatic Updates
> # # # [/Windows Update Log] # # #
>