Updates want to be reinstalled multiple times

I recently reinstalled XP Pro after my hard drive crashed. After installing
all the updates, the following 3 updates keep comming back to be installed
and will not go away after I have reinstalled them many times.

KB931784, KB900485, KB920872

How do I get this to stop. It is blocking other updates from being installed.

Thanks,
Bob

BobE <> wrote:

> I recently reinstalled XP Pro after my hard drive crashed. After
> installing all the updates, the following 3 updates keep comming back
> to be installed and will not go away after I have reinstalled them
> many times.
>
> KB931784, KB900485, KB920872

The fix for the first of these (and try it with the others as well) is to
download the updates from their KB pages to a known folder on the hard disk.
Then open a Windows Command Prompt window (cmd.exe), navigate to the known
folder by use of the "cd" command, then execute the update from the command
prompt with the addition of parameter "/o". For example:

WindowsXP-KB931784-x86-ENU /o

> It is blocking other updates from being installed.

Curious - it shouldn't be doing that.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

"Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:

> BobE <> wrote:
>
> > I recently reinstalled XP Pro after my hard drive crashed. After
> > installing all the updates, the following 3 updates keep comming back
> > to be installed and will not go away after I have reinstalled them
> > many times.
> >
> > KB931784, KB900485, KB920872
>
> The fix for the first of these (and try it with the others as well) is to
> download the updates from their KB pages to a known folder on the hard disk.
> Then open a Windows Command Prompt window (cmd.exe), navigate to the known
> folder by use of the "cd" command, then execute the update from the command
> prompt with the addition of parameter "/o". For example:
>
> WindowsXP-KB931784-x86-ENU /o
>
> > It is blocking other updates from being installed.
>
> Curious - it shouldn't be doing that.
>
> --
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>
>
>
>
Robin,

That worked for KB900485 but not the other 2. I had to run the install
twice. The second time it did not ask for a reboot on either of them. I
still get an automatic update for the other 2 after the reboot.

It appears it is blocking other updates from being sent to the notification
window because I went to MS Update and there were a bunch of updates that I
needed.

Bob

BobE <> wrote:
> "Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> BobE <> wrote:
>>
>>> I recently reinstalled XP Pro after my hard drive crashed. After
>>> installing all the updates, the following 3 updates keep comming
>>> back to be installed and will not go away after I have reinstalled
>>> them many times.
>>>
>>> KB931784, KB900485, KB920872
>>
>> The fix for the first of these (and try it with the others as well)
>> is to download the updates from their KB pages to a known folder on
>> the hard disk. Then open a Windows Command Prompt window (cmd.exe),
>> navigate to the known folder by use of the "cd" command, then
>> execute the update from the command prompt with the addition of
>> parameter "/o". For example:
>>
>> WindowsXP-KB931784-x86-ENU /o
>
> That worked for KB900485 but not the other 2. I had to run the
> install twice. The second time it did not ask for a reboot on either
> of them. I still get an automatic update for the other 2 after the
> reboot.

Thanks for the feedback.

Could you try the manual installation of the 2 recalcitrant updates again in
Safe Mode, again with the added "/o" parameter.

If they still fail, could you post the contents of
C:\WINDOWS\KB931784.log
C:\WINDOWS\KB920872.log
so that maybe we can figure out what is going wrong.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

"Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:

> BobE <> wrote:
> > "Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> BobE <> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I recently reinstalled XP Pro after my hard drive crashed. After
> >>> installing all the updates, the following 3 updates keep comming
> >>> back to be installed and will not go away after I have reinstalled
> >>> them many times.
> >>>
> >>> KB931784, KB900485, KB920872
> >>
> >> The fix for the first of these (and try it with the others as well)
> >> is to download the updates from their KB pages to a known folder on
> >> the hard disk. Then open a Windows Command Prompt window (cmd.exe),
> >> navigate to the known folder by use of the "cd" command, then
> >> execute the update from the command prompt with the addition of
> >> parameter "/o". For example:
> >>
> >> WindowsXP-KB931784-x86-ENU /o
> >
> > That worked for KB900485 but not the other 2. I had to run the
> > install twice. The second time it did not ask for a reboot on either
> > of them. I still get an automatic update for the other 2 after the
> > reboot.
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> Could you try the manual installation of the 2 recalcitrant updates again in
> Safe Mode, again with the added "/o" parameter.
>
> If they still fail, could you post the contents of
> C:\WINDOWS\KB931784.log
> C:\WINDOWS\KB920872.log
> so that maybe we can figure out what is going wrong.
>
> --
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>
>
>
>
Robin,

I did not get to try your suggestion for a few days, but the update shield
is now gone and has not come back, so I guess it took a day or so for it to
clear.

Thanks.

Where do I post problems with my .NET login and email verification?

Thanks,

Bob