Vista Update KB938194 fails - how I fixed it

I'm making this post as I have followed several other threads on this
update and associated errors - none of the fixes worked for me.

I'll start by saying my Vista install is stable but I have previously
posted in groups to say it does do some odd things - like contatntly
asking me to authorise the same programs to run, never remembers my
Live Messenger settings and always asks to start Firefox and Outlook
in safe mode as they have not shut down properly - suggestions so far
have been Avast antivirus related - and/or permissions. Anyhooo...

I went to the Miscrosoft Windows Download site - searched 'KB938194',
downloaded it and installed it.
I then rebooted to finish the install
I booted into Safe Mode where it installed then shut down and
restarted - I [F8] again and into Safe Mode
Then restarted back into normal boot - all installed fine.

In my own non-PC-technical mind it's dto do with permissions on files
and related to the problem above - but at least the update is
installed and my install doesn't re-boot every night trying (for weeks
now) to install KB938194

Thanks all

Thank you so much - it worked for me too
Eli

"OpenX_UK" wrote:

>
> I'm making this post as I have followed several other threads on this
> update and associated errors - none of the fixes worked for me.
>
> I'll start by saying my Vista install is stable but I have previously
> posted in groups to say it does do some odd things - like contatntly
> asking me to authorise the same programs to run, never remembers my
> Live Messenger settings and always asks to start Firefox and Outlook
> in safe mode as they have not shut down properly - suggestions so far
> have been Avast antivirus related - and/or permissions. Anyhooo...
>
> I went to the Miscrosoft Windows Download site - searched 'KB938194',
> downloaded it and installed it.
> I then rebooted to finish the install
> I booted into Safe Mode where it installed then shut down and
> restarted - I [F8] again and into Safe Mode
> Then restarted back into normal boot - all installed fine.
>
> In my own non-PC-technical mind it's dto do with permissions on files
> and related to the problem above - but at least the update is
> installed and my install doesn't re-boot every night trying (for weeks
> now) to install KB938194
>
> Thanks all
>
>