Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB 828026)

Every time I check for updates, this update come up as critical. I go ahead
and install it and it tells me that it was successful. But so far I have
installed it about 11 times. What can I do about this? Why does it keep
showing up as a critical update and it is always successful. If I look at my
updates history. It shows 11 times as successful. Help please

Hi Moi,

If your OS is WINXP, then see if the information here helps you resolve the
problem:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm

If not WINXP, this information was posted in this newsgroup by mTIE:
"I had the same problem, and it took me a long time to figure out the fix.

First, The advice at http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm _might_ be
usefull to people with Windows XP but it was no help to me. (I'm running
Windows ME.)

I found some good advice on these newsgroups from "Smirnoff" who says:
1. Delete all copies of WMP.DLL (There should only be one, probably in
C:\Windows\system; If you're nervous about deleting files, back it up
first,
or just rename it.)
2. Re-install Windows Media player. (I found if you just click on the
player icon after deleting WMP.DLL, it will automatically walk you thru
downloading a new copy from the web and reinstalling.)
3. Re-install 828026.

This is very good advice but VERY IMPORTANT: When you go back to Windows
update, install 828026 ONLY! Do not install any other updates at the same
time!

I went thru this routine, and when I went to Windows Update, it told me
there were two critical updates I needed: 828026 and 885492. Like a good
little sheep, I took the path of least resistence and let it install both.
This put my system back to where it was before, where Windows Update keeps
insisting that I need 828026 over and over no matter how many times I
install
it!

What I've learned is:
Installing WMP9 installs version 9.0.0.2980 of WMP.dll
Patch 828026 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3075.
Patch 885492 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3250.

What I think happened to you, me, and a lot of other unfortunates is we
installed both patches to WMP9 at the same time -- becuase Windows Update
told us to. WU installed the second patch first. Then the first patch
failed because WMP.dll was then newer than the one it was trying to deliver.
However, it fails without any error message and tells you that it was
successfull. But then the next time you go back to WU, it sees that you
have WMP9 but you don't have the registry entry that shows that 828026 was
installed, so it just keeps trying...."



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Moi" <> wrote in message
news:24FDB593-57C6-4ABE-9EC7-...
> Every time I check for updates, this update come up as critical. I go
> ahead
> and install it and it tells me that it was successful. But so far I have
> installed it about 11 times. What can I do about this? Why does it keep
> showing up as a critical update and it is always successful. If I look at
> my
> updates history. It shows 11 times as successful. Help please
>

Thank you for your help. My problem is fix.

"Patti MacLeod" wrote:

> Hi Moi,
>
> If your OS is WINXP, then see if the information here helps you resolve the
> problem:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm
>
> If not WINXP, this information was posted in this newsgroup by mTIE:
> "I had the same problem, and it took me a long time to figure out the fix.
>
> First, The advice at http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm _might_ be
> usefull to people with Windows XP but it was no help to me. (I'm running
> Windows ME.)
>
> I found some good advice on these newsgroups from "Smirnoff" who says:
> 1. Delete all copies of WMP.DLL (There should only be one, probably in
> C:\Windows\system; If you're nervous about deleting files, back it up
> first,
> or just rename it.)
> 2. Re-install Windows Media player. (I found if you just click on the
> player icon after deleting WMP.DLL, it will automatically walk you thru
> downloading a new copy from the web and reinstalling.)
> 3. Re-install 828026.
>
> This is very good advice but VERY IMPORTANT: When you go back to Windows
> update, install 828026 ONLY! Do not install any other updates at the same
> time!
>
> I went thru this routine, and when I went to Windows Update, it told me
> there were two critical updates I needed: 828026 and 885492. Like a good
> little sheep, I took the path of least resistence and let it install both.
> This put my system back to where it was before, where Windows Update keeps
> insisting that I need 828026 over and over no matter how many times I
> install
> it!
>
> What I've learned is:
> Installing WMP9 installs version 9.0.0.2980 of WMP.dll
> Patch 828026 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3075.
> Patch 885492 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3250.
>
> What I think happened to you, me, and a lot of other unfortunates is we
> installed both patches to WMP9 at the same time -- becuase Windows Update
> told us to. WU installed the second patch first. Then the first patch
> failed because WMP.dll was then newer than the one it was trying to deliver.
> However, it fails without any error message and tells you that it was
> successfull. But then the next time you go back to WU, it sees that you
> have WMP9 but you don't have the registry entry that shows that 828026 was
> installed, so it just keeps trying...."
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Patti MacLeod
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>
> "Moi" <> wrote in message
> news:24FDB593-57C6-4ABE-9EC7-...
> > Every time I check for updates, this update come up as critical. I go
> > ahead
> > and install it and it tells me that it was successful. But so far I have
> > installed it about 11 times. What can I do about this? Why does it keep
> > showing up as a critical update and it is always successful. If I look at
> > my
> > updates history. It shows 11 times as successful. Help please
> >
>
>
>

You're welcome :-)



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Moi" <> wrote in message
news:7FDDE827-1B76-4735-B891-...
> Thank you for your help. My problem is fix.
>
> "Patti MacLeod" wrote:
>
> > Hi Moi,
> >
> > If your OS is WINXP, then see if the information here helps you resolve
the
> > problem:
> > http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm
> >
> > If not WINXP, this information was posted in this newsgroup by mTIE:
> > "I had the same problem, and it took me a long time to figure out the
fix.
> >
> > First, The advice at http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/828026.htm _might_
be
> > usefull to people with Windows XP but it was no help to me. (I'm
running
> > Windows ME.)
> >
> > I found some good advice on these newsgroups from "Smirnoff" who says:
> > 1. Delete all copies of WMP.DLL (There should only be one, probably
in
> > C:\Windows\system; If you're nervous about deleting files, back it up
> > first,
> > or just rename it.)
> > 2. Re-install Windows Media player. (I found if you just click on the
> > player icon after deleting WMP.DLL, it will automatically walk you thru
> > downloading a new copy from the web and reinstalling.)
> > 3. Re-install 828026.
> >
> > This is very good advice but VERY IMPORTANT: When you go back to
Windows
> > update, install 828026 ONLY! Do not install any other updates at the
same
> > time!
> >
> > I went thru this routine, and when I went to Windows Update, it told me
> > there were two critical updates I needed: 828026 and 885492. Like a
good
> > little sheep, I took the path of least resistence and let it install
both.
> > This put my system back to where it was before, where Windows Update
keeps
> > insisting that I need 828026 over and over no matter how many times I
> > install
> > it!
> >
> > What I've learned is:
> > Installing WMP9 installs version 9.0.0.2980 of WMP.dll
> > Patch 828026 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3075.
> > Patch 885492 upgrades this to version 9.0.0.3250.
> >
> > What I think happened to you, me, and a lot of other unfortunates is we
> > installed both patches to WMP9 at the same time -- becuase Windows
Update
> > told us to. WU installed the second patch first. Then the first patch
> > failed because WMP.dll was then newer than the one it was trying to
deliver.
> > However, it fails without any error message and tells you that it was
> > successfull. But then the next time you go back to WU, it sees that
you
> > have WMP9 but you don't have the registry entry that shows that 828026
was
> > installed, so it just keeps trying...."
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Patti MacLeod
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> >
> > "Moi" <> wrote in message
> > news:24FDB593-57C6-4ABE-9EC7-...
> > > Every time I check for updates, this update come up as critical. I go
> > > ahead
> > > and install it and it tells me that it was successful. But so far I
have
> > > installed it about 11 times. What can I do about this? Why does it
keep
> > > showing up as a critical update and it is always successful. If I
look at
> > > my
> > > updates history. It shows 11 times as successful. Help please
> > >
> >
> >
> >