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Well after reading the KB article about problems with repeatedly installing
the same update (and finding it unhelpful), sending a mail to MS customer
support (and getting back a blank response and a link to the KB, not even to
an article, just generally to the support webside which is an insult) I come
here hoping someone has an answer.
Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB948109)
Well it's been installed about 6 times now. 4 times through automatic
updates, 2 times through the updates website and each time has suceeded.
However, it still isnt registering that it is installed and still wants it.
I suspect the downloaded file may be corrupted, but since it is already
downloaded, neither the website or update service try redownloading it, and
while I'm experienced in general usage, repair and maintainance of my pc,
I've never found it easy to locate anything MS (it's always hidden under a
cryptic name in a cryptic folder with a thousand other things I don't want to
delete by accident)
Looking around here I've tried clearing the catroot folders but that had no
affect. When the data was sent to microsoft support (lot of good that did) I
read through all the compiles and logs and found some interesting info at
least. When it is installing it seems to be registering that the files are
already there (so it doesnt overwrite) and since no files have been changed,
it logs it as not having had to update anything. At least, that is what I
managed to derive from the mess of the log.
Any help and advice would be appreciated. My first step would be to delete
the downloaded installers in case they are corrupted. I did recently suffer
my worst spyware attack in about 7 years, I've cleaned up with 2
antispywares, an antivirus, and several manual sweeps through registry
returning things to as they were (I know my computer well enough to remember
at least). I'm confident but not certain that all is fixed, so if there is a
possibility that it is simply a wrong registry entry not logging that the
update has completed, advice on where in the registry to look would be
helpful.
For reference:
XP Pro with SP3 and the works re: updates, at least until this one
I'm very familar with most of the basic admin tools, services, registry, but
only know a moderate number of networking shell commands, and so have never
learnt the commands for various reinitialisations of services or DLLs. I am
happy enough to use them of course, so it shouldnt be a problem fixing once
the cause is found.
the same update (and finding it unhelpful), sending a mail to MS customer
support (and getting back a blank response and a link to the KB, not even to
an article, just generally to the support webside which is an insult) I come
here hoping someone has an answer.
Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (KB948109)
Well it's been installed about 6 times now. 4 times through automatic
updates, 2 times through the updates website and each time has suceeded.
However, it still isnt registering that it is installed and still wants it.
I suspect the downloaded file may be corrupted, but since it is already
downloaded, neither the website or update service try redownloading it, and
while I'm experienced in general usage, repair and maintainance of my pc,
I've never found it easy to locate anything MS (it's always hidden under a
cryptic name in a cryptic folder with a thousand other things I don't want to
delete by accident)
Looking around here I've tried clearing the catroot folders but that had no
affect. When the data was sent to microsoft support (lot of good that did) I
read through all the compiles and logs and found some interesting info at
least. When it is installing it seems to be registering that the files are
already there (so it doesnt overwrite) and since no files have been changed,
it logs it as not having had to update anything. At least, that is what I
managed to derive from the mess of the log.
Any help and advice would be appreciated. My first step would be to delete
the downloaded installers in case they are corrupted. I did recently suffer
my worst spyware attack in about 7 years, I've cleaned up with 2
antispywares, an antivirus, and several manual sweeps through registry
returning things to as they were (I know my computer well enough to remember
at least). I'm confident but not certain that all is fixed, so if there is a
possibility that it is simply a wrong registry entry not logging that the
update has completed, advice on where in the registry to look would be
helpful.
For reference:
XP Pro with SP3 and the works re: updates, at least until this one
I'm very familar with most of the basic admin tools, services, registry, but
only know a moderate number of networking shell commands, and so have never
learnt the commands for various reinitialisations of services or DLLs. I am
happy enough to use them of course, so it shouldnt be a problem fixing once
the cause is found.