K
KM
Hi,
I just wanted to bring up the old issue with Windows Update service on XPe
devices. If I recall it correctly, Microsoft has declared WU should not work
on XPe and the problem was on WU server side which did not recognize XPe
clients. Is it right?
I've been recently playing with a few XPe/SP1 images and for all the images
I was able to run Windows Update control from v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
without problems. I was testing the images on two machines (Desktop and
Laptop) and on both they ran and analyzed the systems perfectly. The only
problem was about version of windows reported to WU (e.g., "Windows XP SP1"
update was listed there although my image is SP1-based) but CSDVersion
registry value fixed that.
I was able to install most of the critical and recommended updates on my
image. Even DX9, WMP9, .Net framework 1.1 and some app and driver updates
(my machines specific) were installed fine (I haven't tested them completely
but just sniffed them with some run tests).
Only a few updates listed below failed to install on the XPe images:
Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB828035)
Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows XP (KB826939)
Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB824141)
Security Update for Windows XP (819696)
Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026)
Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB826942)
Update for Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8 (KB829558)
Recommended Update for Windows XP SP1 (KB822603)
Windows Error Reporting: Recommended Update (Windows XP)
820291: Recommended Update (Windows XP)
814995: Recommended Update
Q322011: Recommended Update
327979: Recommended Update
Their binaries were downloaded locally, though. I ran a couple of the failed
updates manually (launched appropriate exe's) and they all were failing on
"system inspecting" phase with the error message: "Setup could not verify
the integrity of the file Update.inf. Make sure the Cryptographic service is
running on the computer.". Of course, Cryptographic service was running on
the image.
Anyway.. a couple of questions to MS guys:
1. Has MS recently changed WU server to recognize XPe device since it
obviously works now?
2. Does WU now work in XPe environment? If so, it would be a great news for
us.
However, why the updates listed above failed to install? Any missing
registry or file? Will this be fixed in future and if so, when?
Thanks,
KM
I just wanted to bring up the old issue with Windows Update service on XPe
devices. If I recall it correctly, Microsoft has declared WU should not work
on XPe and the problem was on WU server side which did not recognize XPe
clients. Is it right?
I've been recently playing with a few XPe/SP1 images and for all the images
I was able to run Windows Update control from v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
without problems. I was testing the images on two machines (Desktop and
Laptop) and on both they ran and analyzed the systems perfectly. The only
problem was about version of windows reported to WU (e.g., "Windows XP SP1"
update was listed there although my image is SP1-based) but CSDVersion
registry value fixed that.
I was able to install most of the critical and recommended updates on my
image. Even DX9, WMP9, .Net framework 1.1 and some app and driver updates
(my machines specific) were installed fine (I haven't tested them completely
but just sniffed them with some run tests).
Only a few updates listed below failed to install on the XPe images:
Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB828035)
Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows XP (KB826939)
Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB824141)
Security Update for Windows XP (819696)
Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026)
Update for Microsoft Windows XP (KB826942)
Update for Jet 4.0 Service Pack 8 (KB829558)
Recommended Update for Windows XP SP1 (KB822603)
Windows Error Reporting: Recommended Update (Windows XP)
820291: Recommended Update (Windows XP)
814995: Recommended Update
Q322011: Recommended Update
327979: Recommended Update
Their binaries were downloaded locally, though. I ran a couple of the failed
updates manually (launched appropriate exe's) and they all were failing on
"system inspecting" phase with the error message: "Setup could not verify
the integrity of the file Update.inf. Make sure the Cryptographic service is
running on the computer.". Of course, Cryptographic service was running on
the image.
Anyway.. a couple of questions to MS guys:
1. Has MS recently changed WU server to recognize XPe device since it
obviously works now?
2. Does WU now work in XPe environment? If so, it would be a great news for
us.
However, why the updates listed above failed to install? Any missing
registry or file? Will this be fixed in future and if so, when?
Thanks,
KM