getting the same Windows Update?

[JC Home]

I seem to be getting the same Windows Update. Can anybody tell me why? It
is Security Update 329834. I think I've installed it at least twice from
the Windows Update prompt by the clock, and I've rebooted a couple of times
as well.

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Jeff Ciaccio
Dallas, GA
(W) 678-494-7863 x-274
(Fax) (W) 678-494-7865
http://mywpages.comcast.net/ciaccio8515

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jeff,

Save the lines below into Notepad with a .vbs extension, then run.

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.RegWrite
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q329834\","Needed
to prevent Win Update from prompting for this install"
WshShell.RegWrite "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\HotFix\Q329834\Installed",1,"REG_DWORD"

Set WshShell = Nothing

Message = "Windows Update should no longer prompt" & vbCR
Message = Message & "for Hotfix Q329834 to be installed." & vbCR & vbCR
Message = Message & "© 2003 - Doug Knox and Kelly Theriot "

MsgBox Message, vbOkOnly, "Finished!"

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[JC Home]

Thanks Kelly, but shouldn't Windows do this on its own? BTW, how does one
know if a script is harmful or not?

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Jeff Ciaccio
Dallas, GA
(W) 678-494-7863 x-274
(Fax) (W) 678-494-7865
http://mywpages.comcast.net/ciaccio8515

 

[Kelly]

Most welcome, Jeff. Yes, it should but WU has many issues. This is just
one way of working around it for now.

As for scripts, is best to understand what they do (learn how to read them)
and/or trust the source. This particular one is writing a dword value to
the registry stating that Q329834 has already been installed.

In this case and most others, when you would rather manually check the
script against your registry settings, open it in Notepad and follow the
given path. From there you can change the values yourself and better
understand what the script could or would do for you.

Good luck!

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[Kelly]

What was the error message, Jeff?

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[JC Home]

The error was:

Script: c:\Temp\windows_update.vbs
Line: 4
Char: 1
Error: Expected Statement
code: 800A0400
Source: MS VBS compilation error

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Jeff Ciaccio
Dallas, GA
(W) 678-494-7863 x-274
(Fax) (W) 678-494-7865
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ciaccio8515