KB905474 Win Update problems

[Chris May]

Each time I run Windows Update on my laptop, Windows Genuine Advantage
Notification (KB905474) is shown as a high-priority update. Yet, it won't
install. The next time I run Windows Update, it's there again. When I go to
the Microsoft site and run the Windows Validation utility, it shows my XP is
valid.

Anything that can be done about this?

Thanks for any help.

ChrisM

 

[Rishi]

Hello,

Did you try giving it plenty of time to install? If you are doing it from
the Microsoft update site then it will install it automatically (after you
click the download and install button), just give it about 30 minutes or so.
And then when it asks you to restart just restart the computer.

If you are doing this through Automatic Updates, you might have to click on
the bubble that says 'Updates are ready to be installed' and continue the
installation process.

 

[Plato]

Each time I run Windows Update on my laptop, Windows Genuine Advantage
Notification (KB905474) is shown as a high-priority update. Yet, it won't
install. The next time I run Windows Update, it's there again. When I go to

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#4

 

[Chris May]

On Fri, 19 May 2006 22:43:27 -0400, I wrote...

| Each time I run Windows Update on my laptop, Windows Genuine Advantage
| Notification (KB905474) is shown as a high-priority update. Yet, it won't
| install. The next time I run Windows Update, it's there again. When I go to
| the Microsoft site and run the Windows Validation utility, it shows my XP is
| valid.

Thanks for the replies. I did some hunting around and finally ran across the
fix. In case somebody else encounters the same problem...

- Open the Registry
- Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ LegitCheckControl.LegitCheck
- Right click on LegitCheckControl.LegitCheck and select "Permissions..."
- Enable Full Control for Administrators
- Check sub folders to make sure Full Control is enabled there as well

Once I closed the Registry Editor, rebooted (that may or may not have been
necessary) and went to Windows Update, I was able to get KB905474 to install
with no problem.

From info I was able to find, Microsoft is coming out with WGADiag2.exe that is
supposed to fix this bug. But it's evidently not ready yet.

ChrisM

 

[kurttrail]

Each time I run Windows Update on my laptop, Windows Genuine Advantage
Notification (KB905474) is shown as a high-priority update. Yet, it
won't install. The next time I run Windows Update, it's there again.
When I go to the Microsoft site and run the Windows Validation
utility, it shows my XP is valid.

Do you need the WGA Notifier? If not, stop trying to install it. It
really isn't a high priority update. MS is a known liar, and this is
just the latest example of their lies.

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

 

[Fred S *****]

Chris,

I just had this happen to me on my desktop and laptop. The older WGA
Diagnostic Tool "WGADiag2.exe" has been updated. Get it here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917499/en-us

Download and run the file, then redo the Windows Update - that should
take of the problem.

Fred