Microsoft's stealth updates stymie XP repairs

[Alias]

http://www.computerworld.com/action...ArticleBasic&articleId=9039258&intsrc=hm_list

Yeah, they're just protecting their intellectual property.

More:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137388-c,windowsbugs/article.html

More:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137717-c,windowsbugs/article.html

The above prove that MS holds disdain for its paying customers and,
unless they change their ways, will be their downfall.

 

[Tiberius]

Have you tried the new ubuntu beta? I think its out now...

anything good?

 

[Alias]

Have you tried the new ubuntu beta? I think its out now...

anything good?

I don't do BETAs but those who do say it's a great improvement. The
final is out in two weeks. I can wait

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To email me, remove shoes

 

[HeyBub]

The above prove that MS holds disdain for its paying customers and,
unless they change their ways, will be their downfall.

MSanthrope.

 

[Kerry Brown]

http://www.computerworld.com/action...ArticleBasic&articleId=9039258&intsrc=hm_list

Automatic Updates after a repair install has been broken for a while. You
have to use the Windows Update web site to get the latest Windows installer
and WU files. After this everything works fine.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555615

 

[Alias]

Automatic Updates after a repair install has been broken for a while.
You have to use the Windows Update web site to get the latest Windows
installer and WU files. After this everything works fine.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555615

I guess you didn't read the article and just had a MS Fanboy knee-jerk
reaction. Try reading the article before you reply. It has *not* been fixed.

Better yet, why don't you do a repair install and see for yourself.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I guess you didn't read the article and just had a MS Fanboy knee-jerk
reaction. Try reading the article before you reply. It has *not* been
fixed.

Better yet, why don't you do a repair install and see for yourself.

You're right. I was too quick on the trigger. I went and looked at the bills
for the last couple of repair installs I did. I had to re-register the wu
dlls before updates would work. KB555615 needs to be updated with the
procedure to re-register the appropriate dlls. There is a kb article that
details this. I don't have time to find it right now. When the updates fail
there is a link to click on for help. The procedure to re-register the dlls
can be found there.

 

[Alias]

You're right. I was too quick on the trigger. I went and looked at the
bills for the last couple of repair installs I did. I had to re-register
the wu dlls before updates would work. KB555615 needs to be updated with
the procedure to re-register the appropriate dlls. There is a kb article
that details this. I don't have time to find it right now. When the
updates fail there is a link to click on for help. The procedure to
re-register the dlls can be found there.

Just what an average computer user wants to do ... but, hey, it give
repair techs more work so it couldn't be all bad, right?

 

[Guest]

Alias, You Need To Try Out Windows Server 2008 RC0 (Available On
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008), It's A Whole Lot Better Than
Windows Vista RTM, Plus You Can Still Use Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise
Trial Edition (Available at http://office.microsoft.com, Just Click On The
Updates Section For Microsoft Office System 2007 In the Downloads Section)
On It, Which Is Something That Can't Be Done On Ubuntu 7.04 or 7.10 Official
Beta, Just FYI.

 

[The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly]

Automatic Updates after a repair install has been broken for a while.
You have to use the Windows Update web site to get the latest Windows
installer and WU files. After this everything works fine.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555615

I'm confuzzled - is this what the stealth updates are supposed to fix Kerry?

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[Frank]

Just what an average computer user wants to do ... but, hey, it give
repair techs more work so it couldn't be all bad, right?

Guess what? The average user does not know how to do or proly even what,
a repair install is.
Frank

 

[Adam Albright]

Guess what? The average user does not know how to do or proly even what,
a repair install is.
Frank

What every reader of the slop you post knows is you Frank are a
nothing but a f...... idiot. One that suffers from diminished mental
capacity, one that is a pathological liar, is short tempered, ignorant
and lives in his own little fantasy world. I bet your happy I taught
you a new phrase; pathological liar. I see you already are starting to
accuse others of the mental condition that is so abundantly clear you
suffer from.

 

[Alias]

Guess what? The average user does not know how to do or proly even what,
a repair install is.
Frank

Just because you don't know how to do one doesn't mean that everyone
doesn't. Course, you're a sub average computer user who can't even
install an easy-to-install distro like Ubuntu. All you're capable of
doing is lying, insulting and blustering with worn out clichés.

 

[Frank]

What every reader of the slop you post knows is you Frank are a
nothing but a f...... idiot.

Tell me all about it mr incarcerated mental midget!

One that suffers from diminished mental

capacity, one that is a pathological liar, is short tempered, ignorant
and lives in his own little fantasy world. I bet your happy I taught
you a new phrase; pathological liar.

Sorry bozo, minor in child psych. But, I'm sure they've used that exact
term to describe you in all of your group mental help meetings. Did you
even bother to ask them what it meant?

I see you already are starting to

accuse others of the mental condition that is so abundantly clear you
suffer from.

You're the only real, full blown mental nut case I've come across in
this ng of late and just about everyone here agrees with that assessment
of you.
Ever bother to read the posts that are replies to you or are you that
numb and dumb?
You come off as a wacko nut job to almost everyone here!
Hello!!! Earth to adam. Wake the fukk up you idiot!
Frank

 

[Frank]

Just because you don't know how to do one doesn't mean that everyone
doesn't. Course, you're a sub average computer user who can't even
install an easy-to-install distro like Ubuntu. All you're capable of
doing is lying, insulting and blustering with worn out clichés.

Ahhh...so now you've finally descended to adam'a level, huh?
Where all the real nut case lunies reside.
You've now entered the realm of sheer desperation where total ignorance
rules.
Enjoy yourself as I think you've finally found your true place in life.
Frank

 

[Adam Albright]

Tell me all about it mr incarcerated mental midget!

One that suffers from diminished mental

Sorry bozo, minor in child psych. But, I'm sure they've used that exact
term to describe you in all of your group mental help meetings. Did you
even bother to ask them what it meant?

I see you already are starting to

You're the only real, full blown mental nut case I've come across in
this ng of late and just about everyone here agrees with that assessment
of you.
Ever bother to read the posts that are replies to you or are you that
numb and dumb?
You come off as a wacko nut job to almost everyone here!
Hello!!! Earth to adam. Wake the fukk up you idiot!
Frank

More classic psycho babbling. You're really fu*ked-up Frank! Really!

 

[Adam Albright]

Alias wrote:

Ahhh...so now you've finally descended to adam'a level, huh?
Where all the real nut case lunies reside.

Ask the guy you see staring back at your from your bathroom mirror
Frank.

You've now entered the realm of sheer desperation where total ignorance
rules.
Enjoy yourself as I think you've finally found your true place in life.

You in a straightjacket yet?

 

[Frank]

You in a straightjacket yet?

hehehe...you're really very familiar with that kind of mental disorder
restraining equipment, aren't you georgie-boy!
From experience no doubt.
Does that minkie drive you to have raging fits of anger and they put you
in one of those contraptions?
I told you to trade him in for a rat!
Frank

 

[Alias]

Just because you don't know how to do one doesn't mean that everyone
doesn't. Course, you're a sub average computer user who can't even
install an easy-to-install distro like Ubuntu. All you're capable of
doing is lying, insulting and blustering with worn out clichés.

Ahhh...so now you've finally descended to adam'a [sic] level, huh?

Truth hurts, huh?

Where all the real nut case lunies [sic] reside.

You would know all about where loonies reside.

You've now entered the realm of sheer desperation where total ignorance
rules.

Please stop projecting; it's very unbecoming.

Enjoy yourself as I think you've finally found your true place in life.
Frank

Again, stop projecting.

 

[Frank]

Frank wrote:

Alias wrote:

Kerry Brown wrote:


Kerry Brown wrote:


http://www.computerworld.com/action...ArticleBasic&articleId=9039258&intsrc=hm_list




Automatic Updates after a repair install has been broken for a
while. You have to use the Windows Update web site to get the
latest Windows installer and WU files. After this everything
works fine.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555615


I guess you didn't read the article and just had a MS Fanboy
knee-jerk reaction. Try reading the article before you reply. It
has *not* been fixed.

Better yet, why don't you do a repair install and see for yourself.



You're right. I was too quick on the trigger. I went and looked at
the bills for the last couple of repair installs I did. I had to
re-register the wu dlls before updates would work. KB555615 needs
to be updated with the procedure to re-register the appropriate
dlls. There is a kb article that details this. I don't have time
to find it right now. When the updates fail there is a link to
click on for help. The procedure to re-register the dlls can be
found there.


Just what an average computer user wants to do ... but, hey, it
give repair techs more work so it couldn't be all bad, right?

Guess what? The average user does not know how to do or proly even
what, a repair install is.
Frank



Just because you don't know how to do one doesn't mean that everyone
doesn't. Course, you're a sub average computer user who can't even
install an easy-to-install distro like Ubuntu. All you're capable of
doing is lying, insulting and blustering with worn out clichés.

Ahhh...so now you've finally descended to adam'a [sic] level, huh?

Truth hurts, huh?

Where all the real nut case lunies [sic] reside.

You would know all about where loonies reside.

You've now entered the realm of sheer desperation where total
ignorance rules.

Please stop projecting; it's very unbecoming.

Enjoy yourself as I think you've finally found your true place in life.
Frank

Again, stop projecting.

More bluster, bullsh*t and lies?
Are those the only reasons you're here?
Frank