Size of Q Updates in Add/Remove

[Dinarius]

A few weeks back I noticed in Add/Remove programs that
four updates, namely, Q329048, Q329115, Q329390 and
Q329834, we showing up as occupying almost 1.2Gb of space
between them!

This updates are tiny. A few kb each, as I recall, so I
thought that something was awry.

I uninstalled them and then went to Windows Update. It
detected that they were missing and prompted me to
download them and reinstall, which I did. Same problem.
They were showing up as 333Mb each!

I mailed MSFT Online support and they told me to do the
following:

"Step 1
====
1. Open My Computer, and then browse to the following
location: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Catroot2

2. Right-click the Catroot2 folder, and then click
Delete.

Step 2
====
Please install the four updates from links below:

Q329048 http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/...p?
ReleaseIDC419

Q329115
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId680

Q329390
http://microsoft.com/downloads/deta...7AF2-2653-4767-
A85D-24BF68D28D20

Q329834 http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/...p?
ReleaseIDC635"

After I did the installation, I checked in Add/Remove
programs. Nothing whatsoever! There was no trace of the
four Qs.

MSFT's next suggestion was:

"I suggest downloading them to the hard disk and then
install the updates in Safe Mode to test this issue. To
start Windows in Safe Mode, please follow these steps:

1. Please turn on or restart the computer. While your
computer is booting up, please keep pressing the F8 key
to invoke the startup menu. 2. In the startup menu,
choose Safe Mode."

Same thing. No sign of them.

I did note one thing though..............when I was
installing them, for each one I got the following:

"Completing the Windows XP Q329048 Setup Wizard. You have
successfully completed the Q329048 Setup Wizard. To close
the wizard, click Finish."

When I click Finish, that's it. The window closes. It
nevers says, "You have successfully *installed* the file,
only that, "you have successfully completed the setup
wizard".

So, I suspect that no installation was actually taking
place. And I have no idea where they are on my computer.

But, equally, if they are not installed, then Windows
Update should be picking up on that. It isn't.

Very, very odd.

I'd like to put them back into Add/Remove at the correct
size.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Dinarius

 

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Have you checked the updates respective KB articles to see if the files are
installed? If they are installed and not showing in add/remove they might
be still be installed. You can see if they have an uninstall by looking for
the respective $NTUninstall....$ directory in C:\windows.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

A few weeks back I noticed in Add/Remove programs that
four updates, namely, Q329048, Q329115, Q329390 and
Q329834, we showing up as occupying almost 1.2Gb of space
between them!

This updates are tiny. A few kb each, as I recall, so I
thought that something was awry.

I uninstalled them and then went to Windows Update. It
detected that they were missing and prompted me to
download them and reinstall, which I did. Same problem.
They were showing up as 333Mb each!

I mailed MSFT Online support and they told me to do the
following:

"Step 1
====
1. Open My Computer, and then browse to the following
location: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Catroot2

2. Right-click the Catroot2 folder, and then click
Delete.

Step 2
====
Please install the four updates from links below:

Q329048 http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/...p?
ReleaseIDC419

Q329115
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId680

Q329390
http://microsoft.com/downloads/deta...7AF2-2653-4767-
A85D-24BF68D28D20

Q329834 http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/...p?
ReleaseIDC635"

After I did the installation, I checked in Add/Remove
programs. Nothing whatsoever! There was no trace of the
four Qs.

MSFT's next suggestion was:

"I suggest downloading them to the hard disk and then
install the updates in Safe Mode to test this issue. To
start Windows in Safe Mode, please follow these steps:

1. Please turn on or restart the computer. While your
computer is booting up, please keep pressing the F8 key
to invoke the startup menu. 2. In the startup menu,
choose Safe Mode."

Same thing. No sign of them.

I did note one thing though..............when I was
installing them, for each one I got the following:

"Completing the Windows XP Q329048 Setup Wizard. You have
successfully completed the Q329048 Setup Wizard. To close
the wizard, click Finish."

When I click Finish, that's it. The window closes. It
nevers says, "You have successfully *installed* the file,
only that, "you have successfully completed the setup
wizard".

So, I suspect that no installation was actually taking
place. And I have no idea where they are on my computer.

But, equally, if they are not installed, then Windows
Update should be picking up on that. It isn't.

Very, very odd.

I'd like to put them back into Add/Remove at the correct
size.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Dinarius

 

[Dinarius]

Joseph,

Many thanks for your reply.

I looked in c:windows and saw the four Q files in text
form. I opened one of them and this was the body of the
text:

Service Pack started with following command line:
***

CreateUninstall = 0,Directory =
C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallQ329390$
***

Num Ticks for invent : 6690

***

Num Ticks for download : 10

***

Num Ticks for Cabinet build : 10

***

Num Ticks for Copying files : 1131

***

Num Ticks for Reg update and deleting 0 size files : 0

***

Does this mean that it installed successfully?

If so, I presume that the others are the same.

Many thanks.

D.

 

[Alex Nichol]

A few weeks back I noticed in Add/Remove programs that
four updates, namely, Q329048, Q329115, Q329390 and
Q329834, we showing up as occupying almost 1.2Gb of space
between them!

This updates are tiny. A few kb each, as I recall, so I
thought that something was awry.

I uninstalled them and then went to Windows Update. It
detected that they were missing and prompted me to
download them and reinstall, which I did. Same problem.
They were showing up as 333Mb each!

Add/Remove ought really not to show any size for Hotfixes - whatever it
did would be meaningless. As it is it comes up with these big figures,
which might as well be the sum of all system files that have
cross-references with those in the fix

More to the point is to look at the folders of Uninstall files for them
- Windows\$NTUninstallQnnnnnn$ (hidden); which you can delete should you
decide you will not want to uninstall.