Uninstall a recent Windows Security update in XP

[John N]

A recent MS update from 11/11/09 named "Security Update for Microsoft Office
Excel 2007 (KB973593)" has caused a major flickering problem with a specific
Excel macro file I use. The file is still functional and I am seeking a fix
but would like to uninstall that specific update in the short run. I am able
to do this easily on my Vista machine but not on XP. Any help will be greatly
appreciated.


John N

 

[db]

try a system restore point
to undue the change to the
system files.

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[neil]

A recent MS update from 11/11/09 named "Security Update for Microsoft
Office
Excel 2007 (KB973593)" has caused a major flickering problem with a
specific
Excel macro file I use. The file is still functional and I am seeking a
fix
but would like to uninstall that specific update in the short run. I am
able
to do this easily on my Vista machine but not on XP. Any help will be
greatly
appreciated.


John N

Have you looked in Add/Remove programs and ticked the box for "show
updates". If you do that the update should be inn the list.
Neil

 

[DL]

You mean the Update is not shown in Add/Remove, when you tick 'show
updates'?

 

[dhitchen]

This was likely introduced by the patches for MS09-067.

The patches are:

KB973475: Office 2003
KB973593: Office 2007

You can manually remove them via Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs (be sure
to check the "Show Updates" box).

Or copy the text below to a file and save it as ms09-067-uninstall.cmd.
Save this then run it to automatically uninstall the problematic patch.

(Correct for word wrap.)

If the file gets botched in the thread, you can email me and I'll send you a
copy. dhitchen |at| earthlink [dot] net

:-------------------- begin (do not copy this line) --------------------

@echo off
REM Script to remove problematic MS09-067 patches
REM KB973475: Office 2003
REM KB973593: Office 2007

:Excel_2003
reg query
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{90110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} >nul 2>&1
if not errorlevel 1 (
echo %date% %time%: removing problematic KB973475 patch for Excel 2003
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /package
{90110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} /uninstall
{E76CD647-C9A5-45BC-8B73-D0A7B61050A7} /qn /norestart REBOOT=ReallySuppress
/passive
)

:Excel_2007
reg query
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} >nul 2>&1
if not errorlevel 1 (
echo %date% %time%: removing problematic KB973593 patch for Excel 2007
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /package
{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} /uninstall
{7D6255E3-3423-4D8B-A328-F6F8D28DD5FE} /qn /norestart REBOOT=ReallySuppress
/passive
)

:Excel_2007_smallbusiness
reg query
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{91120000-00CA-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} >nul 2>&1
if not errorlevel 1 (
echo %date% %time%: removing problematic KB973593 patch for Excel 2007
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /package
{91120000-00CA-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE} /uninstall
{7D6255E3-3423-4D8B-A328-F6F8D28DD5FE} /qn /norestart REBOOT=ReallySuppress
/passive
)

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