Uninstalling Security Updates

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Is there a way to uninstall a Security Update from the command prompt? I
have run the patch executable file with the /? after it to see the switches
available, but I did not find one that would allow you to do an uninstall.
The latest IE patch KB918899 breaks Siebel 7 on all of our remote users
desktops and I need to uninstall the patch by having them run it from the
command line using a program that will run it as an administrator (they
don't have admin rights to remove it using Add/Remove Programs). Thanks in
advance
 
I'd heard that Siebel had supposedly fixed this a month or so ago, Phil.
Have you checked with Siebel Support? (YMMV)

See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-042.mspx >
General Information > Windows XP Service Pack 2 (all versions) and Windows
XP Professional x64 Edition > Removal Information

....for available Uninstall switches you can use.
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MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
 
Microsoft issued hotfixes for this problem in April and June. The IE patch
for August wipes both of them out. Your correct in that Siebel has issued an
update, but the problem for me is that our Siebel team has not been able to
apply the Siebel patches to the system. I am not sure what the hang up is.
And since I am desktop support, I am already starting to get hit with
problems from my users. I have been able to uninstall the patch for a few
users and turn off automatic updates, but I wont be able to resolve the
problem for everyone. That's why I was hoping to find a way to uninstall the
patch with a command line. I can package it up with a program called TQC
Runas that will run it with the admin account that is on all of our
machines.

Thanks for the reply
 
Hi,

Go to C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB918899$\spuninst

Launch spuninst.exe to remove this updates.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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I've ran the spuinst of the kb918899 but still have problem running
Siebel ver.7.5.3.15 properly, what are the proceedures to make Siebel
to run after uninstalling that patch?

cheers,
//Tony
 
I am going to give it a try now. Only thing I can think of is to make sure
you reboot after you uninstall. That was mandatory after the hotfixes in
June and April or it still did not correct the problem.
 
schwede said:
I've ran the spuinst of the kb918899 but still have problem running
Siebel ver.7.5.3.15 properly, what are the proceedures to make Siebel
to run after uninstalling that patch?

cheers,
//Tony
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Here is a additional item you can try. Just drop the below lines in a
batch and modify the KB number that you want to uninstall. This will
even reboot after it is complete.

...............begin bat...............................................
c:
cd C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB916281$\spuninst
spuninst.exe /quiet /forcerestart

..............end bat......................................

As an extra grab a copy of PSExec from sysinternals and you can run
this remotely. Just copy the batch out to the stations, fire up psexec
and off you go..

Example: psexec \\wkstatname C:\copybatlocation.bat
 
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