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C.B.
Something strange happened early this morning, 03/11/2008, at
approximately 01:30. I was notified that updates were available. These
update offerings disappeared five minutes later and haven't been seen since.
I did not write down the KB numbers as I didn't expect them to disappear.
The updates offered to me, through Windows Update, were one for
non-Gregorian calendar use, SP1 for Vista and five dealing with Live. The
Live updates were for Live toolbar, Live Messenger, Live Writer and two
others. I forget the two other Live updates.
I have Windows Update set to notify me before downloading or installing
any updates. Anyway, before they disappeared I decided to hide the update
for SP1, KB936330, which had a "Published" date of 02/20/2008, because I
wasn't sure it was the correct SP1 update as I knew it hadn't been released
to the public yet. Actually, I didn't install any of them because I assumed
they would still be there when I got out of bed, at which time I was going
to install all of them except SP1.
I had previously installed SP1 RC Refresh 2 but it disappeared when I
had to reformat and do a clean install on 02/26/2008 in order to find the
causative factor preventing my Microsoft fingerprint reader from working.
Therefore, I didn't know if this was another offering of Refresh 2 or if it
was the actual SP1 RTM. I'm not going to install it until I know what it is.
Now, my problem is this. Having hidden the update for SP1 it is still
on my system. It didn't remove itself along with the others because it was
hidden. I want to remove it but to the best of my knowledge there is no way
to do this unless I first install it and then remove it. I thought about
removing the two prerequisite updates, KB937287 and KB938371, in order to
force the removal of the KB936330 offering but that is not possible because
the two prerequisite updates cannot be removed.
The only solution I can think of is to either install the offered SP1
and check the version and build numbers or reformat and reinstall the OS,
which is no big deal. Of course, I could simply use one of my Acronis images
to restore it also. It usually only takes thirty minutes to do a reformat
and clean install of my Vista Ultimate 32bit before I reach the first
desktop, at which time I am offered the abundance of additional updates, or
twenty minutes to do an Acronis restore. Does anyone know the version and
build numbers of the final SP1 release? If so, I would appreciate it very
much if someone would let me know before I install the SP1 so that I can
uninstall it if it is the wrong version and build. Of course, this could
create another issue. If the SP1 I was offered is indeed the Refresh 2
version and I leave it on my system will I still be offered the SP1 RTM when
it is released or will I have to remove the Refresh 2 version first in order
to be offered the RTM?
Thank you for your time and any assistance provided.
C.B.
approximately 01:30. I was notified that updates were available. These
update offerings disappeared five minutes later and haven't been seen since.
I did not write down the KB numbers as I didn't expect them to disappear.
The updates offered to me, through Windows Update, were one for
non-Gregorian calendar use, SP1 for Vista and five dealing with Live. The
Live updates were for Live toolbar, Live Messenger, Live Writer and two
others. I forget the two other Live updates.
I have Windows Update set to notify me before downloading or installing
any updates. Anyway, before they disappeared I decided to hide the update
for SP1, KB936330, which had a "Published" date of 02/20/2008, because I
wasn't sure it was the correct SP1 update as I knew it hadn't been released
to the public yet. Actually, I didn't install any of them because I assumed
they would still be there when I got out of bed, at which time I was going
to install all of them except SP1.
I had previously installed SP1 RC Refresh 2 but it disappeared when I
had to reformat and do a clean install on 02/26/2008 in order to find the
causative factor preventing my Microsoft fingerprint reader from working.
Therefore, I didn't know if this was another offering of Refresh 2 or if it
was the actual SP1 RTM. I'm not going to install it until I know what it is.
Now, my problem is this. Having hidden the update for SP1 it is still
on my system. It didn't remove itself along with the others because it was
hidden. I want to remove it but to the best of my knowledge there is no way
to do this unless I first install it and then remove it. I thought about
removing the two prerequisite updates, KB937287 and KB938371, in order to
force the removal of the KB936330 offering but that is not possible because
the two prerequisite updates cannot be removed.
The only solution I can think of is to either install the offered SP1
and check the version and build numbers or reformat and reinstall the OS,
which is no big deal. Of course, I could simply use one of my Acronis images
to restore it also. It usually only takes thirty minutes to do a reformat
and clean install of my Vista Ultimate 32bit before I reach the first
desktop, at which time I am offered the abundance of additional updates, or
twenty minutes to do an Acronis restore. Does anyone know the version and
build numbers of the final SP1 release? If so, I would appreciate it very
much if someone would let me know before I install the SP1 so that I can
uninstall it if it is the wrong version and build. Of course, this could
create another issue. If the SP1 I was offered is indeed the Refresh 2
version and I leave it on my system will I still be offered the SP1 RTM when
it is released or will I have to remove the Refresh 2 version first in order
to be offered the RTM?
Thank you for your time and any assistance provided.
C.B.