Re: Update fails reply from microsoft
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> Shenan wrote:
> > The 'formatting' went askew...
> >
> > Let me try to explain the instructions Microsoft gave you in even
> > simpler terms...
> >
I found the info here worked for me. Thanks Chiller.
> > 1. Download and install this:
> > http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/9/D/E9D80355-7AB4-45B8-80E8-983A48D5E1BD/msicuu2.exe
> > 2. Run it (Windows Installer Clean Up) from the start menu
> > and look for/remove .NET Framework.
> > 3. Reboot.
> > 4. Download/install this:
> > http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/c/aac39226-8825-44ce-90e3-bf8203e74006/dotnetfx.exe
> > 5. Reboot.
> > 6. Download/install this:
> > http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/b/4/8b4addd8-e957-4dea-bdb8-c4e00af5b94b/NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe
> > 7. Reboot.
> > 8. Download/install this:
> > http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/ndp1.1sp1-kb928366-x86_20112ef50011e0de2c0e3378139245d81a178b15.exe
> > 9. Reboot.
> >
> > Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and scan
> > for/install critical updates.
> >
> > Everything else in there was "just in case". Chances are against the
> > "just-in-case" scenarios - and if one of them happens - you can come back
> > and ask. All you are doing with this whole process is uninstalling .NET
> > Framework 1.1 and reinstalling it. That's it.
>
> mikec wrote:
> > I went thru the whole uninstall / reinstall process for
> > NetFramework 1.1 , installed the SP's and tried to get KB928366.
> > Still NO JOY... What Now?
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > Either don't get it (mark it not to tell you again) or tell us
> > specifically it is doing.
> >
> > Error?
> > Event Log?
> > Repeating over and over?
> >
> > Did you manually download the 928366 patch and install it or
> > automatic updates or web page?
>
> Alan wrote:
> > Shenan, I think you need to chill a bit.
> >
> > You're coming across quite shrill -- and pedantic -- in this thread.
>
> "MikeC" presented what they had done and I pointed out that beyond the small
> blurb about having uninstalled/reinstalled, we knew very little about the
> specific predicament. "Still No Joy" tells me very little and "MikeC" has
> not posted elsewhere in this thread that I see to know exactly what they are
> seeing.
>
> I then proceded to inquire if there was an error... Anything in the Event
> Log... Or was the update just repeating over and over. I also asked
> specifically how the update was aquired and attempted to be installed.
>
> That's this off-shoot of the thread...
>
> In another part of this thread I tried to point out that not having a backup
> plan for your computer is not wise in ANY case - and that this sort of thing
> is pretty much a fine example of why it is wise to backup your
> computer/files. I even pointed out that backing up did not have to be
> complicated by any means.. simply burning a CD/DVD or copying files from one
> drive to another could be a backup - if you are doing it periodically and to
> the stuff that is actually important to you.
>
> I even tried to simplify (and pull out the excessive material) from the
> original post. It seems the email had too many "what ifs" in it to be
> easily understood and followed to me - so I thought I might try and assist
> and pull out those "what ifs" and just leave the actual steps and explain -
> in one sentence - what the solution was actually doing.
>
> I'm sorry if all that seems to make me a pedant in your eyes or if my
> repeating (the formatting never seemed to work and I am sorry I posted it
> three times without a positive result in that manner) presents my responses
> as shrill to you... But they are meant to be helpful.
>
> After all - what's the point of going through something like this and not
> even getting any knowledge out of it to help avoid it (or recover more
> quickly at the very least) in the future...? And yes - if history (and the
> archives of these newsgroups) shows us anything - it is that it *will* be
> repeated.
>
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> Shenan Stanley
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