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Damn stupid reply!

Damn stupid reply, that might be simple but not really a solution. (Do you work for M$ or related?)

There's no need to cut your nose off to spite your face. Just stop Windows Update:

- either turn Windows Update off in Services, and/or;

- nuke the files* that cause the problem (i.e Windows Update program files).

- then download Windows patches manually and install them manually--but only after you determine what they are for (this bit can be a bit tricky when M$ doesn't tell you what they do--therefore always backup** first).



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(* This is not meant to be a tutorial on nuking the update stuff but you could delete every system file that begins with 'WU'. Make sure you delete ALL the cache versions first (dllcache etc.) or they'll be back. If you don't understand the reason for this then don't do it at all. I don't want to be blamed for encouraging incompetents to further stuff up the incomprehensible.)

(** If you have to restore for any reason then don't leave any WU shrapnel hanging about (set restore to overwrite existing and remove all files added since the original backup so you only have what was in the restore in the system directories).

Posted by: Irritated_User   Posted on: 10/21/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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