Kb898461

I formatted my comp and Microsoft is trying to update me w/ KB898461 but it keeps saying it failed. The KB898461 is just a update that compresses the update files into smaller packages. Weather i need it or not its kinda annoying having that thing pop up every 2 min and try to download. I guess that i could just turn off the auto-update but id rather fix this situation. I tried going st8 to microsoft and download it but i got the same results. I cant download IE 7 either, dunno if its because of this.......Is there a way to fix another 1 of Bill Gates screw ups?.....thx in advance

 

I'm sure you've already read this, but what the heck....
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898461/en-us
It seems as if this is one of those updates that other updates work off of, and without it, future updates may take longer, or may not install at all. Then again, I could be wrong.
I found the following tips in the MS forums:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&tid=bfa93419-5dc4-45d5-88f0-135489d4a059&p=1
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=777508&SiteID=25

:major Good Luck!

 

I also found this http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;898543 but it only applies to a few select foreign versions of XP. Maybe you can use it as a reference to find the appropriate one for your version. Or maybe it will install anyway (not recommended) and fix the problem....

 

I went to the forums that u posted and tried everything that they said to do, but i still cant get that update, any other ideas?......I tried sending an e-mail to microsoft about the situation and they wanted to charge me $59.00 to solve the issue (no wonder bill Gates is loaded)

 

Not just yet.... I'll do some poking around for you and I'll post anything else that may be helpful... be patient Hopefully, in the meantime someone else will come along and shed more light on this....
:major

 

ok thx

 

Unfortunatly i tried that, i went back into my system32 folder just to make sure that the file was still changed to spupdsvcold.exe, and it is , any other solutions?

 

Go to C:\Windows\Software Distribution and rename the entire folder to (you guessed it) Software Distribution-Old and try the updates.... this is a 'fix' I've used before that has worked when updates wouldn't install. I forgot about it last night... it was midnight and I was pretty freekin' tired
Good luck!

 

i went into safe mode, changed the folder as u said, and tried the update again...still wont update, failed. i went into the windows folder to make sure that it was still changed and it was, it also made a new Software Distribution folder. Any other ideas dlb?

 

Yeah, that's normal. We renamed the old one because sometimes if something in there gets corrupted or just doesn't "jive" correctly, renaming (or deleting) the folder causes Windows to create a new, clean folder. But apparently that didn't help. I forgot, you did try to download the KB898461 .exe file and install it by itself, right? If not, the link is the first one below. The other may be helpful, so give 'em a look. It may also be helpful to look down at the bottom of each page for links below. There's links to articles and downloads that relate to the info on the page. Wow, that sounds really confusing. Anyway, here's some links, check out everything including any other links on the pages.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e1-9a67-4b99-a65a-069b79267856&DisplayLang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...df-bc5e-44b7-a339-6794d97994a2&DisplayLang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...52-96dc-415a-a1d9-fd42e62af5a8&DisplayLang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d8-5053-436e-b898-9cd995292baa&DisplayLang=en
The first link is to the KB898461 executable file, the others are different KB downloads that may help, and they have possibly helpful links also...
Good luck!

 

I was just thinking, you could try running Ryan's Post SP2 update. It includes all Windows updates that have been released since SP2's arrival. There's like 90 or so of them, and they're all included in one big file. Or you can try AutoPatcher which is similar.
Ryans Post SP2 Update http://www.majorgeeks.com/RyanVMs_Windows_XP_Post-SP2_Update_Pack_d5085.html
AutoPatcher August07 Update http://www.majorgeeks.com/AutoPatcher_XP_Update_d5213.html
AutoPatcher August07 Update & Core http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/AutoPatcher-XP.shtml
Ryans Update is designed to be slipstreamed into an XP disc for installation, but the AutoPatcher is kind of like a stand-alone Windows update .exe where you can pick and choose which updates you want... I used to use AutoPatcher all the time, it's great.

 

man-o-man. whatta lu-lu......i went thru all 4 of those and these also that were on those pages...

Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)
Update for Windows XP (KB927891)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB943460)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB943055)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB941569)
Update for Windows XP (KB897663)
Update for Windows XP (KB885222)
Update for Windows XP (KB898461)
Update for Windows XP (KB904412)
Update for Windows XP (KB886677)

i either get denied or it says that the download is for users that have no service packs installed. I tried to download IE 7 again to ...it basically told me to forget it......do u have Bill Gates e-mail addy?....i wanna tell him a thing or 2........lol

 

im downloading Ryans and the auto patchers.......ill let u know how it went tomorrow.....thx again

 

Sorry I wasn't here to see that last night. When you formatted it, you changed some of the files to older versions that the new update is not expecting to see - that's why it appears broken.
I'll have to do some searching through my notes to see what files need to be changed to fix updating again.

 

Register these dlls by going to start/run and typing cmd
and typing each of the following: (press enter after each and wait til the dll is registered before moving to the next)
REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

 

i installed all the ddl's thru cmd like i was instructed, all of them said that they were successful. I went for the dreaded update again......and again it failed. i tried rebooting afterwards to. Ive used this copy of windows XP atleast a dozen times and ive never had this problem b-4...any other ideas?...thx in advance.