Recent Updates - current state.

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antioch

Hello All
This request may P.O. some but if possible, could the matters regarding the
recent spate of updating problems be condensed into a single reply.
I hesitated to download the one causing the first probs - KB908531-
after certain postings but did do the others a few days later -
KB911562*
KB912812*
KB911565
KB911567*
Then KB911567 popped up as a problem.
This past weekend, O.E. has caused all sorts of problems for me, so did a
system restore on three dates prior to my download date, but each time I got
'Restore Incomplete' 'Your comp cannot be restored to this date etc. No
changes have been made to your comp. Choose another date' I didn't bother
at this point.
I then deleted 3 of the four I downloaded - kept the Win MedPlayer KB911565,
as there seemed to be no probs with that prog.
This deletion included the one for .I.E. despite I could not see/find any
obvious problems with I.E.
Re-booted each time I deleted, did full virus/malware/spyware scans as per
newsgroup recommendations(my thanks to those who post the full cleanups).
Are KB908531 and the other three, now safe to download?
Rgds
Antioch
 
I would also like to see a bit of summary for current state of KB908531.

I have tried several of the suggestions posted to this group, including
calling Microsoft Help. There, I spent about 2 hours on phone with a
Tech going through many steps that did not help. The MS tech insisted
there was no problem with the updates. Finally he asking me to create a
new User Account as a way to get rid of a corrupt ntdll.dl file ,which
made no sense to me. The new account appeared to eliminate the problem
with Windows Explorer, but it soon returned.

I also performed the procedure described at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165 which did not solve the problem.

Best Regards to all,

Harold
 
Simple, Mac.
As per the Concise Oxford Dictionary (English) does, without exception.
Rgds
Antioch
 
Easy then, with that constraint, they are all SAFE to DOWNLOAD. On the
other hand the side effects of installing them on your particular
software configuration will have to be determined by you.
 
Sorry, but your comments are not understood and do not address what I was
asking. Could you elaborate the first sentence, as it would appear to me
and three others in the office, that it is a contradiction with the first
part and the second!
Rgds
Antioch
 
The update process involves two distinct steps. DOWNLOAD and INSTALL.
Please look at your windows update options screen to refresh.

The first sentence addresses the first step which you specifically
stated. And the second sentence addresses the second step which is where
the problem lies. There is no contradiction, as I specifically stated it
so as to comply with the terms you set forth.
 
Hi Bob
Now we understand what you are trying to say - I didn't qualify the full
process of updates for the 'safe' criteria. Sorry for the confusion on my
part. Can I detect a slight tinge of humour then, in that 'alleged
contradiction?
Thanks for the help
Rgds
Antioch
 
Yes, let's hope today's update "unwinds" the little fiasco the prior
update had with HP publish to web.

Have a good one.
 
If it does not solve the probs I can see that we are going to learn a lot of
new 'words' perhaps :-) :-)
I have nothing HP but it worried me.
Rgds
Antioch
 
As they say,
tomorrow is another day.
We live, and learn
our fingers not to burn.

May you be trouble free tomorrow.
 
Hair-Splitter!

Of course the enquirer means the whole operation; one's no use without the
other.

No software installation can be completely safe. You can only rely on and
make a considered decision from :-

1) Other users reported experience of successful installs. However, it is
still possible that it would fail on your system's particular configuration.

2) Your trust of the reliability of the software provider, of their ability
to respond to support problems and of their record of fixing their own bugs.
 
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