Sanderson

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Thanks - The current defs are 5703, and I'm not sure anyone can get them
without effort--it hasn't worked on either of my personal machines--haven't
looked at office machines--too busy. I'll check out the thread, but I don't
have a fix, so I'm not sure what help I can offer.
 
Another one of those regional bizarre problems.

I just installed MSAS on a backup laptop for our receptionist and the 5703
update downloaded and installed no problem!

JohnF.
 
I updated at Odark:thirty this morning and had to do it the hard
way.......delete the 2 largest def files, etc. and got the update BUT the
update time and date didn't change from the previous 5701 update. I
eventually uninstalled MSAS and reinstalled it, getting at least a corrected
update time.

On the other hand, I went to my DHs machine, which is 5 feet away from mine
and on the same broadband connection and ran a manual update through
file>check for updates, and lo and behold, it updated correctly! Now, that
machine has been one of those that updates but never shows the correct info
under the About menu, unless you redo the update command. It has even had
trouble with automatic updating.

My machine has generally updated manually with very few issues (not every
time, but correctly after the first few goofy times). That my machine acted
up this time, and the "problem" machine didn't, is a true enigma. I don't
have the patience to wait for the auto update and manually check two or more
times each day.......I only state this because if it's a regional problem
then maybe I need to move my machine to the other side of this 9 x 10 foot
room to get in the same region ;0}
 
Glad to hear it. I won't be able to check any of the office machines for a
couple of days--don't know whether this is just something about my home
machines, or geographic, or what.
 
It would be nice to know if it was some interfering app or a permission or
if it really is as simple as a regional upload server.

I checked the WIndows 2003 Server I have it running on and it has not
updated automatically to 5703 yet but it places nice with MSDE 2000. I'm
running the Windows Server Update Services RC on it as well.

JohnF.
 
John,
It cannot be regional. My daughter's W2K SP4 machine is on
my router 2 feet from me and she can manually update or
get them automatically since day one. Me on the other hand
can never receive and update. It is NOT permissions.
Sanderson and I have been thru that. If I delete the 2
files, I get the new ones, but after that no updates until
I manually delete.
Again I am W2K SP4 daughter on same router same OS and SP.
 
So what ever the replace routine is in MSAS is not working properly to write
the new files over the old ones - it has to be done manually for some
reason. I wonder what the functions are for that process? Something is
stopping it Must be why MS made it possible to download the definitions
separate from the app. They either know and are working on it or have no
idea and made it possible to get updates out anyway.

Wish I could dedicate some solid time to it. It just feels like their is a
way to figure it out.

JohnF.
 
I suppose it is possible that the process of manually deleting the files is
breaking something within the "system."

I should probably do an update install.

I've wondered, myself, whether we are seeing a problem with some mechanism
intended to ensure the integrity of the updates.
 
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