[dba-Tech] WIndows update aarrrggh

Kath
 
I don't think you can reinstall patches from the windows update site, but if
you go to www.microsoft.com/downloads <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads>
there is a catalogue list of ALL the patches they've ever produced.
 
I downloaded SP4 in it's entirety and stored it on my server so that I could
patch all the pc's here without using all my bandwidth. I'd say a reinstall
of sp4 was in order.
 
 
Jon
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From: Software Design & Solutions Pty Ltd.
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Sent: 14 August 2003 04:46
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-Tech] WIndows update aarrrggh


Just sharing some frustration....today to make sure that I could avoid this
new worm which I had not been infected with yet, I went to the site MS has
advertised and let MS 'review' my Win 2K Pro version and recommend updates.
It then showed alist of updates I could make and after reading through the
first one (re: the scurity hole) I went ahead and installed it.
 
I now cannot do all kinds of things, eg. I can;t open a pdf file with
Acrobat reader ('Acrobat has generted errors...') and when I tried to just
reinstall Acrobat Reader I get errors telling me that the Windows installer
file is corrupt and that the installation cannot proceed. I am also having
quirky problems in IE - none of which I was having before going near the MS
site. 
 
If I go back to the MS site and try to re-install that patch or any other it
throws and error and chucks me out.
 
I am now faced with reinstalling Windows............sigh. 
 
Kath Pelletti
Software Design & Solutions Pty Ltd.
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