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Windows Update downloading the same fixes repeatedly

Bard · 2004-04-12 12:21:55

Windows update downloads and the following update and pops up a message asking for permission to install it. I install it. It downloads it again. I install it. and so on... Why would Windows Update be popping up with the same update over and over?

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12-04-2004 1:21pm

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Bard

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Windows update downloads and the following update and pops up a message asking for permission to install it.

Security Update for Microsoft Windows (819696)
An identified security issue in Microsoft DirectX could alloiw an attacker to run programs on a computer running Microsoft Windows. The attacker would first have to send you an e-mail message or entice you into visiting a malicious Web site. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. Once you install this item it cannot be removed.

I install it.

It downloads it again.

I install it.

and so on...

Why would Windows Update be popping up with the same update over and over?

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#2 12-04-2004 1:25pm
irishgeo

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because its crap.

get a hold of this. www.autopatcher.com

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#3 12-04-2004 2:22pm
Bard

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A >200Mb download of a 3rd party application? Surely that's not the only solution...

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#4 12-04-2004 2:42pm
jabberwock

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ya the initial download is scary but after that all you need to do is download small monthly updates.
use the File Exchange Forum and ask someone to burn it onto cd for you.

but anyways done some googling and on expert-exchange that installing Direct X 9.0b seems to fix the problem.

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#5 12-04-2004 2:48pm
zAbbo

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is it a legit xp?

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#6 13-04-2004 2:38am
Bard

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Originally posted by bazH
is it a legit xp?

Yes, of course it is.

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#7 13-04-2004 2:54am
sceptre

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What happens if you download it directly and install it manually?

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#8 14-04-2004 9:31am
ColmOT [MSFT]

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Bard, does the patch install correctly when you download it - you see the green check mark if it's successful, or a red 'X' if it fails to install.

If you want to check the registry, can you let me know of the following key exists:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Hotfix\KB819696 Installed = 1

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This should let Windows Update know that it's already installed.

Also, what OS are you using? On both my Windows XP & Server 2003 machines, I'm not getting reoffered it after it's installed.

Cheers,

Colm.

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#9 14-04-2004 5:37pm
jabberwock

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have a look at this site that links to M$

jabberwock

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