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XP repair can prevent Windows updates !! RJK 11-10-2007
Posted by RJK on November 10, 2007, 6:11 pm
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Thank you, Sharon

regards, Richard


>I agree with this post.
>
> --
>
> Sharon Franks
> MCC group
> Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)
> Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
>
>
>
>> Why choose the word "inflammatory" instead of "helpful" or "advisory," or
>> simply, (as you did in this threads' OP), provide the history of that
>> particular MS bug, and leave it at that ? Perhaps you're trying to be
>> inflammatory on behalf of someone else ? T'hune was good at that !
>>
>> What a laugh ! ...where in my post did I suggest that I'd
>> 'comprehensively researched' the matter ? I did a quick Google at my
>> brothers house because I was unfamiliar with the 6 *.dll's that get left
>> unregistered after a XP repair/overinstall. My OP here generated that
>> knowledge from you, which I thought it would. Why be sarcastic about it
>> ?
>>
>>
>> Regarding the "apology," you're misguidedly seeking on behalf of someone
>> else - you've obviously got a sense of humour that I don't understand !
>> I will NOT apologize for something I haven't said or done, and where that
>> apology, even if offered for the sake of keeping the peace, would be
>> literally unwarranted and supurflous.
>>
>> My first thought was not give this post the courtesy of a reply but, (in
>> view that it was not you who chose to unleash a torrent of vitriol in
>> another place, by a different / seemingly and completely irrational
>> person), instead will comment for the FINAL time on the matter as below
>> :-
>>
>> That person who chose, (for some strange and astonishingly irrational and
>> deeply unfathomable reason), to misinterpret my post at aumha.org, also
>> chose to ignore and distort facts contained in them, that were completely
>> clear, as to when and what I'd done, (with regard to to submitting the
>> HJT executeable program file to VirusTotal), and which contradict his
>> responses. ...anyhow I refuse to argue about that, and him, any more,
>> it's boring and time consuming i.e. I've never talked briefly with such
>> an unhelpful, (why was he in there?), irrational, illogical and rude
>> person, EVER ! ...perhaps he was just having a bad day, or perhaps it was
>> a full moon !
>>
>> I collected Hijackthis.exe v2.02 from aumha.org v2.0.2 (file version
>> 2.0.0.2), and just for something to do really, submitted it to the CLS's
>> at
>> VirusTotal.com, where three of them, highlighted it. I then submitted an
>> older version of HJT from my PC archive where only one CLS highlighted
>> it. All of that was accurately conveyed in my posts at aumha.org, albeit
>> a little jumbled up.
>>
>> That poster, (whose name is now - very satisfyingly - forever in my
>> killfile), at aumha.org obviously didn't want to make any constructive
>> comment on that, (which I thought would have been an interesting topic
>> regarding HJT causing false positives among the CLS's at VirusTotal,
>> (e.g. 2 with the current version and 1 with an older version)), but,
>> immediately launched into a torrent of distorted vitriol ...something
>> like. "...you've publicly accused aumha of distributing infected
>> software..." ...and other wildly fictitious, and almost abusive
>> assumptions, whilst simultaneously choosing to ignore pertinent facts
>> that fully contradicted his comments ! I deleted what I could from my
>> posts at aumha.org, and will not go there again, it's simply not worth
>> wasting breath in there, or on him !
>>
>> Again, I will NOT apologize for something I haven't said or done, and
>> where that apology, even if offered for the sake of keeping the peace,
>> would be literally unwarranted and supurflous.
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>>
>>> Richard, please do a little basic research before making such
>>> inflammatory
>>> posts, especially posts about articles that are nearly 2 months' old and
>>> poorly reseached in the first place.
>>>
>>> The following KB article was published in early Oct-07 and was the
>>> result of
>>> a long campaign (one that was under way long before Scott published his
>>> article) on WinXP users' behalf by many MS MVPs:
>>>
>>> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from
>>> Microsoft
>>> Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP
>>> installation:
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>>>
>>> PS: I still demand that apology.
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
>>>
>>> RJK wrote:
>>>> A little tip, and warning, for those are not aware that an
>>>> "over-install"
>>>> or
>>>> "repair" of your XP platform, using your XP cd, apparently leaves your
>>>> system in a condition where Windows Update/s no longer work, and fail !
>>>>
>>>>
http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27/03-Stealth-Windows-update-prevents-XP-repair
>>>>
>>>> ...scroll down the page a little to view..., and to where you could put
>>>> these 6 *.dll registration commands into a batch file to make things
>>>> a
>>>> little swifter :-)
>>>>
>>>> regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
>>>> regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll
>>>> regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
>>>> regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
>>>> regsvr32 /s wups2.dll
>>>> regsvr32 /s wups.dll
>>>> regsvr32 /s wuweb.dll
>>>>
>>>> ...yesterday I cleaned visited my brother in Bournemouth, who had
>>>> managed
>>>> to
>>>> get some malware via an "exploit" into his machine. After
>>>> cleaning that up, and my not being happy with how his machine was
>>>> performing, I "repair installed" from his XP Home SP2b cd, and after
>>>> that,
>>>> Windows Update could not work !
>>>>
>>>> A quick Google revealed:-
>>>>
http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27/03-Stealth-Windows-update-prevents-XP-repair
>>>> ...after that, the 80+ Windows updates installed beautifully.
>>>> ...thank goodness for that !!!
>>>> ...enjoy :-)
>>>>
>>>> regards, Richard
>>>
>>
>>
>
>



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?TWljayBNdXJwaHk=?= on November 11, 2007, 4:19 am
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Lol. We've gpt a REAL troll!!!!

"Sharon Franks" wrote:

> I agree with this post.
>
> --
>
> Sharon Franks
> MCC group
> Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)
> Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).
>
>
>
> > Why choose the word "inflammatory" instead of "helpful" or "advisory," or
> > simply, (as you did in this threads' OP), provide the history of that
> > particular MS bug, and leave it at that ? Perhaps you're trying to be
> > inflammatory on behalf of someone else ? T'hune was good at that !
> >
> > What a laugh ! ...where in my post did I suggest that I'd
> > 'comprehensively researched' the matter ? I did a quick Google at my
> > brothers house because I was unfamiliar with the 6 *.dll's that get left
> > unregistered after a XP repair/overinstall. My OP here generated that
> > knowledge from you, which I thought it would. Why be sarcastic about it ?
> >
> >
> > Regarding the "apology," you're misguidedly seeking on behalf of someone
> > else - you've obviously got a sense of humour that I don't understand ! I
> > will NOT apologize for something I haven't said or done, and where that
> > apology, even if offered for the sake of keeping the peace, would be
> > literally unwarranted and supurflous.
> >
> > My first thought was not give this post the courtesy of a reply but, (in
> > view that it was not you who chose to unleash a torrent of vitriol in
> > another place, by a different / seemingly and completely irrational
> > person), instead will comment for the FINAL time on the matter as below :-
> >
> > That person who chose, (for some strange and astonishingly irrational and
> > deeply unfathomable reason), to misinterpret my post at aumha.org, also
> > chose to ignore and distort facts contained in them, that were completely
> > clear, as to when and what I'd done, (with regard to to submitting the HJT
> > executeable program file to VirusTotal), and which contradict his
> > responses. ...anyhow I refuse to argue about that, and him, any more, it's
> > boring and time consuming i.e. I've never talked briefly with such an
> > unhelpful, (why was he in there?), irrational, illogical and rude person,
> > EVER ! ...perhaps he was just having a bad day, or perhaps it was a full
> > moon !
> >
> > I collected Hijackthis.exe v2.02 from aumha.org v2.0.2 (file version
> > 2.0.0.2), and just for something to do really, submitted it to the CLS's
> > at
> > VirusTotal.com, where three of them, highlighted it. I then submitted an
> > older version of HJT from my PC archive where only one CLS highlighted
> > it. All of that was accurately conveyed in my posts at aumha.org, albeit a
> > little jumbled up.
> >
> > That poster, (whose name is now - very satisfyingly - forever in my
> > killfile), at aumha.org obviously didn't want to make any constructive
> > comment on that, (which I thought would have been an interesting topic
> > regarding HJT causing false positives among the CLS's at VirusTotal, (e.g.
> > 2 with the current version and 1 with an older version)), but, immediately
> > launched into a torrent of distorted vitriol ...something like. "...you've
> > publicly accused aumha of distributing infected software..." ...and
> > other wildly fictitious, and almost abusive assumptions, whilst
> > simultaneously choosing to ignore pertinent facts that fully contradicted
> > his comments ! I deleted what I could from my posts at aumha.org, and
> > will not go there again, it's simply not worth wasting breath in there, or
> > on him !
> >
> > Again, I will NOT apologize for something I haven't said or done, and
> > where that apology, even if offered for the sake of keeping the peace,
> > would be literally unwarranted and supurflous.
> >
> > regards, Richard
> >
> >
> >> Richard, please do a little basic research before making such
> >> inflammatory
> >> posts, especially posts about articles that are nearly 2 months' old and
> >> poorly reseached in the first place.
> >>
> >> The following KB article was published in early Oct-07 and was the result
> >> of
> >> a long campaign (one that was under way long before Scott published his
> >> article) on WinXP users' behalf by many MS MVPs:
> >>
> >> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from
> >> Microsoft
> >> Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP
> >> installation:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
> >>
> >> PS: I still demand that apology.
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> >> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> >> DTS-L http://dts-l.org/
> >>
> >> RJK wrote:
> >>> A little tip, and warning, for those are not aware that an
> >>> "over-install"
> >>> or
> >>> "repair" of your XP platform, using your XP cd, apparently leaves your
> >>> system in a condition where Windows Update/s no longer work, and fail !
> >>>
> >>>
http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27/03-Stealth-Windows-update-prevents-XP-repair
> >>>
> >>> ...scroll down the page a little to view..., and to where you could put
> >>> these 6 *.dll registration commands into a batch file to make things a
> >>> little swifter :-)
> >>>
> >>> regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
> >>> regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll
> >>> regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
> >>> regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
> >>> regsvr32 /s wups2.dll
> >>> regsvr32 /s wups.dll
> >>> regsvr32 /s wuweb.dll
> >>>
> >>> ...yesterday I cleaned visited my brother in Bournemouth, who had
> >>> managed
> >>> to
> >>> get some malware via an "exploit" into his machine. After
> >>> cleaning that up, and my not being happy with how his machine was
> >>> performing, I "repair installed" from his XP Home SP2b cd, and after
> >>> that,
> >>> Windows Update could not work !
> >>>
> >>> A quick Google revealed:-
> >>>
http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27/03-Stealth-Windows-update-prevents-XP-repair
> >>> ...after that, the 80+ Windows updates installed beautifully.
> >>> ...thank goodness for that !!!
> >>> ...enjoy :-)
> >>>
> >>> regards, Richard
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

Posted by PA Bear on November 10, 2007, 5:33 pm
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<plonk yet another posting alias of yours>

Posted by RJK on November 10, 2007, 6:14 pm
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How extraordinary !
<kerrrplonk>

> <plonk yet another posting alias of yours>



Posted by on November 11, 2007, 5:05 am
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> A little tip, and warning, for those are not aware that an "over-install" or
> "repair" of your XP platform, using your XP cd, apparently leaves your
> system in a condition where Windows Update/s no longer work, and fail !
>
> http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27/03-Stealth-Windows-update-preven...
>
> ...scroll down the page a little to view..., and to where you could put
> these 6 *.dll registration commands into a batch file to make things a
> little swifter :-)
>
> regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 /s wups2.dll
> regsvr32 /s wups.dll
> regsvr32 /s wuweb.dll
>
> ...yesterday I cleaned visited my brother in Bournemouth, who had managed to
> get some malware via an "exploit" into his machine. After
> cleaning that up, and my not being happy with how his machine was
> performing, I "repair installed" from his XP Home SP2b cd, and after that,
> Windows Update could not work !
>
> A quick Google
revealed:-http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27/03-Stealth-Windows-update-preven...
> ...after that, the 80+ Windows updates installed beautifully.
> ...thank goodness for that !!!
> ...enjoy :-)
>
> regards, Richard

WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP.


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