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#1 2007-10-01 9:52 am
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'Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair'
A silent update that Microsoft deployed widely in July and August is preventing the "repair" feature of Windows XP from completing successfully.
Ever since the Redmond company's recent download of new support files for Windows Update, users of XP's repair function have been unable to install the latest 80 patches from Microsoft.
Repaired installations of XP can't be updated
Accounts of conflicts with XP's repair option came to our attention after Microsoft's "silent install" of Windows Update (WU) executable files, known as version 7.0.600.381, was reported in the Sept. 13 and 20 issues of the Windows Secrets Newsletter.
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#2 2007-10-01 5:53 pm
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Re: 'Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair'
This is really old news. It was covered everywhere else weeks ago. MS even posted a fix for it on their own website.
Last edited by Deadguy (2007-10-01 5:55 pm)
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