Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair

[SUBMAN1]

This explains a couple things to me now on why a couple of users might have issues here. Nice.

-S

Top Story, September 27, 2007, Issue 124
Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair

By Scott Dunn

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....

Read on here - http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27...ents-XP-repair

[Skybird]

Big deal. If you cannot repair XP and must mess around with complete installation, why not just upgrading to Vista, while you're already at it.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Skybird

....why not just upgrading to Vista, while you're already at it.

I'll tell you why, in another thread of course, titled - Why MS must dump Vista.

-S

[The WosMan]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Big deal. If you cannot repair XP and must mess around with complete installation, why not just upgrading to Vista, while you're already at it.

AHAHAHA, about 2 or 3 years ago I had a friend that went through a bad month where he had to reinstall his legally bought copy of XP a few times due to some issues he had, one of them was his sister infected the PC with some hardcore virus, etc. He then built himself a new PC and he sold his other one so on his new PC he installed that copy of XP. Anyways he couldn't activate the copy of XP and had to call MS tech support and they asked him why he was installing that copy so many times in a month. He explained it to them but had it been me I would have said something in the way of "none of your f#$$ing business, I bought this software and I own it and I will reinstall it as many times as I want". Anyway, these tactics have led a person who used to somewhat like MS to not liking them very much.

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by The Woman

ADHARA, about 2 or 3 years ago I had a friend that went through a bad month where he had to reinstall his legally bought copy of PX a few times due to some issues he had, one of them was his sister infected the PC with some hardcore virus, etc. He then built himself a new PC and he sold his other one so on his new PC he installed that copy of XP. Anyways he couldn't activate the copy of XP and had to call MS tech support and they asked him why he was installing that copy so many times in a month. He explained it to them but had it been me I would have said something in the way of "none of your f#$$ing business, I bought this software and I own it and I will reinstall it as many times as I want". Anyway, these tactics have led a person who used to somewhat like MS to not liking them very much.

Supposedly you can install to new computer after 6 months without hassle. It's worked for me.

[STEED]

I had this problem on my old computer sent an email to there support centre and got 12 possible fixes and one of them worked, something about deleting Catroot2 any how no problems since then which was four years ago.