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From: Byrd on 14 Feb 2005 18:07
I am in the same boat on a brand new Dell w OEM SP2. When I first had
updates a few weeks ago, I found here a fix to reinstall SP2 for
ADMIN/Programers direct from MSFT site and deleted OEM version. That worked
for those updates. Now I am stuck unable to install new updates on 5 of
these machines. I have tried to work around the branches.inf, but my read
only was not checked- I tried to check, uncheck, apply, with no luck. I also
found a post that suggested deleting exemptions to proxy server and that
didn't help, either. Any ideas?
Thanks
Byrd
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"Jane" wrote:

> Found the file called branches, clicked properties, but the Read Only box was
> not checked. Any more ideas?
>
> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Jane wrote:
> >
> > > I am having the same problem trying to download and install
> > > the updates. I looked in C:\Windows\, but can't find inf
> > > dirctory or branches.inf.
> > Hi
> >
> > It is a hidden folder, so unless you have configured Explorer
> > to show hidden files and folders, you will not see it when
> > browsing the file system.
> >
> > You can do the following to open the inf folder:
> >
> > From Start/Run, type this exact text:
> >
> > %windir%\inf
> >
> > and then press OK.
> >
> >
> > --
> > torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> > Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> > the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
> >
From: cjd on 14 Feb 2005 21:17
same as jane here. box was unchecked...and all of these updates either won't
download, or the one that does download, won't install. (sorry also posted
earlier today)
Critical Update for Office XP on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB885884)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888302)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890047)
Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885250)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB891781)
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP (KB867282)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888113)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873333)
-cjd

"Jane" wrote:

> Found the file called branches, clicked properties, but the Read Only box was
> not checked. Any more ideas?
>
> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Jane wrote:
> >
> > > I am having the same problem trying to download and install
> > > the updates. I looked in C:\Windows\, but can't find inf
> > > dirctory or branches.inf.
> > Hi
> >
> > It is a hidden folder, so unless you have configured Explorer
> > to show hidden files and folders, you will not see it when
> > browsing the file system.
> >
> > You can do the following to open the inf folder:
> >
> > From Start/Run, type this exact text:
> >
> > %windir%\inf
> >
> > and then press OK.
> >
> >
> > --
> > torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> > Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> > the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
> >
From: echo5romeo on 14 Feb 2005 23:07
Same case here, I have around 10 updates that are ready to be installed but
when I try to download them they all FAIL (error code 80072f78) which means
nothing. I also checked branches and it was also unchecked, still no luck.
By the way contacted Microsoft and they gave me a bunch of commands to
perform which just wasted my time cause it didn't work and now I'm still
waiting on a reply from them. Any suggestion?

From: airhostie on 15 Feb 2005 00:23
Same exact issues here in MI: I went to the Microsoft download home and
searched each file by kb number. Click on the update for XP, when prompted
to download select "open" not save. Will install in the right place. When
the installer is finished, check box to prevent restart. Go back and search
next kb number. It was somewhat time consuming,but not as bad as you would
think. At least they are finally installed. The only one I couldn't find
this way was KB886903 (the NET Framework security update). I did run across
it after some searching, but can't remember how I fell into this one, sorry.

"echo5romeo" wrote:

> Same case here, I have around 10 updates that are ready to be installed but
> when I try to download them they all FAIL (error code 80072f78) which means
> nothing. I also checked branches and it was also unchecked, still no luck.
> By the way contacted Microsoft and they gave me a bunch of commands to
> perform which just wasted my time cause it didn't work and now I'm still
> waiting on a reply from them. Any suggestion?
>
>
From: echo5romeo on 15 Feb 2005 01:13
well I took your advice and did a MANUAL download, everything downloaded:

Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 1.1 Service Pack 1
(KB886903)DONE
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888302)DONE
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890047)DONE
Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)DONE
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885250)DONE
Security Update for Windows XP (KB891781)DONE
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP
(KB867282)DONE
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888113)DONE
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873333)DONE

But it still doesn't fix the problem, oh well back to research!

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