fwoerndle wrote:

>>>I have tried to do a Windows update. 4 updates haven been found and
>>>downloaded. When trying to install I get the message (after a while) that due
>>>to problems on my computer the updates had not been installed. No
>>>error.message, no other specifics on the problem. I tried all the known
>>>workarounds, but none worked. How can I continue from where I am?
>>
>
> Hi, the hint with KB943144 was perfect. I tried it and it worked right away.
> Unfortunately I wanted to work on th answerd from top to bottom. Also the
> german translation of th KB-article was perfect understandable.
> So the problem is gone with your help.
> Tanks heaven! If it is not a hen-egg problem: why is it not possible to give
> this information on a missing dll to the user directly from the update
> client. It would be even better if the update software checks wether to dll
> in question ist registered oe even better just registers the dll each time it
> enters the process. This seemst to be a pitfall which could easily avoided. I
> do not want to blame anyone. It is just a striking idea!
>
> Regards
>
> Fritz Woerndle


That's a very logical suggestion Fritz. Unfortunately, the updating
process has become extremely convoluted and illogical due to the
attempts by Microsoft to make EVERYONE happy at once.

System admins who deal with huge networks, sys admins who deal with
SMBs, the Home User, the Home Office, etc.
Now throw in Vista's 'mystical' updating process and all logic appears
to have gone out the window.
The answer is one size will *never* fit all. Everyone can not be
accommodated at once and the sooner MS realizes this [i.e. limiting
reboots to once a month as per large Enterprise requests] and reverts
back to releasing specific updates on specific days of the month WITH a
much improved trouble shooting process. the better.

The Windows Update Troubleshooter is woefully out of date for all
Versions of Windows and TOTALLY inadequate for diagnosing updating
issues in Vista. What is available for Vista is this and it also is
inadequate and is missing many of the error codes one sees posted in
this newsgroup:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...pdate+error%22

But, I digress ... <w>

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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