kb936181

turn off auto update. uninstall kb936181 from add and remove programs. go to microsoft downloads.
manually download kb936181. install. should take care of problem. any update that has that problem can usually be manually downloaded

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Thank-you for your help but that did not work. I turned off auto update. and
when I went to uninstall KB936181 it was not there. So I assumed that I was
good to go in manually installing it. I did so and got the following message:
"Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file
location exists and is writeable." What does that mean and what else can I do
to fix this? Also, the updates also tell me to update Office XP Service Pack
3. When I did that it was almost done and then it said that the file I needed
was on a disk to insert it...this apparently happened when I tried following
someone elses suggestions. Please help! Thanks!

"Brian Govednik" wrote:

> turn off auto update. uninstall kb936181 from add and remove programs. go to microsoft downloads.
> manually download kb936181. install. should take care of problem. any update that has that problem can usually be manually downloaded
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>

I have this very same problem.

I have uninstalled the "KB936181 Update" and the "MSMXL 4.0 SP2", then I
downloaded both files and tried to install them manually. the MSMXL 4.0 SP@
installs without any problem, but when I try to manually install the KB936181
Update, I get the massage I too get the error message: "Error opening
installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and
is writable."

"fairyreveries" wrote:

> Thank-you for your help but that did not work. I turned off auto update. and
> when I went to uninstall KB936181 it was not there. So I assumed that I was
> good to go in manually installing it. I did so and got the following message:
> "Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file
> location exists and is writeable." What does that mean and what else can I do
> to fix this? Also, the updates also tell me to update Office XP Service Pack
> 3. When I did that it was almost done and then it said that the file I needed
> was on a disk to insert it...this apparently happened when I tried following
> someone elses suggestions. Please help! Thanks!
>
> "Brian Govednik" wrote:
>
> > turn off auto update. uninstall kb936181 from add and remove programs. go to microsoft downloads.
> > manually download kb936181. install. should take care of problem. any update that has that problem can usually be manually downloaded
> >
> > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> > http://www.eggheadcafe.com
> >

I had the same problem, too! It installed nine times and wouldn't manually
install. So I am hiding it in the updates list. On occasion, I had an
update that wouldn't download properly and hid it. When I returned months
later, the update downloaded properly. I suppose it had the opportunity to
properly mature, like a fine cheese. lol

"CJB" wrote:

> I have this very same problem.
>
> I have uninstalled the "KB936181 Update" and the "MSMXL 4.0 SP2", then I
> downloaded both files and tried to install them manually. the MSMXL 4.0 SP@
> installs without any problem, but when I try to manually install the KB936181
> Update, I get the massage I too get the error message: "Error opening
> installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and
> is writable."
>
> "fairyreveries" wrote:
>
> > Thank-you for your help but that did not work. I turned off auto update. and
> > when I went to uninstall KB936181 it was not there. So I assumed that I was
> > good to go in manually installing it. I did so and got the following message:
> > "Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file
> > location exists and is writeable." What does that mean and what else can I do
> > to fix this? Also, the updates also tell me to update Office XP Service Pack
> > 3. When I did that it was almost done and then it said that the file I needed
> > was on a disk to insert it...this apparently happened when I tried following
> > someone elses suggestions. Please help! Thanks!
> >
> > "Brian Govednik" wrote:
> >
> > > turn off auto update. uninstall kb936181 from add and remove programs. go to microsoft downloads.
> > > manually download kb936181. install. should take care of problem. any update that has that problem can usually be manually downloaded
> > >
> > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com
> > >

Have you looked at the article below:

941729 Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2
(KB936181) may repeatedly appear in the update list on Microsoft Update or
on Windows Update
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;941729

Diana

"Dr. George" <DrGeorge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:20362964-9E9C-4B74-9070-7CA218C144D8@microsoft.com...
>I had the same problem, too! It installed nine times and wouldn't manually
> install. So I am hiding it in the updates list. On occasion, I had an
> update that wouldn't download properly and hid it. When I returned months
> later, the update downloaded properly. I suppose it had the opportunity
> to
> properly mature, like a fine cheese. lol
>
> "CJB" wrote:
>
>> I have this very same problem.
>>
>> I have uninstalled the "KB936181 Update" and the "MSMXL 4.0 SP2", then I
>> downloaded both files and tried to install them manually. the MSMXL 4.0
>> SP@
>> installs without any problem, but when I try to manually install the
>> KB936181
>> Update, I get the massage I too get the error message: "Error opening
>> installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists
>> and
>> is writable."
>>
>> "fairyreveries" wrote:
>>
>> > Thank-you for your help but that did not work. I turned off auto
>> > update. and
>> > when I went to uninstall KB936181 it was not there. So I assumed that I
>> > was
>> > good to go in manually installing it. I did so and got the following
>> > message:
>> > "Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log
>> > file
>> > location exists and is writeable." What does that mean and what else
>> > can I do
>> > to fix this? Also, the updates also tell me to update Office XP Service
>> > Pack
>> > 3. When I did that it was almost done and then it said that the file I
>> > needed
>> > was on a disk to insert it...this apparently happened when I tried
>> > following
>> > someone elses suggestions. Please help! Thanks!
>> >
>> > "Brian Govednik" wrote:
>> >
>> > > turn off auto update. uninstall kb936181 from add and remove
>> > > programs. go to microsoft downloads.
>> > > manually download kb936181. install. should take care of problem.
>> > > any update that has that problem can usually be manually downloaded
>> > >
>> > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>> > >