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/kb/941729
The issue is caused by software, usually printing related, locking the
msxml4.dll therefore the update can not replace it and it's reoffered.
IF the update is listed in Installed Updates, uninstall it, then boot to
Safe Mode, open an Elevated Command Prompt [type cmd in the Start Search
box, right click it, choose 'Run as admininstrator', follow the prompts]
and then rename msxml4.dll *AFTER* you've already downloaded the update:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...8-185639ba2807
Restart the system to normal Windows mode.
IGNORE any prompt to reinstall the previously downloaded update and then
*right* click msxml4-KB936181-enu.exe, choose 'Run as administrator'.
Follow the prompts to allow it to run.
Restart afterwards.
There is a tool to repair automatic updating in Vista but, if you do the
above it should not be necessary:
http://www.codeplex.com/aureset/Rele...eleaseId=17263
MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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rflulling wrote:
> I have had this same update again and again since i got my laptop. I have
> since disabled auto update functions... After setting up SP1, and it refused
> to install, I ran the Recovery partition. Full clean install, and then
> immediately ran SP1 and then a spectrum of updates...
>
> I thought this bug died with the effort. But then a day ago I noticed it was
> back. I would get an update notice, and immediately it would tell me another
> update is available, the same one.
>
> I did some legwork and discovered a manual update for Vista SP1. This
> enabled me to Control the installation, Repair the install, and Uninstall. I
> have since performed every possible combination, each followed by a system
> restart.
>
> I have also uninstalled every Windows VISTA subsystem that VISTA will allow.
>
> Still after all of this the issue persists.
>
> -According to the FAQ on this Update there is very little if any difference
> between XP and VISTA patch versions. Seems that only the most recent SP
> versions are remotely different. So it doesn't seem so odd that the issue
> persists on both Operating systems.
>
> -After following some links on the Forums I found this Dial-a-Fix Software.
> But its last update was 2006 and is written for XP, not VISTA.
>
> -At this point I am resigned to believe the Update is all but worthless, and
> a massive annoyance.
>
>
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