Stealth Windows update prevents XP repair
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| A silent update that Microsoft deployed widely in July and August is
| preventing the "repair" feature of Windows XP from completing successfully.
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| [...]
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| Accounts of conflicts with XP's repair option came to our attention after
| Microsoft's "silent install" of Windows Update (WU) executable files, known
| as version 7.0.600.381, was reported in the Sept. 13 and 20 issues of the
| Windows Secrets Newsletter.
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http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/27/03-Stealth-Windows-update-prevents-XP-repair
Related:
Coincidence? WGA Failures Followed Windows Update 381
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| One plausible scenario: Windows PCs running Windows Update version
| 7.0.6000.374 (or earlier) failed to activate/validate against a WGA service
| updated for version 7.0.6000.381. Microsoft had attributed the WGA failure to
| early release of a system update, which could fit this scenario. I haven't
| set up a new Vista PC recently. But if I rightly remember, activation is a
| process that occurs before updating.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/coincidence_wga_failures_followed_windows_update_381.html
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| If Microsoft ever wanted to get caught with their pants down, they
| succeeded. For most people, the above doesn't make a whole lot of
| sense past the "you might have a virus" part. VerifyMyPC requires a
| little extra knowledge about computer systems when dealing with the
| details. Google is your friend in these cases. Running searches for
| 'wups.dll' and 'wups2.dll' turns up something about Automatic
| Updates. In particular, those DLLs provide Automatic Update
| functionality for Windows.
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| In other words, the Automatic Updates utility automatically updated
| itself. Now this might not seem like a big deal but I have
| automatic updates set to manual (both download and installation
| have to be approved by me) and not the usual 'automatic' setting
| found on most user PCs. In other words, Windows updated itself
| without my express permission. Such behavior is right in line with
| spyware-like activity.
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http://cubicspot.blogspot.com/2007/08/windows-update-updating-without.html
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