Installing manually Windows Update

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Failing to install manually kb files (.msu), I found this trick on the web.
Do you think it can install msu files in this way ?

"expand -f:* "C:\file.msu" %TEMP%"

then :

"start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab"

I found also this command on Microsoft site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307/ : "pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"

Hello,

Yes, KB934307 should help you manually install an update.

Diana

Diana Smith [MSFT] <diasmith@hotmail.com>
CSS Security Team

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
news:87CD05D7-910E-4BBB-80F4-F5EF78158548@microsoft.com...
> Failing to install manually kb files (.msu), I found this trick on the
> web. Do you think it can install msu files in this way ?
>
> "expand -f:* "C:\file.msu" %TEMP%"
>
> then :
>
> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab"
>
> I found also this command on Microsoft site
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307/ : "pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>
>
>

Thanks for your answer.
But I don't know which of these 2 commands should I use after extracting the
file in a temp folder :
"start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab" or "pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"

These are the 3 files I need to install : KB958644, 957200, 953155. I run
Vista Premium SP1.


"Diana " <diasmith@microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : 01CDBA4E-5DB9-462E-BEDD-FA19F370324F@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> Yes, KB934307 should help you manually install an update.
>
> Diana
>
> Diana Smith [MSFT] <diasmith@hotmail.com>
> CSS Security Team
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
> "Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
> news:87CD05D7-910E-4BBB-80F4-F5EF78158548@microsoft.com...
>> Failing to install manually kb files (.msu), I found this trick on the
>> web. Do you think it can install msu files in this way ?
>>
>> "expand -f:* "C:\file.msu" %TEMP%"
>>
>> then :
>>
>> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab"
>>
>> I found also this command on Microsoft site
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307/ : "pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>>
>>
>>
>

pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml" -- is what you would use to put the file in
the temporary folder


To install an .msu update package, run Wusa.exe together with the full path
of the file. For example, if the Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu file is in the
D:\934307 folder, type the following command at a command prompt to install
the update package:
wusa.exe d:\934307\Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu

Diana

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]
]
>

"Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
news:D70F0B14-F444-4EA5-ADB9-F0183614E0D8@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your answer.
> But I don't know which of these 2 commands should I use after extracting
> the file in a temp folder :
> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab" or "pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>
> These are the 3 files I need to install : KB958644, 957200, 953155. I run
> Vista Premium SP1.
>
>
> "Diana " <diasmith@microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
> discussion : 01CDBA4E-5DB9-462E-BEDD-FA19F370324F@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Yes, KB934307 should help you manually install an update.
>>
>> Diana
>>
>> Diana Smith [MSFT] <diasmith@hotmail.com>
>> CSS Security Team
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>>
>> "Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
>> news:87CD05D7-910E-4BBB-80F4-F5EF78158548@microsoft.com...
>>> Failing to install manually kb files (.msu), I found this trick on the
>>> web. Do you think it can install msu files in this way ?
>>>
>>> "expand -f:* "C:\file.msu" %TEMP%"
>>>
>>> then :
>>>
>>> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab"
>>>
>>> I found also this command on Microsoft site
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307/ : "pkgmgr.exe
>>> /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

Thanks

What is then the difference between "expand -f:* "C:\file.msu" %TEMP%" and
"pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml".

In fact, "wusa.exe" command didn't work for me. This is why I'm looking for
an other way to install my msu files.

"Diana " <diasmith@microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : 7D8C3201-3E15-4CF8-B19B-BB3A2D093920@microsoft.com...
> pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml" -- is what you would use to put the file
> in the temporary folder
>
>
> To install an .msu update package, run Wusa.exe together with the full
> path of the file. For example, if the Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu file is
> in the D:\934307 folder, type the following command at a command prompt to
> install the update package:
> wusa.exe d:\934307\Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu
>
> Diana
>
> ]
>
> ]
> ]
>>
>
> "Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
> news:D70F0B14-F444-4EA5-ADB9-F0183614E0D8@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for your answer.
>> But I don't know which of these 2 commands should I use after extracting
>> the file in a temp folder :
>> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab" or "pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>>
>> These are the 3 files I need to install : KB958644, 957200, 953155. I run
>> Vista Premium SP1.
>>
>>
>> "Diana " <diasmith@microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
>> discussion : 01CDBA4E-5DB9-462E-BEDD-FA19F370324F@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Yes, KB934307 should help you manually install an update.
>>>
>>> Diana
>>>
>>> Diana Smith [MSFT] <diasmith@hotmail.com>
>>> CSS Security Team
>>>
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
>>> news:87CD05D7-910E-4BBB-80F4-F5EF78158548@microsoft.com...
>>>> Failing to install manually kb files (.msu), I found this trick on the
>>>> web. Do you think it can install msu files in this way ?
>>>>
>>>> "expand -f:* "C:\file.msu" %TEMP%"
>>>>
>>>> then :
>>>>
>>>> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab"
>>>>
>>>> I found also this command on Microsoft site
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307/ : "pkgmgr.exe
>>>> /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>

Diana,

For a reference point, Maslow posted this in a previous thread in this
NG. There's a support case number at the bottom :

Subject: I can't install critical updates
Date: 10/30/2008

> I'm from France and I think that Microsoft technical support is located in Swiss, or Luxembourg or
> Belgium. Anyway, the guy has a French name.
> I have Antivir and Windows Defender as antivirus and antimalwares residential softwares.
> Furthermore, I scan my computer from time to time with Malwarebytes and Spybot (theses two softwares
> are not residentials).
> I have Vista Premium Vista SP1 and use Windows Firewall (Inbound and Outbound : I created some
> outbound rules).
>
> Last news : Microsoft sent me a third mail and suggested me to install this file :
> "au_client_tool_v72.exe". I don't know exactly the contents of this file, but I think(I'm not sure)
> the guy installed me Windows Installer 3.1 !!! Anyway, this third solution didn't work like the
> others.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "case number" but in alls objects of my emails, I've got this figure :
> SRX1082888031ID


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============



Diana wrote:

> pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml" -- is what you would use to put the file
> in the temporary folder
>
>
> To install an .msu update package, run Wusa.exe together with the full
> path of the file. For example, if the Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu file
> is in the D:\934307 folder, type the following command at a command
> prompt to install the update package:
> wusa.exe d:\934307\Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu
>
> Diana
>
> ]
>
> ]
> ]
>
>>
>
> "Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
> news:D70F0B14-F444-4EA5-ADB9-F0183614E0D8@microsoft.com...
>
>> Thanks for your answer.
>> But I don't know which of these 2 commands should I use after
>> extracting the file in a temp folder :
>> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab" or "pkgmgr.exe /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>>
>> These are the 3 files I need to install : KB958644, 957200, 953155. I
>> run Vista Premium SP1.
>>
>>
>> "Diana " <diasmith@microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
>> discussion : 01CDBA4E-5DB9-462E-BEDD-FA19F370324F@microsoft.com...
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Yes, KB934307 should help you manually install an update.
>>>
>>> Diana
>>>
>>> Diana Smith [MSFT] <diasmith@hotmail.com>
>>> CSS Security Team
>>>
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Maslow" <valy-niela@hotmail.fr> wrote in message
>>> news:87CD05D7-910E-4BBB-80F4-F5EF78158548@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>> Failing to install manually kb files (.msu), I found this trick on
>>>> the web. Do you think it can install msu files in this way ?
>>>>
>>>> "expand -f:* "C:\file.msu" %TEMP%"
>>>>
>>>> then :
>>>>
>>>> "start /w /IP /m:%TEMP%\file.cab"
>>>>
>>>> I found also this command on Microsoft site
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307/ : "pkgmgr.exe
>>>> /n:%TEMP%\file.xml"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>