Failure to install KB938371

I'm running VISTA Ultimate on Intel Dual Core.

I'm aware that this topic has been referenced in a number of earlier
threads, but, to avoid confusion, allow me to succinctly describe my
particular instance:

During the original February Patch exercise I was able to install KB937287
OK, without going into the infinite reboot loop, and I left it installed (in
line with the recommendations).

However, KB938371 failed. It downloaded OK, initially installed OK, but
during the shutdown/restart:
- It performed "configuring updates, stage 1 and 2" OK
- it rebooted
- it performed "configuring updates, stage 3" OK
- it then stated: "updates not installed correctly. Reversing...
- it shut down again
- it came up with Restart Repair, which ended OK
- it rebooted once more, again with the message "updates not installed
correctly. Reversing..."
- it continued the start-up OK
- WAU came up with "update failed".

I have already tried installing KB938371 stand-alone as suggested in other
threads, with all "disables" in place (even going one step further and
disabling all non
MS-services at system startup. However, the result was the same.

For the rest my system is running smoothly and has been stable for a
considerable time, so I do not really see any indication of a VISTA
corruption.

Any further suggestions would be most welcome

Additional information/background as stated by Willem in our private
exchanges:

=> Willem has not been able to install either of the most recent Cumulative
Security Updates for IE; cf.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-8b2f389b76db
and
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...f-f6040760a611

=> Willem is running Zone Alarm Security Suite and has not been willing to
uninstall it, even temporarily, as a diagnostic step.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Willem Overbeeke wrote:
> I'm running VISTA Ultimate on Intel Dual Core.
>
> I'm aware that this topic has been referenced in a number of earlier
> threads, but, to avoid confusion, allow me to succinctly describe my
> particular instance:
>
> During the original February Patch exercise I was able to install KB937287
> OK, without going into the infinite reboot loop, and I left it installed
> (in
> line with the recommendations).
>
> However, KB938371 failed. It downloaded OK, initially installed OK, but
> during the shutdown/restart:
> - It performed "configuring updates, stage 1 and 2" OK
> - it rebooted
> - it performed "configuring updates, stage 3" OK
> - it then stated: "updates not installed correctly. Reversing...
> - it shut down again
> - it came up with Restart Repair, which ended OK
> - it rebooted once more, again with the message "updates not installed
> correctly. Reversing..."
> - it continued the start-up OK
> - WAU came up with "update failed".
>
> I have already tried installing KB938371 stand-alone as suggested in other
> threads, with all "disables" in place (even going one step further and
> disabling all non
> MS-services at system startup. However, the result was the same.
>
> For the rest my system is running smoothly and has been stable for a
> considerable time, so I do not really see any indication of a VISTA
> corruption.
>
> Any further suggestions would be most welcome

Just a small, but possibly significant correction: I DID try the update with
ZA uninstalled. There was no difference.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Additional information/background as stated by Willem in our private
> exchanges:
>
> => Willem has not been able to install either of the most recent Cumulative
> Security Updates for IE; cf.
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-8b2f389b76db
> and
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...f-f6040760a611
>
> => Willem is running Zone Alarm Security Suite and has not been willing to
> uninstall it, even temporarily, as a diagnostic step.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Willem Overbeeke wrote:
> > I'm running VISTA Ultimate on Intel Dual Core.
> >
> > I'm aware that this topic has been referenced in a number of earlier
> > threads, but, to avoid confusion, allow me to succinctly describe my
> > particular instance:
> >
> > During the original February Patch exercise I was able to install KB937287
> > OK, without going into the infinite reboot loop, and I left it installed
> > (in
> > line with the recommendations).
> >
> > However, KB938371 failed. It downloaded OK, initially installed OK, but
> > during the shutdown/restart:
> > - It performed "configuring updates, stage 1 and 2" OK
> > - it rebooted
> > - it performed "configuring updates, stage 3" OK
> > - it then stated: "updates not installed correctly. Reversing...
> > - it shut down again
> > - it came up with Restart Repair, which ended OK
> > - it rebooted once more, again with the message "updates not installed
> > correctly. Reversing..."
> > - it continued the start-up OK
> > - WAU came up with "update failed".
> >
> > I have already tried installing KB938371 stand-alone as suggested in other
> > threads, with all "disables" in place (even going one step further and
> > disabling all non
> > MS-services at system startup. However, the result was the same.
> >
> > For the rest my system is running smoothly and has been stable for a
> > considerable time, so I do not really see any indication of a VISTA
> > corruption.
> >
> > Any further suggestions would be most welcome
>
>

Your problem maybe because you installed KB937287 with other updates in
the same session and for some reasons not clear messes up install
updates on some machines and especially KB938371. You cannot uninstall
KB937287 but you can possibly do a system restore prior to its
installtion date. If so download the standalones for both. Install
KB937287 first (no reboot required) then install KB938371 and reboot. I
had the same problem until I read the article below and it worked
perfectly. I also went offline, disabled anti-virus, windows firewall
and browser prior to installing to be on the safe side.

The article that set me on to this :
Quote
In what is hopefully not a harbinger of bad tidings for Vista SP1
itself, Microsoft product manager Nick White announced in the Windows
Vista blog on Feb. 19 that patch 937287 was being pulled from
distribution due to the issues it was causing on some machines.

You can prevent the reboot problem from occurring by installing patch
937287 separately, not at the same time as any other updates. Several
people have been able to fix affected machines by rolling Windows back
to an earlier restore point, and then installing 937287 manually. This
procedure has been described in Joaquim Anguas's blog.

To obtain 937287 and install it separately, you should visit
Microsoft's official Download Center to get the 32-bit version or the
64-bit version.
End Quote


--
TUNKYTOY
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

Dear Tunkytoy,

Unfortunately that option is not open to me. As part of the site policy on
Wednesday every week an assessment of system stability is performed, and, if
satisfactory, all but the latest restore points are deleted.

So, my only recourse would be to security backups, but then I face the
problem of re-installing whatever else was installed after KB937287 + all
other registry changes. This, at the moment at least, I deem a
disproportional effort. I hope there will be another way of getting KB938371
on board. After all, a lot of people who DID install KB937827 WERE successful
in installing KB938171 as well.

Further advice would be appreciated.

Regards,


"TUNKYTOY" wrote:

>
> Your problem maybe because you installed KB937287 with other updates in
> the same session and for some reasons not clear messes up install
> updates on some machines and especially KB938371. You cannot uninstall
> KB937287 but you can possibly do a system restore prior to its
> installtion date. If so download the standalones for both. Install
> KB937287 first (no reboot required) then install KB938371 and reboot. I
> had the same problem until I read the article below and it worked
> perfectly. I also went offline, disabled anti-virus, windows firewall
> and browser prior to installing to be on the safe side.
>
> The article that set me on to this :
> Quote
> In what is hopefully not a harbinger of bad tidings for Vista SP1
> itself, Microsoft product manager Nick White announced in the Windows
> Vista blog on Feb. 19 that patch 937287 was being pulled from
> distribution due to the issues it was causing on some machines.
>
> You can prevent the reboot problem from occurring by installing patch
> 937287 separately, not at the same time as any other updates. Several
> people have been able to fix affected machines by rolling Windows back
> to an earlier restore point, and then installing 937287 manually. This
> procedure has been described in Joaquim Anguas's blog.
>
> To obtain 937287 and install it separately, you should visit
> Microsoft's official Download Center to get the 32-bit version or the
> 64-bit version.
> End Quote
>
>
> --
> TUNKYTOY
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>

I too am in a similar predicament, ALL other Updates Install Fine, only
problem with KB938371, Before I realised what was happening, ALL my other
restore points were "overwritten" So I can't go back & try out the things
mentioned below....In WindowsXP the only thing preventing carrying out a
System Restore was the available amount of space given to the system
restore, so you could have restore points say weeks or even months
previously,

With Vista after KB938371 continually saved restore points, after about 15
attempts to Install, No restore points were visible "before" the 12th
February, even though it was only the 15th February!!!!! I wish MS would
give the option to create a restore point or NOT!!!!

If MS know that some problems exist with certain updates, why "Roll" them
out all at the same time!!!!!!

What is the point telling people NOW to install these updates seperately &
via a standalone Installation, when you know certain people will have
problems!!!!! I have my system setup to Automatically Download & Install
Updates just like MS recommend....Are you now saying that I shouldn't, as
Updates even from MS can't be trusted to perform as they should do???

Just my 2 cents worth....

Sorry to hijack your thread

Regards

Grzyb
"Willem Overbeeke" <WillemOverbeeke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:A6C558C6-16E6-498E-9100-D266C47C8EEE@microsoft.com...
> Dear Tunkytoy,
>
> Unfortunately that option is not open to me. As part of the site policy on
> Wednesday every week an assessment of system stability is performed, and,
> if
> satisfactory, all but the latest restore points are deleted.
>
> So, my only recourse would be to security backups, but then I face the
> problem of re-installing whatever else was installed after KB937287 + all
> other registry changes. This, at the moment at least, I deem a
> disproportional effort. I hope there will be another way of getting
> KB938371
> on board. After all, a lot of people who DID install KB937827 WERE
> successful
> in installing KB938171 as well.
>
> Further advice would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> "TUNKYTOY" wrote:
>
>>
>> Your problem maybe because you installed KB937287 with other updates in
>> the same session and for some reasons not clear messes up install
>> updates on some machines and especially KB938371. You cannot uninstall
>> KB937287 but you can possibly do a system restore prior to its
>> installtion date. If so download the standalones for both. Install
>> KB937287 first (no reboot required) then install KB938371 and reboot. I
>> had the same problem until I read the article below and it worked
>> perfectly. I also went offline, disabled anti-virus, windows firewall
>> and browser prior to installing to be on the safe side.
>>
>> The article that set me on to this :
>> Quote
>> In what is hopefully not a harbinger of bad tidings for Vista SP1
>> itself, Microsoft product manager Nick White announced in the Windows
>> Vista blog on Feb. 19 that patch 937287 was being pulled from
>> distribution due to the issues it was causing on some machines.
>>
>> You can prevent the reboot problem from occurring by installing patch
>> 937287 separately, not at the same time as any other updates. Several
>> people have been able to fix affected machines by rolling Windows back
>> to an earlier restore point, and then installing 937287 manually. This
>> procedure has been described in Joaquim Anguas's blog.
>>
>> To obtain 937287 and install it separately, you should visit
>> Microsoft's official Download Center to get the 32-bit version or the
>> 64-bit version.
>> End Quote
>>
>>
>> --
>> TUNKYTOY
>> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>>
>>

Willem,
Can understand your frustration, and nobody seems to have an answer to
your problem, and as GRZYB says the multiple number of attempts to
install overwrites the System Restore anyway. I now backup the registry
before installing updates with a small program called ERUNT ( your have
to disable UAC for both backup and restore) and install each update one
at a time. This is a pain but it does ensure that if an update fails I
can download the standalone or revert back the registry with ERUNT. I
never trusted Automatic Update for installing the monthly multiple
updates, I set it to Notify and install one at a time. Those updates
that don't require a reboot always install OK. It's the ones that
require a reboot that a percentage sometimes fail.

I hope Microsoft gets a handle soon on so many problems that Vista has
had in many areas and SP1 release cures most of them. Good Luck


--
TUNKYTOY
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ewreNRveIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Additional information/background as stated by Willem in our private
> exchanges:
>
> => Willem has not been able to install either of the most recent Cumulative
> Security Updates for IE; cf.
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-8b2f389b76db
> and
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...f-f6040760a611
>
> => Willem is running Zone Alarm Security Suite and has not been willing to
> uninstall it, even temporarily, as a diagnostic step.


Thanks, Robear. Looks like I already gave him my pitch too... <eg>


Robert
---

Hello
Can you send the following files?
%windir%\logs\cbs\*.*
%windir%\WindowsUpdate*.log
%windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log
%windir%\winsxs\poqexec.log (if exists)
%windir%\winsxs\pending.* (if exists)
%windir%\Performance\WinSAT\Datastore\*.*
%windir%\System32\winevt\Logs\application.evtx

Compress them into a zip file before sending or mutliple zip files.
The largest file size I think I can get is 6 meg but these are text file so
they compress pretty well
Remove the word online from the email address darrellg@online.microsoft.com
when you send to me.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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

Unfortunately that option is not open to me. As part of the site policy on
Wednesday every week an assessment of system stability is performed, and,
if
satisfactory, all but the latest restore points are deleted.

So, my only recourse would be to security backups, but then I face the
problem of re-installing whatever else was installed after KB937287 + all
other registry changes. This, at the moment at least, I deem a
disproportional effort. I hope there will be another way of getting
KB938371
on board. After all, a lot of people who DID install KB937827 WERE
successful
in installing KB938171 as well.

Further advice would be appreciated.

Regards,


"TUNKYTOY" wrote:

>
> Your problem maybe because you installed KB937287 with other updates in
> the same session and for some reasons not clear messes up install
> updates on some machines and especially KB938371. You cannot uninstall
> KB937287 but you can possibly do a system restore prior to its
> installtion date. If so download the standalones for both. Install
> KB937287 first (no reboot required) then install KB938371 and reboot. I
> had the same problem until I read the article below and it worked
> perfectly. I also went offline, disabled anti-virus, windows firewall
> and browser prior to installing to be on the safe side.
>
> The article that set me on to this :
> Quote
> In what is hopefully not a harbinger of bad tidings for Vista SP1
> itself, Microsoft product manager Nick White announced in the Windows
> Vista blog on Feb. 19 that patch 937287 was being pulled from
> distribution due to the issues it was causing on some machines.
>
> You can prevent the reboot problem from occurring by installing patch
> 937287 separately, not at the same time as any other updates. Several
> people have been able to fix affected machines by rolling Windows back
> to an earlier restore point, and then installing 937287 manually. This
> procedure has been described in Joaquim Anguas's blog.
>
> To obtain 937287 and install it separately, you should visit
> Microsoft's official Download Center to get the 32-bit version or the
> 64-bit version.
> End Quote
>
>
> --
> TUNKYTOY
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>

HELP!!

I still can't get this KB93827 to install. I have tried the manual load
shutting down internet, firewall and spam software and still the messages.
What is being done to help people that simply want this to be fixed?

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ewreNRveIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Additional information/background as stated by Willem in our private
> > exchanges:
> >
> > => Willem has not been able to install either of the most recent Cumulative
> > Security Updates for IE; cf.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-8b2f389b76db
> > and
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...f-f6040760a611
> >
> > => Willem is running Zone Alarm Security Suite and has not been willing to
> > uninstall it, even temporarily, as a diagnostic step.
>
>
> Thanks, Robear. Looks like I already gave him my pitch too... <eg>
>
>
> Robert
> ---
>
>
>

I am having the same problems with KB938371 and I even created a zip file and
emailed it to Darrell but I got this prompt reply to my email:

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
Darrellg@online.microsoft.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
PERM_FAILURE: DNS Error: Domain name not found


I guess I don't know how to send the files requested for review. Could
someone help me with sending the files?

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hello
> Can you send the following files?
> %windir%\logs\cbs\*.*
> %windir%\WindowsUpdate*.log
> %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log
> %windir%\winsxs\poqexec.log (if exists)
> %windir%\winsxs\pending.* (if exists)
> %windir%\Performance\WinSAT\Datastore\*.*
> %windir%\System32\winevt\Logs\application.evtx
>
> Compress them into a zip file before sending or mutliple zip files.
> The largest file size I think I can get is 6 meg but these are text file so
> they compress pretty well
> Remove the word online from the email address darrellg@online.microsoft.com
> when you send to me.
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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> Dear Tunkytoy,
>
> Unfortunately that option is not open to me. As part of the site policy on
> Wednesday every week an assessment of system stability is performed, and,
> if
> satisfactory, all but the latest restore points are deleted.
>
> So, my only recourse would be to security backups, but then I face the
> problem of re-installing whatever else was installed after KB937287 + all
> other registry changes. This, at the moment at least, I deem a
> disproportional effort. I hope there will be another way of getting
> KB938371
> on board. After all, a lot of people who DID install KB937827 WERE
> successful
> in installing KB938171 as well.
>
> Further advice would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> "TUNKYTOY" wrote:
>
> >
> > Your problem maybe because you installed KB937287 with other updates in
> > the same session and for some reasons not clear messes up install
> > updates on some machines and especially KB938371. You cannot uninstall
> > KB937287 but you can possibly do a system restore prior to its
> > installtion date. If so download the standalones for both. Install
> > KB937287 first (no reboot required) then install KB938371 and reboot. I
> > had the same problem until I read the article below and it worked
> > perfectly. I also went offline, disabled anti-virus, windows firewall
> > and browser prior to installing to be on the safe side.
> >
> > The article that set me on to this :
> > Quote
> > In what is hopefully not a harbinger of bad tidings for Vista SP1
> > itself, Microsoft product manager Nick White announced in the Windows
> > Vista blog on Feb. 19 that patch 937287 was being pulled from
> > distribution due to the issues it was causing on some machines.
> >
> > You can prevent the reboot problem from occurring by installing patch
> > 937287 separately, not at the same time as any other updates. Several
> > people have been able to fix affected machines by rolling Windows back
> > to an earlier restore point, and then installing 937287 manually. This
> > procedure has been described in Joaquim Anguas's blog.
> >
> > To obtain 937287 and install it separately, you should visit
> > Microsoft's official Download Center to get the 32-bit version or the
> > 64-bit version.
> > End Quote
> >
> >
> > --
> > TUNKYTOY
> > Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
> >
> >
>