Originally Posted by
PA Bear [MS MVP]
ReadyFreddie wrote:
> On 11 Jun, 21:27, "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABear...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Did you install IE7 before or after you installed SP3?
>>
>> Did you install SP3 via Windows Update or manually? If the latter, was
>> it
>> the final release of SP3 or a beta build?
>>
>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
>> anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
>> firewall
>> (if any)? Were any of these applications running when you installed SP3?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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>>
>> ReadyFreddie wrote:
>>> Unable to even download this update using the MS auto-updater (let
>>> alone install it!). And, manually finding and saving the WindowsXP-
>>> KB950759-x86-ENU.exe file and then trying to run it results in "The
>>> version of internet explorer you have installed does not match the
>>> update you are trying to install". WTF version of Internet Explorer 7
>>> should I have installed, pray tell MS you hosebags?
>>
>>> Any and all assistance in resolving this issue will be
>>> appreciated. ...I shouldn't have installed SP3, should I have?
>
> SP3 installed via Windows Update; IE7 installed since Moses was in
> short pants; firewall, anti-virus software, and even Windows XP SP2
> active when SP3 installed - WTF kinda outfit you running here!? If
> these things were to have been disabled, wouldn't you think the Micro-
> Soft****s would have said so? Anyway, I have managed to install
> KB950679 on 2 out of my 3 PC's (all with similar configurations) since
> I posted this thing (being a long suffering MS customer, I don't give
> up easily! However, I may give up on you *******s soon.).
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