Re: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (819696)

From: Jerry Bryant [MSFT] (jbryant_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/29/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:02:54 -0700

You can actually just rename the entire catroot2 folder. It's safe to delete
after it gets recreated by the update process. 

-- 
Regards,
Jerry Bryant - MCSE, MCDBA
Microsoft IT Communities
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
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"Dougy" <darry009@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:31a501c35519$eb4fe150$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Jerry, I explored that catroot2 folder and found only
> several edb.txt files, two other folders named by
> numerals, and one file named as "edb.chk" which I suppose
> is corrupted recovered file fragments.  Do I rename
> that?  Thank You for replying,    Doug
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sounds like your update catalog is corrupt. Rename the
> following log file:
> >
> >C:\Windows\system32\catroot2\edb.log
> >
> >To something like edb.gol and then go to Windows Update
> one more time and
> >let it scan your system.
> >-- 
> >Regards,
> >
> >Jerry Bryant - MCSE, MCDBA
> >Microsoft IT Communities
> >
> >Get Secure! http://www.microsoft.com/security
> >
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> >"Dougy" <darry009@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:01f501c354a5$b7e6a930$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> OS. Xp-pro 600MHz pentiumIII (DellXPsT600r), 640Mbytes
> >> sdram, & 2 40Gbyte 7200rpm hard drives:  Why in the
> name
> >> of 'Bill Gates' does Microsoft keep sending me an
> update
> >> for this same above mentioned security threat?  I've
> >> already downloaded it successfully 3 times making sure
> I
> >> didn't have my antivirus software running in the
> >> background.  Still, Microsoft's update website sees a
> >> need for me to have it!!! Duuuuuuuh, Duuuuuuuuh, &
> etc...
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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