Update.exe Application Error - with security updates

From: Steve W. (spam_elsewhere_support_at_ytee.com)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:02:35 -0800

I'm hoping someone can help with a problem that I am
having with two (2)seperate notebooks running Windows
2000 SP4 and performing Windows Update (or via manual
installation) of security updates.

The problem is that whenever I try to download a windows
critical update (usually security updates) the file
downloads fine then when it is trying to install I get
the following error message and it pops up for each
update selected except for a small few:

----------------------------------------------------------
|update.exe - Application Error X|
| |
| (X) The exception unknown software exception |
| (0xc0000409) occurred in the application |
| at location 0x00000000. |
| |
| [OK] [Cancel] |
----------------------------------------------------------

When I click ok Windows Update indicates that the update
(s) failed to load. Retrying results in the same message.
I can only get the updates to load if I boot the
notebooks in SAFE MODE (with Networking.) I had this
problem before SP4 but was able to install SP4 via SAFE
MODE (with Networking) hoping that SP4 might correct the
problem. I have tried installing the updates by manually
downloading the files and installing them outside of the
windows update site and I get the same results.

Hopefully someone can help me out with this problem.
Please reply to the newsgroup post cc'ing my email
(remove "spam_elsewhere_" from my email address before
emailing.)

Thanks in advance!
Steve

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