Re: security update repeats "indefinitely"



"Martin Glodde" <glodde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Roger Abell [MVP] wrote:
If you go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/ref/mdac/downloads/
and get the MDAC version checker, what is it seeing ??
I got the "CompChecker" and under FileDetails, it displays a whole list
of MDACs: MDAC 2.1 SP2, MDAC 2.5 SP3, MDAC 2.7 REFRESH, MDAC 2.7 RTM,
MDAC 2.7 SP1, MDAC 2.7 SP1 REFRESH, MDAC 2.8 RTM, MDAC 2.8 SP1 ON
Windows XP SP2, MDAC 2.8 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 SP1. Then, also
under File Details, it lists Multiple and Unknown.

The update you are dealing with is very old (approx Jan 04)
Also, the history of your machine stretches back to the pre-MDAC
times when ODBC support was all too often getting cross-versioned.
As I originally mentioned, I had Win98 before on the computer and
installed Win2K from the installation CD. Then, I downloaded and
installed SP4 and all updates.

yes, hence I said "the history of your machine"

On the page (above link) you will see a direct link to your problem
child patch,
Where? I only see a link to the problem under Windows *XP*.

I may have overlooked that aspect, but I was mostly there to
find the next link for 2.8 sp1 for you

but also notice the link to MDAC 2.8 SP1 which does
supercede your patch (which applied to 2.8 gold).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=78cac895-efc2-4f8e-a9e0-3a1afbd5922e&displaylang=en

I would grab 2.8 SP 1 (which does install for W2k and Win98) and
also get the version checker. After installing 2.8 Sp1 then I would
rerun the version checker to make sure it is seeing only 2.8 SP 1
This did the job. I installed MDAC 2.8 SP1, and since then, the computer
doesn't want to install the update anymore. However, the version checker
displays just what I saw before ... unless I looked at the wrong place in
the long list of shown entries.

You have to have it do the check again.
It may be seeing some residual files that are not being removed,
but the 2.8 sp1 install should have made the active versions on
the components consistent and current.

If after that autoupdate is still saying as it does now, then there is
likely a corruption in your wuau catalog. For that you should post
into the update newsgroup.
see
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/support.aspx?ln=en-us
or go to microsoft.public.windowsupdate newsgroup

Roger

Many Thanks!

No problem. Sorry I was not more explicit with my first post
that this was the route to resolution I was recommending.



"Martin Glodde" <glodde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I recently upgraded my computer from Win98 to Win2K. Afterwards, Win2K
and Win98 were on the same partition. I installed Service Pack 4, then
all other security updates, then IE 6 SP1.
Now I have this problem: Windows keeps telling me that there is one
security update ready to install:
"Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components (KB832483)"
When I click on the update icon in the task bar and click to install it,
I get the message that the update was installed successfully. However, a
couple of minutes later, the same update message pops up again in the
task bar. Repeating the installation doesn't help - it always keeps
popping up.
Any idea what causes this and how I can get rid of the problem? How do I
know if the update is installed or not?

Thanks,
Martin





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