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| 480878 | 2006-08-27 00:39:00 | I'm probably a month behind the times, having been overseas for weeks and not touched my desktop PC. When I returned, Microsoft auto-updated my m/c and now I keep getting a failure message :- "Updates were unable to be successfully installed The following updates were not installed: Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 2.0 (KB917283)" I searched this forum for clues (using 917283 for the search) without success, so I did some web searching and arrived at www.mcse.ms Has anybody else in NZ had the problem? Is the (complex/scary) fix at the above website the best way to make the update failure go away? Is there a simpler way to fix the problem? Any other comments please? My O/S is XP Home edition Regards, Mike S |
Mike S (1766) | ||
| 480879 | 2006-08-27 01:02:00 | Is Microsoft . Net framework 2 installed? If not dont worry about it . If there isnt an entry in add/remove programs called Microsoft . Net Framework 2, dont worry about it . Its not part of XP . Its for more recent programs that people have done using . Net Framework 1 . 1 and 2 . And these programs are needed for these programs to run / install . Just go to Windowsupdate and scan then untick this update to fix the prob . So it doesnt appear again . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 480880 | 2006-09-06 22:30:00 | They say a little knowledge is dangerous, well I have been guilty of going where angels fear to tread. I've been battling with my machine for days now, all the time convinced that I would crack the problems if I persisted - and I've just made it worse. Right now I have followed the advice at the web site previously mentioned and the fix failed. Meantime IE6 started to pay up, giving error messages every time I opened it. Now after lots more tinkering IE won't open at all. I'm happy with Firefox which works well, but some things will open only in IE. I tried loading IE7 Beta which does run, but I dislike it because it seems like a very cut down toolbar and appeared to lack a Help option; though it may be in some reduced form due to my tinkereing. I also noticed an odd side effect where the type in OE emails looks fuzzy plus it can't be enlarged and can't be deleted in emails I forward. So I restored to a point before my IE7 installation and that brought OE back to normal. So I'm now desparate, clearly having compromised my system so it won't run IE6. Everything else runs OK. I even tried re-installing IE6, to no avail. I'm desparate to return to a system which runs IE6 and everything else as it was months ago with no mention of KB917283 (the number of which I now know by heart). Any help for this self-confessed numb-skull would be deeply appreciated, and I promise to follow any instructions to the letter. Maybe I should restore back to an earlier time (the earliest restore I can find is in June - when computer life seemed much more straightforward) Mike S |
Mike S (1766) | ||
| 480881 | 2006-09-06 23:38:00 | Yeah, a restore would be the first thing I'd try. | Greg (193) | ||
| 480882 | 2006-09-07 00:19:00 | Check out this link (http:) to a very useful .NET removal tool. It worked for me on a machine that gave me continual grief after applying a .NET hotfix. | Mackin_NZ (6958) | ||
| 480883 | 2006-09-07 02:31:00 | I find that a good registry cleaner can help in these situations. I would not be a bit surprised if your System Restore refuses to function. |
PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 480884 | 2006-09-07 02:47:00 | Which cleaner would you recommend, PENTIUM? I have RegSeeker - is that any good? And Mackin - I regret the link you supplied makes no sense to me at all. I don't dabble in http stuff. Also I see no mention there of .NET Thanks for your quick replies you guys. If I do restore, eventualyy the dreaded KB917283 thing is going to come up again: then what? |
Mike S (1766) | ||
| 480885 | 2006-09-07 03:19:00 | I use Norton Windoctor and Registry Mechanic. Each picks up stuff the other misses. One machine recently had more than 600 Registry Mechanic errors, I am wondering if this qualifies for the Guiness book of records! It had similar problems to those you describe, but is now performing properly. | PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 480886 | 2006-09-07 03:40:00 | ... If I do restore, eventualyy the dreaded KB917283 thing is going to come up again: then what? There's a song (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Is_Painless) ... :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 480887 | 2006-09-07 04:00:00 | And the funny thing is that IE6 runs perfectly when my wife logs on under her user name. Thinks, if it's the .NET Framework 2.0 (whatever that is) then maybe I can capture hers and use it???? Daft idea probably - don't really know what I'm doing |
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