slate_leeper wrote:
On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:11:53 -0500, slate_leeper
wrote:

According to
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...pdate-kb405689

"This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from
Windows Update. To get the standalone package for this update, go to
the Microsoft Update Catalog website."

This goes to:
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft...px?q=KB4056897

Where is found:
2018-01
Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 for x86-based Systems
(KB4056897) Windows 7 Security Updates 1/4/2018 36.2mb
(Yes, mine is 32-bit)

Clicking the download link saves the file:
windows6.1-kb4056897-x86_bb612f57e082c407b8cdad3f4900275833449e71.msu

Running this produces the error 0x8023800c, which apparently is a
timeout error.

So what am I missing here? I would like to install this update without
going through the whole Windows Update process of downloading a long
list of items I don't want or need.

-dan z-


Well, I figured it out. Instead of saving and running the .msu file, I
should have selected the option to "run with stand-alone installer."
That worked.

-dan z-

That patch is gated by the status of your AV product.

If the AV product has not been patched to "accept"
that update, there will be trouble.

The AV product (by agreement with Microsoft), sets a flag
to indicate the AV is ready for the MS patch, and then the MS
patch can "take".

Failure to do that, could cause Windows startup problems. As
the AV thinks it's under attack.

(One user was bricked yesterday. Flag or no flag.)

The presence of this key, was supposed to indicate all is well.

Key="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"Subkey="SOFTWARE\Microsoft \Windows\CurrentVersion\QualityCompat"
"cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc" DWORD 0

Paul