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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
I screwed up!!
Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
James B. Holladay wrote:
I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. Have you tried the obvious? Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Show Updates? -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
James B. Holladay wrote:
I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. Have you tried the obvious? Control Panel Add/Remove Programs Show Updates? -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3?
James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3?
James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
WinXP SP2
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
WinXP SP2 "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
"James B. Holladay" wrote in message
... WinXP SP2 "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. Hi James, Please explain what happened. How did you install that update, from the Knowledge Base article hotfix page? from Windows Update? Did it completely install? What problems before or after have you had? Some Microsoft XPS features are not available in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/KB/954550 WARNING: Once installed this update cannot be removed through Add and Remove Programs. Note: This update can also be obtained as part of the Microsoft XPS Essentials Pack. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/viewxps.mspx Do you have a System Restore point that pre-dates the installation? Is there some reason you have not installed Service Pack 3 yet? HTH. (Hope This Helps. --Richard |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
"James B. Holladay" wrote in message
... WinXP SP2 "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. Hi James, Please explain what happened. How did you install that update, from the Knowledge Base article hotfix page? from Windows Update? Did it completely install? What problems before or after have you had? Some Microsoft XPS features are not available in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/KB/954550 WARNING: Once installed this update cannot be removed through Add and Remove Programs. Note: This update can also be obtained as part of the Microsoft XPS Essentials Pack. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/viewxps.mspx Do you have a System Restore point that pre-dates the installation? Is there some reason you have not installed Service Pack 3 yet? HTH. (Hope This Helps. --Richard |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
Might as well leave it in-place. It'll be included in SP3 when you install
it anyway. NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. James B. Holladay wrote: WinXP SP2 Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
Might as well leave it in-place. It'll be included in SP3 when you install
it anyway. NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. James B. Holladay wrote: WinXP SP2 Are you running WinXP SP2 or SP3? James B. Holladay wrote: I screwed up!! Is there any way to remove this Hotfix without reloading Windows? I am comfortable working in the registry. |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
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PA Bear [MS MVP] typed on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:58:38 -0500: NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. One of my many Windows XP machines I already stopped updating back in May of 2009. There are many reasons for this: 1) It sports only a 4GB SSD 2) My MS EWF doesn't work with SP3 3) Updates will stop in the future anyway, so why not get used to idea now? With Microsoft's EWF (Enhanced Write Filter), updates doesn't really seem necessary anyway. And it is my belief that a firewall blocks most viruses. And a good anti-virus program blocks the rest. So whether or not one gets updates or not doesn't seem that important to me. I know my father has refused updates on his computer for years. As one update hosed his system and now refuses to update his computer at all. I did talk him into using backups. And he did get a virus once. But no big deal, restored from a backup and all is well once again. So I don't really think not getting updates is as bad as most makes it out to be. Heck there are still Windows 98 users out there that isn't getting updates anyway. In fact, I have one such machine myself. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2 |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
In , PA Bear [MS MVP] typed on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:58:38 -0500: NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. One of my many Windows XP machines I already stopped updating back in May of 2009. There are many reasons for this: 1) It sports only a 4GB SSD 2) My MS EWF doesn't work with SP3 3) Updates will stop in the future anyway, so why not get used to idea now? With Microsoft's EWF (Enhanced Write Filter), updates doesn't really seem necessary anyway. And it is my belief that a firewall blocks most viruses. And a good anti-virus program blocks the rest. So whether or not one gets updates or not doesn't seem that important to me. I know my father has refused updates on his computer for years. As one update hosed his system and now refuses to update his computer at all. I did talk him into using backups. And he did get a virus once. But no big deal, restored from a backup and all is well once again. So I don't really think not getting updates is as bad as most makes it out to be. Heck there are still Windows 98 users out there that isn't getting updates anyway. In fact, I have one such machine myself. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2 |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
Thanks for all the good information.
I have been off line doing a fresh install, for other reasons, but will take your advice and leave it off this time, at least until SP3. "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , PA Bear [MS MVP] typed on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:58:38 -0500: NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. One of my many Windows XP machines I already stopped updating back in May of 2009. There are many reasons for this: 1) It sports only a 4GB SSD 2) My MS EWF doesn't work with SP3 3) Updates will stop in the future anyway, so why not get used to idea now? With Microsoft's EWF (Enhanced Write Filter), updates doesn't really seem necessary anyway. And it is my belief that a firewall blocks most viruses. And a good anti-virus program blocks the rest. So whether or not one gets updates or not doesn't seem that important to me. I know my father has refused updates on his computer for years. As one update hosed his system and now refuses to update his computer at all. I did talk him into using backups. And he did get a virus once. But no big deal, restored from a backup and all is well once again. So I don't really think not getting updates is as bad as most makes it out to be. Heck there are still Windows 98 users out there that isn't getting updates anyway. In fact, I have one such machine myself. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2 |
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Removal of Hotfix for Windows XP (KB954550-v5
Thanks for all the good information.
I have been off line doing a fresh install, for other reasons, but will take your advice and leave it off this time, at least until SP3. "BillW50" wrote in message ... In , PA Bear [MS MVP] typed on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:58:38 -0500: NB: Computers running WinXP SP2 will NOT be offered any further critical security updates, Automatic Updates will cease to function, and Windows Update website will not be available after 12 April 2010 until SP3 is installed. One of my many Windows XP machines I already stopped updating back in May of 2009. There are many reasons for this: 1) It sports only a 4GB SSD 2) My MS EWF doesn't work with SP3 3) Updates will stop in the future anyway, so why not get used to idea now? With Microsoft's EWF (Enhanced Write Filter), updates doesn't really seem necessary anyway. And it is my belief that a firewall blocks most viruses. And a good anti-virus program blocks the rest. So whether or not one gets updates or not doesn't seem that important to me. I know my father has refused updates on his computer for years. As one update hosed his system and now refuses to update his computer at all. I did talk him into using backups. And he did get a virus once. But no big deal, restored from a backup and all is well once again. So I don't really think not getting updates is as bad as most makes it out to be. Heck there are still Windows 98 users out there that isn't getting updates anyway. In fact, I have one such machine myself. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2 |
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