Sunday June 08, 2008 Unable to Run Windows Update
I upgraded an old Windows 2000 virtual machine to Windows XP today, and afterwards tried to run Windows Update, but got the following error.
The following updates were not installed:
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
Update for Windows XP (KB898461)
Since these updated are required to download any further updates (like XP SP3), I was hosed. Well, not quite. After some time with Microsoft support, we did finally find a workaround, listed below:
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1. Please download the file from the following link:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe
2. Save the file to "C: drive".
3. Click "Start", "Run", type: "C:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce" (without quotations) and then press "Enter" to install the Windows Update engine.
There is a space between "C:\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe" and "/wuforce".
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After that I could run Windows Update successfully.
Posted by rickg ( Jun 08 2008, 09:36:30 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]Undelete in Alfresco
I keep forgetting where to go in Alfresco to recover deleted items (or delete old items completely), so I am making a note here (hopefully someone else will find this useful too).
Log in as administrator
Go to the User Option panel (click the icon at the top center that looks like a person holding a large placecard).
Click on "Manage deleted items".
That's it!
Posted by rickg ( Jun 08 2008, 08:41:10 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [1]