Guest ZZ_Scarab Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Hi, I was checking for updates for VS 2005 and it went to Microsoft Update to check for installed updates. It asked me to install an ActiveX control which I did, then it went back to the "Checking for installed updates..." loop. The initial URL was: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1 However, it blinked for a second then redisplayed the same message, this time though, the URL was http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1 Then it did it a 3rd time, adding another &muopt=1 to the URL, that is: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1&muopt=1 I suspect if I hadn't stopped it it would've continued this endlessly. I tried closing IE completely and starting over. Any thoughts on how I can get out of this bind? I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 and IE 7. Thanks
Guest PA Bear Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Is Automatic Update enabled? When was the last time you checked Microsoft Update for available updates? Open Add/Remove Programs > Make sure Show Updates box is checked > Is "Update for Windows XP (KB927891)" listed here? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org ZZ_Scarab wrote: > Hi, > > I was checking for updates for VS 2005 and it went to Microsoft Update to > check for installed updates. It asked me to install an ActiveX control > which > I did, then it went back to the "Checking for installed updates..." loop. > The initial URL was: > > http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1 > > However, it blinked for a second then redisplayed the same message, this > time though, the URL was > > http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1 > > Then it did it a 3rd time, adding another &muopt=1 to the URL, that is: > > http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1&muopt=1 > > I suspect if I hadn't stopped it it would've continued this endlessly. I > tried closing IE completely and starting over. > > Any thoughts on how I can get out of this bind? > > I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 and IE 7. > > Thanks
Guest ZZ_Scarab Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 I actually had just completed an update so it had worked a few minutes earlier when installing the KB927891 update. Then it started checking for installed updates again and got into that loop. Automatic Updates is not enabled as IT insists on checking which updates should be installed then they "push" the approved updates. I was only concerned with SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005, and was checking for updates from within VS 2005 when this whole saga started. "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23nMAiJxyHHA.5204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Is Automatic Update enabled? > > When was the last time you checked Microsoft Update for available updates? > > Open Add/Remove Programs > Make sure Show Updates box is checked > Is > "Update for Windows XP (KB927891)" listed here? > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) > AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org > > > ZZ_Scarab wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was checking for updates for VS 2005 and it went to Microsoft Update to >> check for installed updates. It asked me to install an ActiveX control >> which >> I did, then it went back to the "Checking for installed updates..." loop. >> The initial URL was: >> >> http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1 >> >> However, it blinked for a second then redisplayed the same message, this >> time though, the URL was >> >> http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1 >> >> Then it did it a 3rd time, adding another &muopt=1 to the URL, that is: >> >> http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1&muopt=1 >> >> I suspect if I hadn't stopped it it would've continued this endlessly. I >> tried closing IE completely and starting over. >> >> Any thoughts on how I can get out of this bind? >> >> I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 and IE 7. >> >> Thanks >
Guest PA Bear Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Then contact your IT for support, please. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org ZZ_Scarab wrote: > I actually had just completed an update so it had worked a few minutes > earlier when installing the KB927891 update. Then it started checking for > installed updates again and got into that loop. > > Automatic Updates is not enabled as IT insists on checking which updates > should be installed then they "push" the approved updates. I was only > concerned with SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005, and was checking > for > updates from within VS 2005 when this whole saga started. > > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:%23nMAiJxyHHA.5204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Is Automatic Update enabled? >> >> When was the last time you checked Microsoft Update for available >> updates? >> >> Open Add/Remove Programs > Make sure Show Updates box is checked > Is >> "Update for Windows XP (KB927891)" listed here? >> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) >> AumHa VSOP & Admin DTS-L.org >> >> >> ZZ_Scarab wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was checking for updates for VS 2005 and it went to Microsoft Update >>> to >>> check for installed updates. It asked me to install an ActiveX control >>> which >>> I did, then it went back to the "Checking for installed updates..." >>> loop. >>> The initial URL was: >>> >>> http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1 >>> >>> However, it blinked for a second then redisplayed the same message, this >>> time though, the URL was >>> >>> http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1 >>> >>> Then it did it a 3rd time, adding another &muopt=1 to the URL, that is: >>> >>> http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us&muopt=1&muopt=1&muopt=1 >>> >>> I suspect if I hadn't stopped it it would've continued this endlessly. I >>> tried closing IE completely and starting over. >>> >>> Any thoughts on how I can get out of this bind? >>> >>> I'm running WinXP Pro SP2 and IE 7. >>> >>> Thanks
Guest Lynn Elwood Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in news:#nMAiJxyHHA.5204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl: > Is Automatic Update enabled? > > When was the last time you checked Microsoft Update for available > updates? > > Open Add/Remove Programs > Make sure Show Updates box is checked > Is > "Update for Windows XP (KB927891)" listed here? I was having the same problem. Checking the box on the Add/Remove Programs page worked for me. Thanks! Lynn
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