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Guest ZZ_Scarab
Posted

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

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

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

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

  • 1 month later...
Guest Lynn Elwood
Posted

"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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