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by mdbrown

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I am configuring a new computer for a customer.

I saved some time (maybe) by installing XP SP-3 which I downloaded from MS. Everything was going well until Microsoft Update downloaded Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP-2 KB921896.

The computer keeps trying to install the downladed update - with no success.

Should I restore the computer to a pre SP-3 install time and update everything the old, slow way?

If anyone has a better idea, I'd sure appreciate hearing about it.

Thanks,

Michael

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by older mycroft

As such, I would not advise using it for anything other than testing purposes.

It's not the kind of thing I would expose a new user to. Not yet anyway.

>>Apparently I am wrong in this regard, having just checked on Uncle Bill's site. However, my views regarding updates of anything M$ tends to be - I don't install it until my presently configured OS complains that there is something that it needs but doesn't yet have.

My new rig, which is only 13 days old, does not have ANY KB921s installed (there are KB920s and KB922s but no KB921s at all!)

by mdbrown

Thanks for the input Mycroft.

I was setting up a new NoteBook which had a gimme trial of M$ Office 2007 pre-installed. I had deleted the trial since my customer supplied his older version of Office for installation. The KB 921** pertained to a M$ SQL Server 2005 update. Having uninstalled the trial version of Office, Windows update wasn't certain what to do about the update. Now I have uninstalled SQL Server and Update works as Bill intended.

Thanks for your input.

mdb

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