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Radioguy
 Post subject: Windows Update killed System Update [Pics]
PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:57 am 
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[images reduced to small low-res/kb gifs for those who are still bandwidth challenged]

Seems that way...

Yesterday I was prompted to install a security fix by WU for Visual C++:

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Afterward, when I ran SU, this happened:

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Since then, I've uninstalled SU, rebooted, then reinstalled, but to no effect. Starting SU prompts the error.

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 Post subject: Re: Windows Update killed System Update [Pics]
PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:13 am 
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... could it perhaps be related to the Hotfix patch for System Update to fix WER crash issue on Windows 7?

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 Post subject: Re: Windows Update killed System Update [Pics]
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You just earned your pay for the week!

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