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awesome! thanks.

using a w2k pro build that has KB926121 included (1.7.3) do i need to replace any files or run a patch to avoid problems? i would re-install with a new build, but i've already spent 7 hours installing and configuring all my stuff. (I.T. guy here, and thinking of going to acting school or anything else before i go crazy. actually, since bill gates gave so much to charity it doesn't bother me nearly as much. thanks. ps: ran chkdsk /f from a dos prompt today - got the "do you want to run on next startup?" said ok. machine rebooted into a chkdsk loop. yeah - it's time to start looking for another job! pps: fixed by using last known good. take care.

using 1.7.3 with my log attached. when i start media player 9, after the setup screen checkboxes for file assoc etc (i'm using defaluts), i get "an internal application error has occured". so far the only way i can get the player to work is to run mpsetup.exe twice. during first retry mpsetup.exe writes a few files (about 3 seconds worth), goes to setup screen checkboxes then crashes giving the same application error. during second retry mpsetup.exe seems to unregister and then re-register files (about 8 seconds this time), goes to setup screen checkboxes and then it seems to work using .wma .wmv test files. any ideas? note: hfslip.log uploaded as hfslip.txt as i was getting an error with .log extension. fix: redownloaded all files from scratch in case there was some corruption somewhere. got rid of my [components] section in winnt.sif. went back to the original txtsetup.sif file as mine was modified to reduce the needless driver loads during w2k setup. works great so far. my hunch is that is was the modified txtsetup.sif file as i seem to recall that there are some changes made there by hfslip. took a long time, but that's how this process goes sometimes. take care all. HFSLIP.TXT

the i386 folder on my microsoft original disk (hologram image w2k sp1) has both sfcfiles.dl_ and sfcfiles.dll. sfcfiles.dl_ 53kb 7/26/2000 7:00am sfcfiles.dll 974kb 7/26/2000 7:00am after slipstreaming sp4 i get the files above (pre-rollup install) is my w2k disk unusual in this respect? SO GLAD TO HAVE FOUND THE BUG THOUGH! take care man - you're the hardest working guy in I.T. - have a good one.

EUREKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!! :) after ~40 hours...................... sfcfiles.dll is the culprit!!! pre-update rollup version = 5.0.2195.6717 with a date of 6/19/2003 post-update version = 5.0.2195.7038 with a date of 4/8/2005 on freshly patched install (with WU asking for rollup only) i went into DOS (using fat32 here) and copied sfcfiles.dll version 7038 over older 6717 version in system32 and system32\dllcache (must do both!!) rebooted and VOILA! nothing in WU!! my i386 source folder has: sfcfiles.dl_ 53kb 6/19/2003 sfcfiles.dll 974kb 7/26/2000 my i386 sourcess folder has: sfcfiles.dl_ 53kb 6/19/2003 sfcfiles.dll 951kb 4/8/2005 is it the sourcess files or something during installtion? (using "c" compression method during compile) also, 2 days ago did an install using a fresh copy of w2ksp1 slipstreamed with sp4 and hfslip. no winnt.sif file. and same thing - WU wants rollup. sfcfiles had same dates and sizes in source and sourcess folders as above. GETTING CLOSER! :) bpr.

been a while. updated HF files with latest updates. installed and still get update rollup in WU. ran install rite and made a snapshot. installed update rollup and analysed. sent results to text files. any help is appreciated. pretty minor inconvience but the bug hunter side of me still wants to figure it out. thanks again. bpr. Update_Rollup_1_for_Windows_2000_SP4___Added_Files.txt Update_Rollup_1_for_Windows_2000_SP4___Added_Registry.txt Update_Rollup_1_for_Windows_2000_SP4___Deleted_Files.txt Update_Rollup_1_for_Windows_2000_SP4___Modified_Files.txt Update_Rollup_1_for_Windows_2000_SP4___Modified_Registry.txt

zip files attached. will try installrite later today. HFSLIPWU.zip TXTSETUP.zip

ok. removed xpicons / WindowsMedia-Q828026-x86-ENU.exe / WINNT.SIF and added KB917537 and KB926247. still get rollup in WU - not willing to give up yet!! i saved an image of the install before applying the rollup so i can get you copies of any files that might help pre/post re-application. during rollup re-application it inspects the system files and it looks like it only replaces about a dozen or so files, although it is hard to tell as they fly by pretty quick. going to try to catch which files are being replaced and what versions they are pre/post. latest log for what it's worth. HFSLIP.zip

allright!!! added CDROM_NT.5 and CDROM_SP.TST into SOURCE folder and re-applied SP4 then complied and everything went smooth. man, what one little file can do! (i've been programming since 1975 and i still love finding bugs!) strange that i never had a problem not having it before - maybe because i used to have mplay = off in winnt.sif so it didn't execute during install. only thing left is i'm still getting rollup in WU. any ideas? my new log attached. thanks for all the help! HFSLIP.zip

did a w2k 1.5.0 install again today. after first reset during 0S install i booted to CD and manually put a logagent.exe into the winnt\system32 folder. restarted the install and no error - install went all the way through no problem. still have the 2 KB's in WU though. any chance something is getting executed out of order or something is deleting the file? i have also tried turning "mplay = on" and "mplay = off" in components section of my winnt.sif file with no change. log.zip file attached! thanks. LOG.ZIP

first, thanks for the super quick response, a rarity these days! 1. will provide hfslip log zipped but how do i send/attach (newbie here). 2. referring to KB917008 update - i think i have always gotten this and the SP rollup in WU after install - i just repatch. 3. did it trying to get rid of the SP rollup in WU. didn't make any difference anyway. must be something else flagging it. (i'm assuming the fix refers to the CPU idle problem with the HAL.DLL in multi-processors?) 4. i put MDAC_TYP.EXE in HFSVCPAK_SW2 folder. during OS setup it gave me a EULA. i accepted and then it crashed. so, i edited the SVCPACK.INF file and changed the switch from /Q:A /R:N to /Q:A /C:"dasetup /Q /N" per MDAC install instructions at the link posted above. i re-ran it and it installed ok, but i got some inconsistencies in the file versions when i ran the MDAC Version Checker. went back to MDAC2.5 SP3 patched and all the files checked with very minor version differences. do i need to keep a eye on the file dates of these KB's - or is each one unique / has version number - like the Malicious Code updates. btw: really enjoy the new features of this version - such a powerful utility for us IT guys. thanks man!

updated from 1.4.3 to 1.5.0. added a few recent KB's and tried to install > crash at registering components"logagent.exe not found". also 7008 patch did not take nor did the sp rollup with halamacpi.dl_ in fix folder. also crashed when using MDAC 2.8 sp1 because silient switches are not set correctly - should be > mdac_typ /Q:A /C:"dasetup /Q /N" (see link http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms693148.aspx) needs to be fixed!!! (BTW once i changed the switches and got it to install MDAC CHECK showed an incomplete installation with some files still at version 2.53 with most at 2.8). anyhow, went back and removed a few KB's and retried > no good , crash at logagent.exe. finally, reverted to EXACT SAME KB setup that was working with 1.4.3 but using 1.5.0 build and > crashed again!!! ran my old disk with 1.4.3 > no problem. have spent over 30 hours now with this version 1.5.0 installing the os and still unable to get it to work. strange thing is, during the first reset during os install no logagent.exe files on drive > restartes, then the crash > then when i continue from error at finish there are the logagent.exe files in sys32 and program files\media player? is something being run in the wrong order? big question - WHY IS THE PREVIOUS VERSION UNAVAILABLE ANYWHERE????? perhaps it could have saved me a few dozen hours if it had - something to consider. why oh why did i delete it!!!! make no mistake - love the program and appreciate the effort, just very frustrating doing an os install 30 times in one day. any help? btw: timezone fix is sweet as is hive clean up > both installed right!