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Already integrated into optical media Update I gave up in the end figuring that if it was another persons PC I'd probably for speed, (time is money after all), install the SP from my standalone copy of SP1 stored on CD-ROM media. Needless to say the standalone Service Pack installed without issue, ruling out missing pre-requisites and incompatible hardware/drivers. Next time I perform a clean re-install on this system I may continue trying to get to the bottom of this issue, but for now...life goes on!

i'm afraid that 'This update does not apply to your system'! Although it also suggests errors in installing as opposed to failure to be offered, I decided to give it a blast! **** thing is starting to irritate me now!

There are various ways of finding this information using WMI, although it can be found in different places depeding upon many factors. Try something like this: strComputer = inputbox("Type a computer name","Enter computer name") if strComputer = "" then strComputer = "." On Error Resume Next Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10 Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20 WScript.Echo WScript.Echo "==========================================" WScript.Echo "Computer: " & strComputer WScript.Echo "==========================================" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM " _ & "Win32_ComputerSystem", "WQL", wbemFlagReturnImmediately _ + wbemFlagForwardOnly) For Each objItem In colItems WScript.Echo "Manufacturer: " & objItem.Manufacturer WScript.Echo "Model: " & objItem.Model Next If that doesn't produce results you could take a look at Win32_Baseboard and/or Win32_SystemEnclosure.

You could try getting them to run this batch file: XPChID.cmd @Echo off&Setlocal Call :G_ If %_:~-3% Equ 000 Echo: Other ^(includes some retail, upgrade and evaluation ^ versions^) If %_:~-3% Equ 007 Echo: Retail If %_:~-3% Equ 009 Echo: Not for resale - bundle If %_:~-3% Equ 011 Echo: Upgrade ^(XP Home?^) If %_:~-3% Equ 083 Echo: Windows Genuine Advantage If %_:~-3% Equ OEM Echo: OEM If %_:~-3% Equ 270 Echo: Volume License If %_:~-3% Equ 296 Echo: MSDN If %_:~-3% Equ 308 Echo: Microsoft Action Pack subscription If %_:~-3% Equ 347 Echo: Microsoft Action Pack subscription If %_:~-3% Equ 335 Echo: Retail If %_:~-3% Geq 640 (If %_:~-3% Leq 652 Echo: Volume License) If %_:~-3% Equ 699 Echo: Volume Windows XP Tablet Edition If %_:~-3% Equ 071 Echo: Unknown Ping -n 6 127.0.0.1>Nul&Goto :Eof :G_ For /f "tokens=3" %%# In ( 'Reg query HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\Pid /v Pid^|Find "_SZ"') Do Set "_=:%%#"It's not perfect, but it's the best I can do with the information I've managed to find.

Just one final thing to add too, before it's suggested, all of the updates on my system except for three can be uninstalled. And yes you've got it, they are the three you've provided me with in your earlier post! That means I cannot even uninstall the existing version of the update in order to attempt to install version 2 and see if it does the trick.

For the missing one, Windows6.0-KB937287-v2-x86.msu as linked to directly from the page highlighted in your last post. As for the KB938371, I've no idea, Winodws update tells me only this: Incidentally I downloaded Windows6.0-KB938371-v2-x86.msu and tried to install it, I was met with a message that it does not apply to my system, (probably because I have a version of it already)!

Thankyou for the information, you know what, I really thoght you had the answer there! I didn't have KB937287 in my list of installed updates, the other two were already on board. I downloaded and installed it, rebooted just to be sure, and tried Windows Update again. Unfortunately however I'm still only offered the MRT! The information you gave however was exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for. It definitely said that it was a pre-requisite update necessary for SP1 through Windows Update and not required for the SP1 standalone installer. Obviously this is a grave error by Microsoft, if they recommend that I use Windows Update as opposed to the standalone, then surely they would need to ensure that all pre-requisites for that method of installation are made available through that medium. Now I've just got to hope that there is one or more of these `secret` pre-requisites still to find.

Thanks for the info GSM, it's unlikely that the information is exactly what I need, (I'm not even offered the option to download it). It does lead me in another direction, that of checking version numders etc.

I just though I'd add this here in order to prevent further suggestions in an unneeded direction. The machine in question already has a fully working and up to date SP1 version of Windows Ultimate x64 Edition on another partition on the same hardware. This hopefully should rule out hardware problems especially as there are none under the 64bit version. This current OS was installed for testing and comparison purposes, both for troubleshooting others problems and making recommendations. I had up until now only used virtual hardware for such things and it appears I was missing out!

All Gods need minions in order to translate their word to the greater congregation; thanks jaclaz

I don't want to bypass the problem, I see no benefit in doing so. Forums like ours would never exist if people simply took the easy way out every time they had a problem! Time wasting to me is people who use their systems and software but never really get to fully utilize its feature set and understand them. The problem is obviously with Windows or its components and I see no point in not trying to fully investigate and fix it. I hate nLite, vLite and other updater/slipstreamer projects and all they stand for. They take longer to create and use than simply using the built-in update functions of the OS. I can understand those who re-install often using those methods but then again those who do so by the time they need to use their nice new iso again will inevitably need to add more updates, fixes, applications etc. all over again thus wasting even more time. nLite and vLite to me would only really be of any use in a small corporate or business type environment, (from which I think they're probably disallowed anyhow as part of their licences).

@ mongo66 No I was thinking about pretending that I had installed the two updates I don't want to install. That hack was only to enable the download of beta releases of the service pack without being part of the beta program. Update: Okay I've updated both my nVidia drivers and Realtek drivers, and added yet another batch of Windows Defender updates, then I bit the bullet and downloaded the KB940510 update. The only thing now showing in Windows Updater is the MRT tool, No Service Pack. Does anyone know what exactly is looked at by Windows Updater when ascertaining the updates available for my machine? Is there a file containing a listing, does it just look at registry entries etc. I'm just trying to rule out some sort of corruption! Obviously it goes without saying that this is a fully legal, activated, genuine release of the retail product. I've even been to this page and ran the WGA check process to ensure that the Genuine Software check had been made. Any more ideas welcome!

There should be an entry in your shortcut properties stating Start In:, however if you want it to be running local to the script I'd recommend you avoid that and ensure that your batch file is written a little better. Without seeing the batch file I'd suggest that fairly early on in the script you use: Pushd %~dp0That will ensure that everything is run from the same location as your batch script.

Okay, I'll may try the nVidia driver first, but although the Windows version doesn't have the same numbering system the version installed is less than a month older than nVidias offering: I'm fairly sure that the option is available to me to do just that, I'm going to get as many ideas together as I can before I indulge myself however.

The only updates I haven't downloaded and installed are the two shown in the graphic, (49 Important, 20 Recommended and 3 Optional have been installed to date). Now I'm not saying that you're wrong, just that there is no information which states that I need to install either MRT, which isn't really an update, and couldn't catch a cold, or the exploit scanner update in order to be offered Service Pack 1. Especially bearing in mind that the KB940510 wasn't released before the Service Pack anyhow. (If there's no fix that I can find I may attempt to fool the system into believing that these have been installed in order to see if it helps!) All drivers I have are Windows own drivers as installed with the OS and updated using the same method, (Realtek Network, NVIDIA gaphics, and Silicon Image SATA)

Does anybody have any idea why I cannot have the option to download Service Pack 1 from Windows Update. The OS in question is an Untouched Retail x86 Home Premium Edition and all available updates apart from those shown in the graphic below have been installed. I have been through this page to no avail, so I'm out of ideas. As additional notes, there is no 3rd party security software installed only Windows Firewall at its defaults and Windows Defender at it's defaults too, no updates are hidden, all services are unchanged etc., no proxies are used, no registry tweaks etc have been undertaken and my inside leg measurement has been taken just in case I missed something! P.S. Please do not suggest I install from the full standalone download, I know that's an option, but If I was going to resort to that I'd probably wait for SP2 anyhow.

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You can also use vbs and inf files to create shortcuts without adding third party utilities. Also bear in mind that a recent post highlighted a problem with that particular utility not working correctly!

You could try this, I found it in my old XP tweaking notes, I've not tested it so I'm afraid its going to be hit and miss. Just back up that key first. Reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090} /fI would also suggest that because it's GUI related testing will probably require an explorer reboot to verify.

I've removed most of your message, but nevertheless you are asking for help with a problem which doesn't appear anywhere in your post!The command you need in a runonceex.cmd is: %comspec% /c start /wait If you are using a runonceex.inf then the following is what I'd suggest: %11%\cmd.exe /c start /wait

I'd prefer to see a fuller explanation of the problem myself, at this moment in time however it sounds to me as if the version you're trying to install is an upgrade version and it needs to see the previous media in order to install as an upgrade.

I know you've already got a response you're happy with, but I'd just like to make a suggestion.I think the approach is slightly `heavy`! What I mean is that I think that setting a bunch of variables for each line of both files is intensive and probably not necessary based on your information. I would suggest something a little more like this @Echo off&Setlocal Set "_=0" For /f "delims=" %%# In (SOURCEDIR.TXT) Do ( Set/a "_+=1"&Call :N_ %%_%% "%%#") Set "_="&Goto :Eof :N_ Set "$=0" For /f "delims=" %%# In (DESTDIR.TXT) Do ( Set/a "$+=1"&Call _ %%$%% "%%#" %1 %2) Set "$="&Goto :Eof _ If %3 Equ %1 Robocopy "\\JEREMY\SOURCE$\%~4" "\\JEREMY\DESTINATION$\%~2" /mirAs you'll note I removed all that logging rubbish, If I wished to log anything it would be the actual robocopy command and for that I'd use it's /LOG switch. As a final note, if you did intend using a log file and you also wished to use the date and time in such a manner, I'd advise you to set both date and time to new variables once then use those variables for your expansion etc. Otherwise if the date/time changed during the formation of that file name you'd have all sorts of chaos.

Of course you could just open the hfslip-n.n.n.cmd file and comment out the following two lines: Current stable version 1.7.8 (lines 3279 & 3280) ECHO>>WORK\HFREGWU.TXT HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HFSLIPTotalSlipstream","DisplayName",0,"HFSLIP Total Slipstream (v%HFSVERFULL%)" ECHO>>WORK\HFREGWU.TXT HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HFSLIPTotalSlipstream","UninstallString",0,"CMD /C ECHO>ER.REG REGEDIT4&ECHO>>ER.REG [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HFSLIPTotalSlipstream]&REGEDIT /S ER.REG&DEL/Q/F ER.REG" I actually don't think it should be there. If the developers wish to advertise their work in this way they should find an appropriate location for doing so. The Add/Remove Programs list is for doing just that, it really isn't a good idea to place an entry there which doesn't do anything at all.

<Edit> Content removed because due to my lack of information it was beginning to confuse me! Can you simply confirm that these are the two exact command lines you need to run! Please test them first to ensure that they work properly and also please make sure that they do not need to run under the command interpreter. \\closepf.local\dfs\packages\JAVA\epal.exe /C:ou=JRE,ou="EPAL Groups",ou="Exempt Users and Groups",ou="Closepf Users" \\closepf.local\dfs\packages\JAVA\jre-6u10.exe /s /v/qn IEXPLORER=1 REBOOT=Suppress If the above is correct then something like this should be what you're looking for Option Explicit Dim strPkgs, strEpal, strJRE, objShell strPkgs = "\\closepf.local\dfs\packages\JAVA" strEpal = strPkgs & "\epal.exe /C:ou=JRE,ou=""EPAL Groups""," _ & "ou=""Exempt Users and Groups"",ou=""Closepf Users""" strJRE = strPkgs & "\jre-6u10.exe /s /v/qn IEXPLORER=1 REBOOT=Suppress" Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") objShell.Run strEpal, 0, True objShell.Run strJRE, 0, True Set objShell = Nothing</Edit>

From your code I'm confused as to what you're intending to do, can you provide us with something more meaningful please