Incomplete Hotfix Install

[iamtheky]

Whether via batch, cmd, or reg we have hotfixes that are not being deployed completely. However, you can go double click that very same KB and it installs fine.

You can clearly see in the logs that it is stopping prior to the portion where it copies the files over. The logs however provide no additional information, the only difference in the two being that one stopped about 2/3 the way through.

Has anyone seen similar behavior and was there a common culprit?

[g-force]

You got to tell us, which hotfixes won`t install and attach your batch.

[iamtheky]

The issue is not, that they will not install. They only write the registry portion and then they are quitting at the point they would normally ask for a restart when attempted in any auto style. Manually running it (or removing the quiet norestart from the auto) and letting it restart succeeds.

The syntax in all the various ways is standard [kb######.exe /quiet /norestart]

on server 03 SP2 for instance

925902 - I get left with user32.dll 5.1.2600.5512 instead of the new 5.2.3790.4033

930178 - winserv.dll 5.2.3790.3959 remains instead of 5.2.3790.4043

929123 - inetcomm.dll stays at 6.0.3790.3959 not 6.0.3790.4073

935839 - kernel32 - stays 5.2.3790.3311 instead of 5.2.3790.4062

Though I get registry entries in updates\SP3 and all are present in catroot.

I am kind of leaning towards qchain or maybe an ordering issue. Was hoping someone had experienced the same, though its difficult to spot unless its widespread.

Edited August 20, 2009 by iamtheky