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A bug in XP SP3?

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tomasz86

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A think there's a (minor) bug in XP SP3 installer. If you unpack it and open the "UPDATE\update.inf" file you can find these lines:

[Save.Reg.For.Uninstall]
HKLM,%SMIEAO%\%SECURITY%\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"%SPMWCV%\%SET%\%CACHE%"

[IE.AdditionalSettings.AddReg]
HKLM,%SMIEAO%\%SECURITY%\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"%SPMWCV%\%SET%\%CACHE%"

but if you look for the "%CACHE%" variable under [strings] you will see:

[Strings]

CACHE="Cache

As you can see the second ' " ' is missing so the variable will probably not be processed correctly :unsure: I can't check it myself as I don't have access to any XP SP2 or lower at the moment (in order to install SP3 and check it).

The correct line in the registry should be:

HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\CRYPTO\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\CACHE"

Could anyone check it? And check if you haven't got sth like this:

HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\CRYPTO\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\"CACHE"

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I've found another bug...

[[WMP.CopyAlways.Help.Tours.WindowsMediaPlayer.Video.Files]
    viz.wmv, , ,0x20

should be

[WMP.CopyAlways.Help.Tours.WindowsMediaPlayer.Video.Files]
    viz.wmv, , ,0x20

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dencorso

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My XP SP3 has:

RegPoliciesPath=SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache

al right. But, with so may updates already added, I'm quite far from plain-vanilla SP3, as of now.

In any case, thanks for the heads up! :thumbup

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tomasz86

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I'm not sure about it but this problem may only occur if you actually install SP3 manually, not when you use a slipstreamed XP SP3 source (I can't find the key in hive*.inf files, and I haven't really got time to go deeper into this now).

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NATO

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My AVAST AV reported that the SP3 Service Pack had corrupt CAB files, if that is any help.

It installed all right but I now have a few problems with shutdown...

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@NATO, I'm not sure what your post has to do with the OP. And you got the message that the SP3 Service Pack had corrupt CAB files and you installed it anyway? ? ? ? ? And you are surprised that you have a few problems? ? ? ?

Cheers and Regards

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@NATO, I'm not sure what your post has to do with the OP. And you got the message that the SP3 Service Pack had corrupt CAB files and you installed it anyway? ? ? ? ? And you are surprised that you have a few problems? ? ? ?

Cheers and Regards

No, I found out that it was corrupt AFTER it was installed.

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tomasz86

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I've found a bug in SP2 for Windows Server 2003.

[[R2.NasNewBinsEnt.Files]
    sis.inf, ia\sis.inf

There is a double bracket "[[". The file "sis.inf" is probably not slipstreamed when the SP2 is integrated into Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise (x86) edition's source. "R2.NasNewBinsEnt.Files" stands for "cmpnents\r2\packages\nasnewbins_ent\i386" directory.

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Joseph_sw

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I've found another bug...

[[WMP.CopyAlways.Help.Tours.WindowsMediaPlayer.Video.Files]
    viz.wmv, , ,0x20

should be

[WMP.CopyAlways.Help.Tours.WindowsMediaPlayer.Video.Files]
    viz.wmv, , ,0x20

since there already exist:

[WMP.CopyAlways.Help.Tours.WindowsMediaPlayer.Video.Files]
    copycd.wmv, , ,0x20
    mdlib.wmv, , ,0x20
    nuskin.wmv, , ,0x20
    rtuner.wmv, , ,0x20

changing the [[ into single [ , makes a duplicated sections headers with different content.

should the content merged?

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tomasz86

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Yes :yes:

It's the same in case of W2K3 SP2 - there exists "[R2.NasNewBinsEnt.Files]" section and the "sis.inf, ia\sis.inf" should go there.

Remember that you can't use the original update.exe directly after you've changed the update.inf but you've got to patch it first.

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MilkChan

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On 4/20/2012 at 11:34 PM, tomasz86 said:

A think there's a (minor) bug in XP SP3 installer. If you unpack it and open the "UPDATE\update.inf" file you can find these lines:

 

  
[Save.Reg.For.Uninstall]
HKLM,%SMIEAO%\%SECURITY%\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"%SPMWCV%\%SET%\%CACHE%"

[IE.AdditionalSettings.AddReg]
HKLM,%SMIEAO%\%SECURITY%\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"%SPMWCV%\%SET%\%CACHE%"

 

but if you look for the "%CACHE%" variable under [strings] you will see:

 

  
[Strings]

CACHE="Cache

 

As you can see the second ' " ' is missing so the variable will probably not be processed correctly :unsure: I can't check it myself as I don't have access to any XP SP2 or lower at the moment (in order to install SP3 and check it).

The correct line in the registry should be:

 

  
HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\CRYPTO\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\CACHE"

 

Could anyone check it? And check if you haven't got sth like this:

 

  
HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\CRYPTO\CACHE_FLUSH,"RegPoliciesPath",,"SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\"CACHE"

There seems to be no SP1 until the latest. I use notepad++ to search

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