How to handle MS06-054 (KB910729) _without_ Microsoft Office?

[MrWinstonWolf]

Hello alltogether!

Has anybody of you an idea about handling the Sept. 12, 2006 patch for MS Publisher described in MS06-054 (Knowledge Base ID 910729) when _no Microsoft Office_ is installed on the computer?

I tried to install this patch, but this failed. I received an error message telling me that the expected version of the product could not be found on these system. (It would not give much sense to post the original error message here because I am using a german version of Windows XP, the patch is also in german version).

In general, I am not really wondering about this behaviour. The only thing I want is to make Windows Update respectively Microsoft Update "happy" - it shold not offer me this patch. And of course these shold be done unattended - I am a really big fan of scripted soulutions ...

Your hints about further information sources are very welcome.

Also it would be very helpful if somebody who installed this patch could dig out the information it wrote to the registry. Maybe it left its marks in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Hotfix ...

Thanks in advance ...

Reinhard

Edited September 14, 2006 by MrWinstonWolf

[Ctrl-X]

Let me get this straight: Windows Update is trying to install this patch on your computer, but you do not have Office/Publisher 2003 installed?

[MrWinstonWolf]

Hello Ctrl-X!

Let me get this straight: Windows Update is trying to install this patch on your computer, but you do not have Office/Publisher 2003 installed?

Yes - it is so. I will agin recheck it ... it is also confusing to me.

Greetings

Reinhard

[Takeshi]

Office updates are not listed under that key you mentioned.

Nor:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\Windows XP

I searched the registry with KB and CLSIDs of the Office updates listed and none showed up. It might be in \Program Files\OfficeUpdate11.

Very obscure.

[MrWinstonWolf]

Yes - it is so. I will agin recheck it ... it is also confusing to me.

Oooops ... shame on me! The human being sitting in front of my monitor made 2 (two!!) errors:

#1: Misinterpretation of Security Bulletin MS06-054

#2: Writing down incorrect notes about the patches offered by Windows Update. Next time I will take a screenshot to avoid this.

Maybe I should ask my doc for new glasses *g* ...

Let me say it again without any irony: the patch KB910729 is _not_ offerd on a system without Microsoft Office.

Thanks to all who tried to help me - I am sorry that I caused inconvenience.

Greetings

Reinhard