KB2686509 repeatedly fails with Error code 0x8007F0F4

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This is obsolete

I wrote a VB Script to fix two problems while running microsoft security update KB2686509

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard LayoutandHKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts

for those who are no registry freaks.

*Here you can download my little hotfix as ZIP-file.*

What does it do? Nothing magic!

1. Makes a registry backup

2. delete entries in Keyboard Layout

3. checks every keyentry in Keyboard Layouts against existing file in %SystemRoot%\System32

Hope I help someone with this script.

Regards

Christian from Germany

Update 2012/06/03

I have written a batch file too. So you can use this instead the vbs solution.

It's a little bit harder, because the batch file exports the two keys, deletes them, creates blank entries. Then you have to run the KB2686509 again! After doing this do not reboot, press continue in the command window (restoring old entries) and then reboot.

If one of the (bad) keys does not exists, the batch file creates a blank entry, so KB2686509 should work.

Here you can download the batch file http://www.vivus.net/dl/

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New instructions OF 6/19/2012

The FIX-IT’s for this KB have been released today for this Security update. They are available for download at : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686509

To perform steps 1 through 3 in the "Let me fix it myself" section, run Microsoft Fix it 50882. ( http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9812279 )
To perform step 5 in the "Let me fix it myself" section, run Microsoft Fix it 50883. (http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9812280)

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Since we’ve figured it out, can you see if any of these solutions fixes you up?

Edit on Sunday 5/13 - I figured out the problem. I had remapped a keyboard key.

If you are hitting this error and do NOT have a faultykeyboard.log file see if you can follow this post and get the patch installed:

KB2686509 - Failure - due to remapping of a key - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/10829.kb2686509-failure-due-to-remapping-of-a-key.aspx

If you upgraded from Windows ME or 98 to XP (you see nothing but .kbd files listed in your faultykeyboard.log file) -- follow this post:

KB2686509 - Failure - due to upgrade from Windows ME or 98 to Windows XP - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/10876.kb2686509-failure-due-to-upgrade-from-windows-me-or-98-to-windows-xp.aspx

If you have DLLs noted in the faultykeyboard.log file but can't find them on your PC follow this post:

KB2686509 - Failure due to missing DLL files - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki:**http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/10880.kb2686509-failure-due-to-missing-dll-files.aspx**

IF NONE OF THESE WORK, email susan-at-msmvps.com and I'll have someone from Microsoft call you back to fix your system.

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Freudi always posts great analysis:

2686509 (MS12-034) - Vulnerability in the keyboard layout handling on Windows XP SP3 - 8:05:12 - patch-info.de:

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://patch-info.de/artikel/2012/05/08/1324&usg=ALkJrhgcu5tcIlkGoRk0XYjsGBlgYvLePw

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2012-05-15T04:24:19+00:00

Susan - Thank you so much for all your help and dedication!! I truly appreciate it.

I finally got the patch to install, thanks to you and your efforts; I was about to give up.

Thanks again.
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2012-05-15T01:22:55+00:00

I tried these all three and still cant get it to install
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2012-05-15T00:43:44+00:00

The problem with the merging back of the reg file seems to be that the Keyboard Layouts key did not get deleted before the merge. I believe that step is missing. Therefore, after you go to all the trouble of deleting out the problem entries, you just merge the rest back into the registry. The ones you deleted are still hanging around in the registry.

So I tried it again, and this time deleted the Keyboard Layouts key in the registry, before I double-clicked the .reg file I had edited in Notepad.

It's just booting up again now, after doing an install at power-off, but I think that has fixed it.

Yes! Thanks to Susan for her effort here. Nice to know MS is here to support you if you need more than just an online forum.

Whoops, spoke too soon. Prompted for the update again and it failed. Re-exported the "Keyboard Layouts" key and did a Find for kpdsp.kbd. None found. Hmmm. Maybe I have a dll problem too. I'll check that.

Ok, I hadn't deleted ALL the references in the list of the faultykeyboard.log file. Make sure you start at the top of the file with the Find operation for each entry in the faultykeyboard.log file. However, I did delete the Keyboard Layouts (with the "s", not the one without the "s") and then double-clicked the saved .reg file that I just edited. Rebooted and applied the update.

Still no luck. Update not installed. This is getting tedious. I'll double-check again.

Well, the good thing is the every time you re-boot, the faultykeyboard.log file is refreshed, so it tells you the ones that you missed. Seems I missed another kbdsp.kbd. Here goes another round.

YES! This time it worked. Dilligence pays off.
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