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These three updates are trying to be reinstalled over and over again. Replicable on both PCs
The updates are trying to be install over and over again. Every time I click "check for updates," there it appears again.
The screenshots below illustrates this:
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List of threads that have the same issue:
Media coverage:
Update 1: I have tried restarting the PC. Nothing. I have also tried FixIt when trying to troubleshoot Windows Update errors. Still nothing. The FixIt simply "runs" till the end and then says "finish." It did not offer to fix anything.
Windows 7 X64 SP1 with Norton Internet Security 2013 (version 20).
Update: I found other users having the same problem http://www.computerbase.de/forum/showthread.php?t=1252121 (in Dutch I presume). Translated page: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerbase.de%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D1252121&act=url
Update 2: Added media coverage of the issue.
Update 3: Add even more threads found via Google.
Update 4: Microsoft has now offered a statement regarding this bug:
“We’ve received reports of some customers experiencing issues when deploying some of September’s Office-related updates. We are investigating this issue and will act accordingly, to help ensure that our customers are protected." -- Dustin Childs, group manager, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing
Microsoft has acknowledge this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2760583/en-us
Known issues with this security update
Update 5: I did not have to do anything on my part (like re-install updates), so it's probably a detection issue on Microsoft's part.
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Nice to know i'm not alone! I am one of those not technically savvy people. I am having the exact same problem. Any indication yet when this will be fixed? I havent read to the bottom of this thread but it appears to be an issue only Microsoft can fix. Is it worth doing Loafer(2) suggestion as a workaround or should i just put up with the situation until its sorted? Its annoying and slowing things up
Any advice?
Well, here it is, another day, and the 3 updates are still showing up. Windows 7 64 with one Office 2007 program installed and one Office 2003 program installed (along with the full Office 2010 suite).
This actually can become a serious problem in certain cases, we had a very nasty thunderstorm come through yesterday with lots of nearby lightning strikes. I went to shut the computer down, and hadn't disabled automatic updates yet, so rather than shutting down it went into the install routine. Several more near lightning strikes later it finally finished and shut down.
MS, how hard can this be to fix? You put out patches all the time. What is going on with these?
I am wondering if the deployed updates can't be recalled, and can't be overwritten, so instead they need to write another patch that removes these and replaces them with ones that don't keep reinstalling.
It looks like this thread is going to break some kind of record. Well done Thu Win - your email inbox must be overflowing with joy! More than 40,000 reads and 200 replies, plus 303 thanks and counting. Well done.
installing multiple office versions ends in spaghetti code & tears, why isn't each version sand boxed?
win 7 is awesome, thank you Microsoft team
Alex is right. The quicker Microsoft come up with a patch the better. We don't want people abandoning Windows Update it will lead to virus attacks becoming even more prevalent.
Come on Microsoft, sort it out please.
