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From: Darryl on 1 Feb 2010 15:08 Yes, sorry, drive D: is on disk 1. That was a copy & paste error on my part. The regular Windows Disk Management applet was used to reassign the drive letters. That was done a year or more ago, but the Trend (since uninstalled) update was within the last couple months. C:\ has the OS, and some other apps. But I don't install anything new on it because of disk space issues. Do you think the problem has to do with insufficient space on C:, and that I should try to free up more space there? "MowGreen" wrote: > Unless you've mistyped it, it's hard to believe that both drives were > assigned the number 0. The D:\ drive should be Disk1. > > Was a 3rd party tool used to rename D:\ to F:\ and did the updating > correlate with the installation of the new HD or did it occur after the > upgrade of Trend ? > > From what I've seen in the ProcMon log from my VPC of XP, the ProcMon > log from your system is showing many more BUFFER OVERFLOWS. In fact, > there was just one in the ProcMon log from the VPC of XP. > > C:\ is being used only for the Windows directory, correct ? If so, you > can recover a great deal of disk capacity by removing the uninstall > subfolders of Service Packs, the backup of SP3 located at > WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386, and the uninstall subfolders of installed > updates. > If you have the original XP installation CD you can slipstream SP3 to it > so as to be able to reinstall XP SP3 before removing the > ServicePackFiles\i386 subfolder. > > Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP3 > http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd.htm > > Save Space After Installing Updates > http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm > > Though the question still remains as to the paths issue which appears to > be part of or entirely the cause of the failure of the WUA to install. > > > MowGreen > ================ > * -343-* FDNY > Never Forgotten > ================ > > banthecheck.com > "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked > > > > > Darryl wrote: > > Mow, the machine has 2 physical disks. > > > > Disk 0 has 2 partitions: C: and F: > > - C: is 32GB, with 3GB free > > - F: has 37GB, with 20GB free > > > > Disk 0 has one partition, D: > > - D: has 149GB, with 126GB free > > > > Originally, I only had disk 0, and it was partitioned into C: and D:. C: > > was the OS and I did my work on D:. But I kept running out of space on C:, > > so I added a new disk to be my work disk. To keep things the way they were, > > I assigned the original D: to be F:, and assigned the new disk to be D:. I > > then uninstalled/reinstalled my biggest applications (Office, Visual Studio, > > etc) from C: to D: to free up as much space as possible on C:. It still has > > only a little space, but I figured 3GB ought to be enough for Windows > > updates, etc. > > > > My CD-ROM is E:. > > > > If it matters, I also have configured page files to be on both D: and F:, > > where there is a lot of free space (so no page file on C:). > . >
From: MowGreen on 1 Feb 2010 17:11 *** Can you manually download and manually install updates ? *** Freeing up space on C:\ is worth a shot Darryl, but I don't think it's going to resolve the WUA installation issue if it's stemming from a path's issue. 1) Remove all of the update uninstall subfolders. 2) Remove the ServicePack subfolders. 3) Clean the WINDOWS\temp and your UserAccount's temp subfolders *after* first restarting the system to ensure that anything in said subfolders is no longer needed. 4) You could even back up the Windows\Installer subfolder to a CD or external HD, too, if it's grown to an unwieldy size. Then move either it's contents or the required .msp/.msi back when upgrading/updating installed software. " If you have the original XP installation CD you can slipstream SP3 to it so as to be able to reinstall XP SP3 before removing the ServicePackFiles\i386 subfolder. Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP3 http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp3_cd.htm Save Space After Installing Updates http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm " MowGreen ================ * -343-* FDNY Never Forgotten ================ banthecheck.com "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked Darryl wrote: > Yes, sorry, drive D: is on disk 1. That was a copy& paste error on my part. > > The regular Windows Disk Management applet was used to reassign the drive > letters. That was done a year or more ago, but the Trend (since uninstalled) > update was within the last couple months. > > C:\ has the OS, and some other apps. But I don't install anything new on it > because of disk space issues. Do you think the problem has to do with > insufficient space on C:, and that I should try to free up more space there? >
From: Darryl on 3 Feb 2010 11:14 Well, I think I'm going to throw in the towel and repave this machine, Mow. I want to thank you for all the help and sticking with me for all this time and trying to figure this one out. You went above and beyond!
From: MowGreen on 3 Feb 2010 13:38 Darryl wrote: > Well, I think I'm going to throw in the towel and repave this machine, Mow. > I want to thank you for all the help and sticking with me for all this time > and trying to figure this one out. You went above and beyond! > You're mowst welcome, Darryl. At least we gave it a shot. Trust me, it was a pleasure working with someone who provides relevant information instead of having to be constantly prodded for it. MowGreen ================ * -343-* FDNY Never Forgotten ================ banthecheck.com "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
From: Darryl on 10 Feb 2010 18:05
Well finally, I'm back in business. I booted the Windows CD and did a repair. Went pretty smoothly; did have to hunt down a driver file (.MOF?) for the network card. Luckily was able to find it on the internet. After everything was done, had a nasty problem with activation that took me a few days of Googling to solve: when I logged in, it said I had to activate. Clicked OK and then nothing happened; just showed the desktop. Turns out that activation requires IE8. Had to download the IE8 installer from another machine, burn it onto a CD, go into safe mode on the problem machine, and install it. Upon rebooting after the IE8 install, the activation dialog came up, hooray! This is the thread that showed me this solution, in case anyone else hits the problem: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itproxpsp/thread/b991ce21-db5b-46eb-8c9b-f8d4aa14a35a Once past that, ran Windows Update and installed 65 updates (since SP3) without a hitch. Didn't lose a thing; my files, programs, desktop and all settings are just as they were. Whew! Now if only I could get back all the hours I spent to get back to normal ;) "MowGreen" wrote: > Darryl wrote: > > Well, I think I'm going to throw in the towel and repave this machine, Mow. > > I want to thank you for all the help and sticking with me for all this time > > and trying to figure this one out. You went above and beyond! > > > > You're mowst welcome, Darryl. At least we gave it a shot. Trust me, it > was a pleasure working with someone who provides relevant information > instead of having to be constantly prodded for it. > > > MowGreen > ================ > * -343-* FDNY > Never Forgotten > ================ > > banthecheck.com > "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked > > > . > |