From: Brian on
I can't believe the microsoft hating antitruat people arent seething at this.
An optional update neds to be installed to get critical updates. I had 11
criticals that were a nogo till I did this.

"Glenn" wrote:

> I had the same problem since last tuesday with updates, KB973709, KB972581 and
> KB974234. I finally got them to install today.
> I had a optional update Office Live Add-in 1.4, after I included it in the
> upgrades,
> it loaded the add-in 1.4 first and popped up an office license agreement,
> after I accepted it, all four updates installed.
>
> I believe Microsoft wanted the license agreement first, before it installed
> the other updates.
> Let me know if this works
> --
> gmb
>
>
> "DBS" wrote:
>
> > I have tried to install these updates several times, with and without the
> > firewall turned on and have not been able to get them to work.
> >
> > Does anyone else have this problem?
> >
> > Has anyone solved how to overcome this problem?
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on
I can't believe people are still installing all pre-checked Windows Live
Essentials applications, even those they don't want or need (e.g., Outlook
Connector and, by default, Office Live Add-in).

Brian wrote:
> I can't believe the microsoft hating antitruat people arent seething at
> this. An optional update neds to be installed to get critical updates. I
> had 11 criticals that were a nogo till I did this.
>
> "Glenn" wrote:
>
>> I had the same problem since last tuesday with updates, KB973709,
>> KB972581
>> and KB974234. I finally got them to install today.
>> I had a optional update Office Live Add-in 1.4, after I included it in
>> the
>> upgrades,
>> it loaded the add-in 1.4 first and popped up an office license agreement,
>> after I accepted it, all four updates installed.
>>
>> I believe Microsoft wanted the license agreement first, before it
>> installed
>> the other updates.
>> Let me know if this works
>> --
>> gmb
>>
>>
>> "DBS" wrote:
>>
>>> I have tried to install these updates several times, with and without
>>> the
>>> firewall turned on and have not been able to get them to work.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else have this problem?
>>>
>>> Has anyone solved how to overcome this problem?