Windows XP Service Pack 3 & KB 925877

[Travis]

I've just spent hours on trying to get SP3 to install on a Windows XP

Professional machine and only now stumbled across the article stating that it

won't install when "RDP 6.0 MUI Pack KB925877" has been installed previously.

I've installed XP SP3 literally dozens of times over the years and this is

the first time I've ever seen or heard of this problem; I only discovered it

by downloading the standalone version of the Service Pack and trying to

install it - all the other times it just failed without any informative error

messages that I'm aware of.

Why on Earth should this bizarre circumstance still exist this many years

after the OS has been out?

And why the Devil didn't Windows Update at least give me the same message as

the standalone "executable" when it failed, rather than just dying on the

vine and never telling me anything?

I've just blown a good 4 or 5 hours over something that should never have

happened in the first place.

The KB 925877 Update simply installed just like the rest of them did, with

no warning whatsoever that SP3 had to be installed first.

So Microsoft, what gives (and why play "I've got a secret" with such a

critical flaw)?

It's simply inexcusable this many years down the road!

How about a warning message or something, at the very least?

 

[Travis]

I've just spent hours on trying to get SP3 to install on a Windows XP

Professional machine and only now stumbled across the article stating that it

won't install when "RDP 6.0 MUI Pack KB925877" has been installed previously.

I've installed XP SP3 literally dozens of times over the years and this is

the first time I've ever seen or heard of this problem; I only discovered it

by downloading the standalone version of the Service Pack and trying to

install it - all the other times it just failed without any informative error

messages that I'm aware of.

Why on Earth should this bizarre circumstance still exist this many years

after the OS has been out?

And why the Devil didn't Windows Update at least give me the same message as

the standalone "executable" when it failed, rather than just dying on the

vine and never telling me anything?

I've just blown a good 4 or 5 hours over something that should never have

happened in the first place.

The KB 925877 Update simply installed just like the rest of them did, with

no warning whatsoever that SP3 had to be installed first.

So Microsoft, what gives (and why play "I've got a secret" with such a

critical flaw)?

It's simply inexcusable this many years down the road!

How about a warning message or something, at the very least?

 

[Alias]

Travis wrote:

> I've just spent hours on trying to get SP3 to install on a Windows XP

> Professional machine and only now stumbled across the article stating that it

> won't install when "RDP 6.0 MUI Pack KB925877" has been installed previously.

> I've installed XP SP3 literally dozens of times over the years and this is

> the first time I've ever seen or heard of this problem; I only discovered it

> by downloading the standalone version of the Service Pack and trying to

> install it - all the other times it just failed without any informative error

> messages that I'm aware of.

> Why on Earth should this bizarre circumstance still exist this many years

> after the OS has been out?

> And why the Devil didn't Windows Update at least give me the same message as

> the standalone "executable" when it failed, rather than just dying on the

> vine and never telling me anything?

> I've just blown a good 4 or 5 hours over something that should never have

> happened in the first place.

> The KB 925877 Update simply installed just like the rest of them did, with

> no warning whatsoever that SP3 had to be installed first.

> So Microsoft, what gives (and why play "I've got a secret" with such a

> critical flaw)?

> It's simply inexcusable this many years down the road!

> How about a warning message or something, at the very least?



Try disabling your anti virus and any real time anti malware apps. If

you do get it installed, be sure and reboot TWICE after the install.



--

Alias

 

[Alias]

Travis wrote:

> I've just spent hours on trying to get SP3 to install on a Windows XP

> Professional machine and only now stumbled across the article stating that it

> won't install when "RDP 6.0 MUI Pack KB925877" has been installed previously.

> I've installed XP SP3 literally dozens of times over the years and this is

> the first time I've ever seen or heard of this problem; I only discovered it

> by downloading the standalone version of the Service Pack and trying to

> install it - all the other times it just failed without any informative error

> messages that I'm aware of.

> Why on Earth should this bizarre circumstance still exist this many years

> after the OS has been out?

> And why the Devil didn't Windows Update at least give me the same message as

> the standalone "executable" when it failed, rather than just dying on the

> vine and never telling me anything?

> I've just blown a good 4 or 5 hours over something that should never have

> happened in the first place.

> The KB 925877 Update simply installed just like the rest of them did, with

> no warning whatsoever that SP3 had to be installed first.

> So Microsoft, what gives (and why play "I've got a secret" with such a

> critical flaw)?

> It's simply inexcusable this many years down the road!

> How about a warning message or something, at the very least?



Try disabling your anti virus and any real time anti malware apps. If

you do get it installed, be sure and reboot TWICE after the install.



--

Alias

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your

subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?

What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running

in the background when you installed/attempted to install SP3?



Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the

computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought

it)?



[You could always just hide KB925877.]



Travis wrote:

> I've just spent hours on trying to get SP3 to install on a Windows XP

> Professional machine and only now stumbled across the article stating that

> it won't install when "RDP 6.0 MUI Pack KB925877" has been installed

> previously...

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your

subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?

What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running

in the background when you installed/attempted to install SP3?



Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the

computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought

it)?



[You could always just hide KB925877.]



Travis wrote:

> I've just spent hours on trying to get SP3 to install on a Windows XP

> Professional machine and only now stumbled across the article stating that

> it won't install when "RDP 6.0 MUI Pack KB925877" has been installed

> previously...