Dodged another Microsloth bullet
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Dodged another Microsloth bullet
Hi,
After reading about the intel processor issue (look around, the stories are everywhere), I updated my W10 machine and checked on my W7 (supposedly there won't be a fix for that until Tuesday).
Well, surprise surprise surprise -- it woun't check for updates -- said the service wasn't running. I eventually ran msconfig, and it is running.
Turns out that MS had a problem in the W7 updates. A file alled authorization.xml lists an expiration date of 12/03/17 -- oops. The real issue is this file on their server I guess, but whatever.
One solution I found on the web was to check the box in update settings that says 'give me the updates for microsoft ...' Unfortunately, I didn't have that option.
The German fellow who had discovered that solution, also discovered a way to get that option to show up if you didn't have it -- install MS Silverlight.
Tried that and it said that couldn't be done because I already had Silverlight.
Fortunately, I was able to uninstall and reinstall Silverlight and I got the option. So, at long last my update check is working ( for now).
Seems like an odd solution. My guess is that it somehow causes the date to be changed or ignored.
hj
After reading about the intel processor issue (look around, the stories are everywhere), I updated my W10 machine and checked on my W7 (supposedly there won't be a fix for that until Tuesday).
Well, surprise surprise surprise -- it woun't check for updates -- said the service wasn't running. I eventually ran msconfig, and it is running.
Turns out that MS had a problem in the W7 updates. A file alled authorization.xml lists an expiration date of 12/03/17 -- oops. The real issue is this file on their server I guess, but whatever.
One solution I found on the web was to check the box in update settings that says 'give me the updates for microsoft ...' Unfortunately, I didn't have that option.
The German fellow who had discovered that solution, also discovered a way to get that option to show up if you didn't have it -- install MS Silverlight.
Tried that and it said that couldn't be done because I already had Silverlight.
Fortunately, I was able to uninstall and reinstall Silverlight and I got the option. So, at long last my update check is working ( for now).
Seems like an odd solution. My guess is that it somehow causes the date to be changed or ignored.
hj
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