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Microsoft removes IE7 for Windows XP from WSUS

Posted by Steven Bink November 24, 2006 11:28 AM with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: WSUS

Thanks Michel for this tip.

wsus newsgroup:
> Hi Folks -
> We have verified a problem in the metadata for the latest IE7.0 update
> rollup package which impacts the installation behavior for all locales, and
> results in an Spanish error dialog after installation as reported..
>
> To immediately address the spread of this issue, the IE7.0 update package
> has been expired effective 5:00PM PST, Wednesday, 11/22/06. Synchronizing
> WSUS servers after 5:00PM PST will ensure the expiration status is applied
> to the latest IE7.0 update rollup package, released 11/21/06.
>
> Clients which are currently displaying a Spanish error dialog, or are
> rechecking for this update package, can be stopped from doing so via the
> following steps:
> If the update was approved for a scheduled installation:
> 1. Stop the AU service.
> 2. Kill the following processes -
> a. Iesetup.exe
> b. Ie7-WindowsXP-x86-esn.exe
> 3. Start the AU service after you have synchronized the WSUS server to
> expire the IE7 update.
> 4. Run the command wuauclt.exe /detectnow. We have to do this to
> reset the IE 7 status on the client. In my test, it offered the IE7 update
> again, so it did not check back with the WSUS server where it had been
> changed to detect only status.
> .
> If it is a manual kick off with the AU icon from systray, then clicking okay
> to the error message, clears the IE setup executables, so we can just do the
> following -
> 1. Stop the AU service
> 2. Start the AU service after you have synchronized the WSUS server to
> expire the IE7 update.
> 3. Run the command wuauclt.exe /detectnow. We have to do this to
> reset the IE 7 status on the client. In my test, it offered the IE7 update
> again, so it did not check back with the WSUS server where it had been
> changed to detect only status.
>
> If other updates were installed at the same time, a reboot will be required
> to finish off the updates that did install for both scenarios above.
>
> Attached is a sample batch file Before running a similar batch file you will
> have had to either synchronize to ensure the update is expired , or have had
> changed the update approval to Not Approved or Dectect Only. The batch
> file sample can be run on the client system either from a logon script or
> running it manually on the client.
> A new update rollup package for this IE 7.0 release will be available for
> synchronization early next week. We regret the inconvenience and confusion
> this issue may have caused WSUS customers. Thank you for your reports and
> enabling us to get this issue headed off so quickly.