• Welcome to Tux Reports: Where Penguins Fly. We hope you find the topics varied, interesting, and worthy of your time. Please become a member and join in the discussions.

Update installation query

J

Jan

Flightless Bird
I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates that
update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website shows
that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?
 
D

Donald Anadell

Flightless Bird
"Jan" <Jan@Jan.com> wrote in message
news:eJ3pSqUBLHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates that
>update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website
>shows that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
>re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?


What version of "Wordpad.exe" do you actually have on the machine?

C:/Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories
"Wordpad.exe"

If you have KB923561 sucessfully installed then "Wordpad.exe" should be
showing as version 5.1.2600.5584.

If you choose to uninstall and reinstall KB923561, uninstall it using
ADD|REMOVE Programs. Then download and install the manual package found
here:
KB923561
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9a-503e-43dd-a78a-c1bc764fd213&displaylang=en

Good luck,

Donald Anadell


>
>
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Is "Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)" listed in Add/Remove Programs
(after making certain the Show Updates box at the top is checked)?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Jan wrote:
> I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates that
> update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website
> shows
> that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
> re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?
 
J

Jan

Flightless Bird
My computer is a HP and I don't have Wordpad.exe. I have a Microsoft Works
Word Processor.
The security update KB923561 is listed in my Add/Remove Programs also dated
as installed on 16-04-2009.
Jan.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e4N6yIZBLHA.6116@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Is "Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)" listed in Add/Remove
> Programs (after making certain the Show Updates box at the top is
> checked)?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> Jan wrote:
>> I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates
>> that
>> update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website
>> shows
>> that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
>> re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?

>
 
D

Daave

Flightless Bird
If you have XP, you have Wordpad. Donald already told you the location:

C:/Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

If KB923561 is listed in Add/Remove Programs, I'd say you have it. :) I
would listen to Microsoft before Belarc in this situation.


Jan wrote:
> My computer is a HP and I don't have Wordpad.exe. I have a Microsoft
> Works Word Processor.
> The security update KB923561 is listed in my Add/Remove Programs also
> dated as installed on 16-04-2009.
> Jan.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4N6yIZBLHA.6116@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Is "Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)" listed in Add/Remove
>> Programs (after making certain the Show Updates box at the top is
>> checked)?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> Jan wrote:
>>> I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor"
>>> indicates that
>>> update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update
>>> website shows
>>> that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
>>> re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Trust me, Wordpad is installed & present on your computer.

You do not need to uninstall/reinstall the update.

Jan wrote:
> My computer is a HP and I don't have Wordpad.exe. I have a Microsoft Works
> Word Processor.
> The security update KB923561 is listed in my Add/Remove Programs also
> dated
> as installed on 16-04-2009.
> Jan.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e4N6yIZBLHA.6116@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Is "Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)" listed in Add/Remove
>> Programs (after making certain the Show Updates box at the top is
>> checked)?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> Jan wrote:
>>> I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates
>>> that
>>> update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website
>>> shows
>>> that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
>>> re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?
 
J

Jan

Flightless Bird
Thanks again for your assistance. Obviously you are experienced with
computers and very confident about this. However I checked in the
Accessories folder as suggested and in my computer it is empty. In a
"Search" for Wordpad however it came up with 18 references for Wordpad in
C:/1386 that used 4 different file names: EX_file, IN-file, CH_ and HL_ I
was unable to open any of them. I have noticed before that Hewlett Packard
load their programs like Windows XP Home on computers not necessarily
identical to the original. I noticed in the Windows file association
website that there are several free download programs to open assorted
files. As I am not a computer wizard the question is do I need to go through
this procedure plus other possible problems hoping I'll be successful just
to confirm a particular Wordpad version?
Perhaps I should go with the Windows Update indication that KB923561 was
installed successfully.

Jan.


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:-O3ndNhgBLHA.4388@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Trust me, Wordpad is installed & present on your computer.
>
> You do not need to uninstall/reinstall the update.
>
> Jan wrote:
>> My computer is a HP and I don't have Wordpad.exe. I have a Microsoft
>> Works
>> Word Processor.
>> The security update KB923561 is listed in my Add/Remove Programs also
>> dated
>> as installed on 16-04-2009.
>> Jan.
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e4N6yIZBLHA.6116@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Is "Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)" listed in Add/Remove
>>> Programs (after making certain the Show Updates box at the top is
>>> checked)?
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>>
>>>
>>> Jan wrote:
>>>> I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates
>>>> that
>>>> update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website
>>>> shows
>>>> that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
>>>> re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?

>
 
D

Donald Anadell

Flightless Bird
"Jan" <Jan@Jan.com> wrote in message
news:-OuSNnAiBLHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks again for your assistance. Obviously you are experienced with
> computers and very confident about this. However I checked in the
> Accessories folder as suggested and in my computer it is empty. In a
> "Search" for Wordpad however it came up with 18 references for Wordpad in
> C:/1386 that used 4 different file names: EX_file, IN-file, CH_ and HL_
> I was unable to open any of them. I have noticed before that Hewlett
> Packard load their programs like Windows XP Home on computers not
> necessarily identical to the original. I noticed in the Windows file
> association website that there are several free download programs to open
> assorted files. As I am not a computer wizard the question is do I need to
> go through this procedure plus other possible problems hoping I'll be
> successful just to confirm a particular Wordpad version?
> Perhaps I should go with the Windows Update indication that KB923561 was
> installed successfully.


As I stated in a previous reply to you, "wordpad.exe" should be located in
the following folder on your hard drive:
C:/Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

If it's not located there then you have somehow deleted it from your
machine("it is a common mistake people make when doing a thorough clean-up
of their computer"), and that is why Belarc is flagging it(because it can
not find the file "wordpad.exe").

Use ADD|REMOVE Programs to uninstall KB923561, then check to see if the
uninstall process put "wordpad.exe" back into the following folder:
C:/Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories

If it did, then download the manual install package for KB923561 and install
it to updade "wordpad.exe".
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9a-503e-43dd-a78a-c1bc764fd213&displaylang=en

If no joy, remove KB923561 once again using ADD|Remove Programs.
Following the instructions here for installing WordPad:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5087979_reinstall-wordpad.html
Then reinstall KB923561:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9a-503e-43dd-a78a-c1bc764fd213&displaylang=en

Good luck,

Donald Anadell



>
> Jan.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:-O3ndNhgBLHA.4388@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Trust me, Wordpad is installed & present on your computer.
>>
>> You do not need to uninstall/reinstall the update.
>>
>> Jan wrote:
>>> My computer is a HP and I don't have Wordpad.exe. I have a Microsoft
>>> Works
>>> Word Processor.
>>> The security update KB923561 is listed in my Add/Remove Programs also
>>> dated
>>> as installed on 16-04-2009.
>>> Jan.
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e4N6yIZBLHA.6116@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Is "Security Update for Windows XP (KB923561)" listed in Add/Remove
>>>> Programs (after making certain the Show Updates box at the top is
>>>> checked)?
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jan wrote:
>>>>> I have Windows XP Home SP3. A scan with my "Belarc Advisor" indicates
>>>>> that
>>>>> update KB923561 has to be re-installed. Yet the Windows update website
>>>>> shows
>>>>> that this update was successfully completed on 16-04-2009. Is
>>>>> re-installation really necessary now and how do I do this?

>>

>
>
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
Donald Anadell wrote:
<snip>
> As I stated in a previous reply to you, "wordpad.exe" should be located in
> the following folder on your hard drive:
> C:/Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories
>
> If it's not located there then you have somehow deleted it from your
> machine("it is a common mistake people make when doing a thorough clean-up
> of their computer"), and that is why Belarc is flagging it(because it can
> not find the file "wordpad.exe")...


Restore Wordpad.Exe (Line 308, Right)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
 
J

Jan

Flightless Bird
Your assistance was much appreciated. I have now installed Wordpad,
uninstalled and reinstalled KB 923561 and all seems to be OK now. Even a new
Belarc scan now approves. As a matter of interest the Kellys_Korner
restoration brought back an older version of Wordpad and I re-installed it
with Donald's website link. This had the correct version.
Again Thanks.
Jan.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:-OMxa9glBLHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Donald Anadell wrote:
> <snip>
>> As I stated in a previous reply to you, "wordpad.exe" should be located
>> in
>> the following folder on your hard drive:
>> C:/Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories
>>
>> If it's not located there then you have somehow deleted it from your
>> machine("it is a common mistake people make when doing a thorough
>> clean-up
>> of their computer"), and that is why Belarc is flagging it(because it can
>> not find the file "wordpad.exe")...

>
> Restore Wordpad.Exe (Line 308, Right)
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
 
D

Donald Anadell

Flightless Bird
"Jan" <Jan@Jan.com> wrote in message
news:-O8fNzc4BLHA.4388@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Your assistance was much appreciated. I have now installed Wordpad,
> uninstalled and reinstalled KB 923561 and all seems to be OK now. Even a
> new Belarc scan now approves. As a matter of interest the Kellys_Korner
> restoration brought back an older version of Wordpad and I re-installed it
> with Donald's website link. This had the correct version.
> Again Thanks.


You're welcome Jan, glad you got it sorted out.

Good luck,

Donald Anadell


> Jan.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:-OMxa9glBLHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Donald Anadell wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> As I stated in a previous reply to you, "wordpad.exe" should be located
>>> in
>>> the following folder on your hard drive:
>>> C:/Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories
>>>
>>> If it's not located there then you have somehow deleted it from your
>>> machine("it is a common mistake people make when doing a thorough
>>> clean-up
>>> of their computer"), and that is why Belarc is flagging it(because it
>>> can
>>> not find the file "wordpad.exe")...

>>
>> Restore Wordpad.Exe (Line 308, Right)
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

>
>
 
Top