Fix for Windows Installer (MSI)

Zazula · 05-22-2007, 05:00 PM

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Today we are announcing the availability of an update that does not address a security vulnerability, but is a high priority for customers in keeping their systems updated. The update addresses the following issue:

Your system may appear to become unresponsive when Windows Update or Microsoft Update is scanning for updates that use Windows installer, and you may notice that the CPU usage for the svchost process is showing 100%.

When you try to install an update from Windows Update or from Microsoft Update, you experience the following symptoms:

• Your system may appear to become unresponsive when Windows Update or Microsoft Update is scanning for updates that use Windows Installer.

• You receive an access violation error in svchost.exe. This access violation stops the Server service and the Workstation service.

• A memory leak occurs when Windows Update or Microsoft Update is scanning for updates that use Windows Installer.

• Windows Update or Microsoft Update scans take a very long time, sometimes hours, to complete.

We encourage Windows customers to review and install this update. This update will be offered automatically through Automatic Updates. For more information about this issue, including download links for the available non-security update, please review Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 927891.

Please note that this update is the first part of a two-part fix that is the comprehensive solution to the problem. In June, another update will involve the Windows Update client. The update for the Windows Update client will also be automatically offered through Automatic Updates.

newhouse1390 · 05-24-2007, 08:04 AM

I have been waiting for a fix for this issue for quite some time. Hopefully this works!

Zazula · 05-27-2007, 04:01 PM

We'll still need to wait for the Windows Update patch coming in June.

newhouse1390 · 05-28-2007, 06:23 PM

Is this the WSUS 3.0 client (coming in June)?

sharyharan · 08-16-2007, 02:13 AM

Its' a good info. But where is the link? Could someone able to send me private message? coz, am new to this forum. I donno hwo to follow up.

05-24-2007, 08:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
newhouse1390 Member, Networking Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,037 OS: Windows Server 2003	Re: Fix for Windows Installer (MSI) I have been waiting for a fix for this issue for quite some time. Hopefully this works! __________________ Because you can read this thank a teacher, because it's English thank a soldier.

05-27-2007, 04:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,627 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Re: Fix for Windows Installer (MSI) We'll still need to wait for the Windows Update patch coming in June. __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

05-28-2007, 06:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
newhouse1390 Member, Networking Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,037 OS: Windows Server 2003	Re: Fix for Windows Installer (MSI) Is this the WSUS 3.0 client (coming in June)? __________________ Because you can read this thank a teacher, because it's English thank a soldier.

08-16-2007, 02:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
sharyharan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6 OS: xp professional	Re: Fix for Windows Installer (MSI) Its' a good info. But where is the link? Could someone able to send me private message? coz, am new to this forum. I donno hwo to follow up.