Comments for John's Stuff http://tunafreedolphin.com Welcome to my projects, thoughts and rants Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:40:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Using sshpass to check disk space on unix/linux/Mac – Part 1 by Start up script for opeing many terminal windows on other desktops http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=207&cpage=1#comment-376 Start up script for opeing many terminal windows on other desktops Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:40:42 +0000 http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=207#comment-376 [...] Look at "sshpass" here is an example of code: http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=207 [...] [...] Look at "sshpass" here is an example of code: http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=207 [...]

]]> Comment on Facebook unexpectly starts emailing me updates… by Nate Owen http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=306&cpage=1#comment-353 Nate Owen Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:48:36 +0000 http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=306#comment-353 I've had the same thing and just googled to see if it was just me. So here's another confirmation from a random person on the internetz. I’ve had the same thing and just googled to see if it was just me. So here’s another confirmation from a random person on the internetz.

]]> Comment on Problems with KB2464588 (MS11-022) by john http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-352 john Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:14:09 +0000 http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=281#comment-352 That is good info Ian, as soon as we identified the patch we backed it off. Luckily, we were able to uninstall the patch and get our users back to normal. I will keep that article in mind if we run into those issues. That is good info Ian, as soon as we identified the patch we backed it off. Luckily, we were able to uninstall the patch and get our users back to normal. I will keep that article in mind if we run into those issues.

]]> Comment on Problems with KB2464588 (MS11-022) by Ian Broadbent http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=281&cpage=1#comment-351 Ian Broadbent Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:20:43 +0000 http://tunafreedolphin.com/?p=281#comment-351 I also had the same issue, clients with PowerPoint 2003 had problems opening files. Because WSUS had already deployed the KB2464588 patch, I tried getting WSUS to remove the patch on those PCs that had it. I used the WSUS console to select the patch, right clicked it and chose "Approve" and then "Approved for Removal" from the drop-down menu. Although WSUS soon reported fewer PC as having the patch installed, it wasn't actually removed from the PC. WSUS now reports many PCs as "Failed" for this patch, so looks like the removal isn't working here at least. Removing the patch from — Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs — worked on some PCs but others complained “The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable” and a reference to “OUTLOOK.msp” – even though it is a PowerPoint patch! I found this article "How to fix MSI software update registration corruption issues" — http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971187 — and ran the fix described. Then I could uninstall the KB2464588 patch. Ian Broadbent I also had the same issue, clients with PowerPoint 2003 had problems opening files.

Because WSUS had already deployed the KB2464588 patch, I tried getting WSUS to remove the patch on those PCs that had it.
I used the WSUS console to select the patch, right clicked it and chose “Approve” and then “Approved for Removal” from the drop-down menu.

Although WSUS soon reported fewer PC as having the patch installed, it wasn’t actually removed from the PC. WSUS now reports many PCs as “Failed” for this patch, so looks like the removal isn’t working here at least.

Removing the patch from — Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs — worked on some PCs but others complained “The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable” and a reference to “OUTLOOK.msp” – even though it is a PowerPoint patch!

I found this article “How to fix MSI software update registration corruption issues” — http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971187 — and ran the fix described. Then I could uninstall the KB2464588 patch.

Ian Broadbent

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