Well, I tried with the new link. It did the same thing. Didn't uninstall the x86 2008 9.0.30729.4148. I also tried it again with UAC completely off and VMware Tools off to be sure it wasn't using the C++ 2008 libraries. Same thing. Then I tried the older VC++ v7 from a few days ago through the admin command prompt with VMware Tools enabled. It uninstalled everything properly. I wonder if the installer being used for "Visual C++ Redist Installer V8.exe" is actually using the VC++ 2008 x86 runtime and that's why that version won't install. Other than that, this VMware machine is a completely fresh install of Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 so something is different between v7 and v8... I also tried shon3i's installer with UAC and it does do a silent install of VC++ runtimes. But it doesn't uninstall any of the older runtimes. Lastly, I'm still trying to understand this whole update thing. When I extract Solor's x64 folder, I can go into the folder with an Admin Command Prompt and hit update. It says "Extracting and applying updates" for a very long time, and then it starts installing them all. What is the difference between doing "update.cmd" and using "Installer For Windows Updates V22.cmd"? Also, there are a lot of other folders in the x64 update folder: things like "IIS", "Integrate to installation media", "LDR placeholders", "MSMQ", "NFS", "Not integratable to Offline image", "SNMP", Subsystem-for-UNIX-based-applications". Do I have to do anything in those folders or are they there for the updates to work properly? Is it necessary to use "KUC Update Checker" with a fresh install of Windows? or can I just run "update.cmd" or "Installer For Windows Updates V22.cmd" and be done with everything? Maybe this stuff has been covered somewhere in the 3768 posts but I can't find any clear answers...
@burfadel, @ricktendo64: You can modify the manifest of the SFX file you're using to create the executable, so that it will prompt for Administrator access if UAC is on. msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx
Is there an overview about kb# that windows update tells as missing even if the system is up to date?
@komm, How do I export the scan results in KUC to excel without having excel installed. What I have in mind is running it in vmware and create the excel file then move the excel file to my host PC and view in excel there. thanks
The 'Windows' version is based on the version of ntoskrnl.exe you have installled. With the botched (sorry, 'incomplete' ) Bulldozer patch, the version (Buildlab) would have been 7601.21855.xxxxxxxxx. However, since thats no longer used, the previous most up to date update on x64 brings it to 7601.21831.amd64fre.win7sp1_ldr.111003-1503. You could literally have a fresh install of Windows 7 SP1, and just install that one update and thats the Windows version it will show conversely, if you install every update except those that do ntoskrnl.exe, you would have a very much more up to date system, but the Buildlabex would still be the same as the original SP1... The version is found under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Even if Excel is not installed, you can open the "packages_out.txt" file on another computer with Excel, or just look inside with notepad. I'm just working on a solution to create & open a "packages_out.txt" file special for notepad. Inside the normal output file are a lot of tabs for excel import, so it is not easy to read/view. I hope the new version will be ready today or tomorrow.
@burfadel: So to be clear, the reg entries you posted earlier (and shown here below) are all we need to silence WU on that VC update? Code: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\6E815EB96CCE9A53884E7857C57002F0\InstallProperties] "LocalPackage"="C:\\Windows\\Installer\\10ce222.msi" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\6E815EB96CCE9A53884E7857C57002F0\Features] "Severicingley"="N~=CS6YuR?JaKO&hd{u98h5xw2NY$?uhS]5u_i6NCRs_^&do-7POkR!dJngkWc$)[v^Bm3NO34_]'P}kZ=zY7mk-X8SswGnP(0np$_hRzE7k@5Jc.OnMu@9g$~VKrPRrd687v~Ad*2`Yc&Lg1U.o~62CoMnpphGIURH(L1IN]6@ZIqj[whh-0}&uiPZ.38BVyD@PRKdiffB3j!=WN5Ec?ysySd]3rqLaAN),@79Xrbxaxdm['F?gfJL%m7F[1dmlk+V6'DuyBl$Zh3'&cz.yl%]*" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\67D6ECF5CD5FBA732B8B22BAC8DE1B4D\InstallProperties] "LocalPackage"="C:\\Windows\\Installer\\10ce216.msi" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\67D6ECF5CD5FBA732B8B22BAC8DE1B4D\Features] "Severicingley"="N~=CS6YuR?JaKO&hd{u98h5xw2NY$?uhS]5u_i6N5F+3[(1cL7uk&u(=K~NfEEVs)kH)U77rB1bZRlgbNNL*upa6+8^f^'Sx[lTrUh+^O?dgV6iZ^2jb4Y_TGm!bGQZSV8`U9d4qi+Y3sjfV!dJ354b,[wVe0CZn37=bn4L'-4$_py'v$(6u^iDpQc?o%4tQM~5`=R)%0,kUflSyn6Q$ATnb_[FLFweU9=]e^5TtHj3V7LMxH`Gqgpc%L6~'FISo0r3,e6uLY*'bE5zHXy]&&Mxi" I already applied Ricktendo's mst but I also like to have the reg entries if they're no too long and complex. But I have no current way of verifying if any of this works because I can't get that update to show up in WU whatever I do on my current install (x64 Win7). I've tried uninstalling all runtimes, cleaning the registry, searching the registry, etc.).
ok, I did a clean install of 7 x64 with all updates integrated, and the version is still "7601.21831.amd64fre.win7sp1_ldr.111003-1503" version of ntoskrnl.exe is 7601.21831, that's why I ask it's ok? thanks