Code: Thank you for contacting Microsoft Customer Service. I will need some additional information in order to create a case and provide you the Hotfix: Email address you want the Hotfix sent to: [email protected] Telephone: xxx xxx xxxx Country: Canada Company Name: Personal Desktop Operating System, Version and x86 or 64bit: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 SP1 Language Version: English Once I have these details, I will be able to determine the appropriate resources to assist you. I appreciate your patience and look forward to your reply. I just got the above 5 minutes ago-that request was for the x86 version, still waiting for a response on the x64-fingures crossed.
I don't want to half do it. I may eventually use the updatepack, but right now I am playing with DXIntegrator and just want to see how WU reacts to what I have integrated. For example, If WU offers KB2509553 and I integrate KB2520155, will that satisfy WU? I don't need the whole updatepack for that. I'm just testing and trying to learn as I go along. I hope you now have a better understanding for these ppl. Besides, SoLor must have some automated method for determining when a fix is removed/replaced. If he does this manually then my hat is off to him. I would go crazy checking each new patch that comes in against the already 146 fixes in the repository. No one seems willing to reveal how these replacements are determined.
I am doing it manualy and i do get crazy sometimes when there are many updates... I was considering to create some kind of automated method, but thing its not bad when there are only few updates at once so at the end i never bother. However back in the days when there where montly zukobonuses (or even worse once there where like 2 or 3 zukobonuses at once) i was going CRAAAZY on that day.
I am keeping a text files listing all the binary files included in each of the hotfixes this way whenever a new hotfix releases I just extract it and compare file versions of included files with my list. This way I can easily determine if a hotfix is superceded or not. I am attaching my current list here hoping it would be useful. View attachment 9202
Very nice list. Thank you for sharing. I'm curious as to how you derived your list. If I unpack say, Windows6.1-KB2425227-x86.msu and the cab files contained within, I do not see the kerberos.dll that you have listed. Thanks again for sharing.
(amd64-wow64) indicates that there are two versions of the binary file in the hotfix one 64-bit (amd64) and one 32-bit (wow64). I take the description text from the knowledge base article if available.
This seems to be a typical MS-reply: "Thank you for contacting Microsoft Customer Service.With regards to your HotFix request, I would like to inform you that the HotFix described in the article number KB2529073 is currently unavailable."
Thank you amires. With the help of your list and the pointers from you and ricktendo64 to the hotfix extractor, I was able to easily determine the replacements for KB2502285 and KB2484033. I am still amazed how you folks find all these new fixes that come out. I have no idea where I would even begin to look other than SoLor's repository. I assume your list is based on that. Is that correct?
I got the phone us ....thing too, so, I politely replied to the email asking them why they publish a KB with a hotfix download link and , then, not allow anybody to download it. Further, I stated I will not phone them-would be a complete waste of time. It sounds to me like the're fishing...... update: I just now got a reply to my reply stating the hotfix is unavailable, so, I replied take down the KB and/or remove the download link-idiots!