I'm sure you must all be bored with this ...
but I think I am slowly going mad ....
The Yellow install shield is permanently on the task bar !! I press install and it twiddles and finishes and then re-appears.
The offending update KB936181 appears on my "download history page on the Windows Update site" no less than
17 times as being successfully installed !!
When I go to check for downloads .... I'm told I'm set for automatic downloads, SO, I switched that off, went back to check and it said I had one recommended download ..... KB936181
I let it install yet again !
The yellow shield is still there ..... I'm getting quite paranoid about it now
..... and the message is still there when I go to Turn Off.
I've looked at more FAQ's, Troubleshooting and other pages than I can list and I'm still lost as to what to do.
I DID find the log as per TD's suggestion (the \ and / were the wrong way around hence original problem finding it) and I have found this at today's date :-
2008-11-06 12:48:46:812 1100 da8 Report REPORT EVENT: {3BDA642A-E836-4FC0-9E37-4F0028FF9F86} 2008-11-06 12:48:41:812+0100 1 183 101 {2B0B2515-192D-470A-9745-4A3FB7C02030} 105 0 MicrosoftUpdate Success Content Install Installation Successful: Windows successfully installed the following update: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB936181)
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh ! Can I
safely delete this darn update and start again ??
If so, how ? .....A BIG Thank you to all who are persevering
Since posting this I have turned off computer ... message STILL there .... when I switch on yellow shield is NOT showing... I click on Turn Off and message is NOT there ...THEN I connect to the internet ... Yellow shield appears, back to Turn Off message is there again ?? PS. Would it help (anyone) if I posted an excerpt from the Log ??
I think I've scared everyone off !!
I've been looking at the Log and also at an MS page that explains how to look at the log. Put in the KB936181 in Find and it came up with this ....
2008-11-06 13:28:13:953 1116 df0 Report REPORT EVENT: {E24FCB5D-7C2A-44A2-AF85-3683D5FC8A97} 2008-11-06 13:28:07:968+0100 1 188 102 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0 Automatic Updates Success Content Install Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for installation. This computer is currently scheduled to install these updates on Friday, November 07, 2008 at 10:00 AM: - Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB936181)I have the Automatic Updater set for checking every day at 10 am ... SO I have just changed that to 14.00 to see if the installation takes place any time now ?? I'm not sure if this will cure it - will be back soon ... my only query here is why does it not know it's already installed