Patch Tuesday

Try this Cliff.
Go to Start/Control Panel
Click Programs and Features
Click on Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile and then select Uninstall/Change (at the top).
Select the ‘repair’ option and click ‘next’. You’ll see the green progress bars slowly repairing your system.
Go back to Windows Update so click Start/All Programs/Windows Update and select ‘check for updates’.
The Net security update will appear but should install as expected .

The repair didn't work so I tried the uninstall and received the same error.



Everything else is updating and installing so why am I receiving a error with only .NET 4?

I've not lost activation, I might would understand this if I was somehow deactivated.

Following the error above I looked in the log file and read I needed to delete this file.

"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\SetupCache\Client\netfx_Core.mzz"

After deleting the file and then trying the repair again I receive this message in the log file.

Update:

After deleting the file mentioned above, I was not able to do a repair. However I was able to un-install .NET 4 and then re-install.

I am happy to report that after this process the update finally installed.

I was hoping Windows Update would have fixed it. Thanks davehc for giving me a little push toward the repair install.

Cliff,

I experienced a similar problem with that infernal .NET 4 update, but after I noticed that I already had .NET 3.51 installed, and most importantly, everything was working fine, I not only deleted it, but also hid it from view so that it wouldn't keep bugging me during future updates. I'm not sure what it is with that particular update, but I have read on this forum and others that many people have some sort of installation issue with it, so I'm not going to update it for now.

Threads like this one make me appreciate ACRONIS even more. Any problems and in goes an earlier mirror image.

Me too - or rather Macrium...

PFFT, I hate threads that are longer than 3 pages, and aren't stickies. For example, I NEVER look at that "Windows 7 Freezing" thread that's like 15 pages long... It's so complicated to understand where to start.

OK - I have another update

I recieved another broadcom update in Windows Update tonight. After I installed the update, the update that I had hidden finally installed.

Happy to report that all updates have been installed, there are no hidden updates.

Microsoft must be reading my post. Well they could be. LOL

I really do agree with that one. It does seem, on examination, that the "freezing " threads have, ultimately, the same answer anyway (Update drivers - remove free AVG etc) A wee bit uninteresting (imo), but I am sure of value to the OPs