[windows2000] Re: Downgrade from MS Update to Windows Update

  • From: "Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 10:41:33 -0400

Are you talking abou this hotfix it refers to?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927891
Jim


On 5/4/07, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sorin Srbu <mailto:sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Friday, May 04, 2007
3:13 PM:

This one helped a bit as well.

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> Jim Kenzig ThinHelp.com <> wrote on Friday, May 04, 2007 3:03 PM:
>
> I'll give it a go. Thx for the hints!
>
>
>> Just fix the actual issue...the updates db can get corrupted follow the
>> procedure below on fhe workstation to make them work properly again:
>>
>> Log in as local admin
>>
>> Start, Run, net stop wuauserv
>>
>> Delete the datastore folder under c:\windows\softwaredistribution\
>>
>> Start, Run, net start wuauserv
>>
>> Reboot
>>
>> The updated database will be recreated.
>> This will make windows update run quicker and perform properly.
>> JK
>>
>>
>> On 5/4/07, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>      Hi all,
>>
>>      I've seen some notes floating around in the 'net that the
Microsoft
>>      Update-client is buggy, leaking and slows computers down and the
solution
>>      to this is to downgrade to the older Windows Update-client.
>>
>>      Does anybody know how this downgrade is done??
>>
>>      We have problems with some of the XP-clients over here needed lots
and
>>      lots of RAM and CPU-power when updating and I thought. The problem
is
that
>>      the wua-something-process.exe doesn't release the RAM after
updating
but
>> hogs it.
>>
>>      TIA.
>>
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>>
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