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    Microsoft patch tuesday 3/13/12

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by 3Fees, Mar 13, 2012.

  1. 3Fees

    3Fees Notebook Deity

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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bits

    7 updates /14.7 MB


    Cheers
    3Fees :)
     
    3Fees, Mar 13, 2012
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    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit

    8 updates/ 11.9 MB
     
    yuyi64, Mar 13, 2012
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  3. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    There's a "Microsoft Games for Windows 3.5" update in there, that seems to fail on all Win7x64 Pro installations. I haven't found a definite fix for this yet. Some people seem to have success by first uninstalling Windows Live Essentials, then installing the update, then reinstalling Live Essentials, but this didn't help in my case.

    The issue seems to be that the installer feels that a newer version of some program it is trying to update is already installed. [Shrug] I don't use Games for Windows anyway, so I just hid the update. Maybe someone will find a fix for this at some point.

    P.S.: After doing some research it appears that this is a plain distribution error by MS. That update tries to replace the Live Sign-In Assistant with a much older version. My recommendation for now is to just ignore and hide the update for now. Chances are that Microsoft will fix this issue at some point, and either remove that update, or replace it with one that works.
     
    Pirx, Mar 13, 2012
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  4. JOSEA

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    Vista 32 bit - 5 updates @ 6 MB
    7 - Same as OP
     
    JOSEA, Mar 13, 2012
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    I don't see that update (Win 7 x64 Enterprise).. may be because I have the built-in games turned off/diabled!!

    Apart from that, I see 9 important updates...
     
    fonduekid, Mar 15, 2012
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    It failed on mine about 5 times but after a few reboots it seems to have gone?
     
    FredFlint_, Mar 15, 2012
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  7. Pirx

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    Yes, Microsoft has now withdrawn this patch, that's why you don't see it anymore.
     
    Pirx, Mar 15, 2012
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