KB948109 Windows Update Install Failure 66E

Windows Update for KB948109 (SQL Server 2005) fails repeatedly with
unelaborated error code 66E. I have found one other report of this
particular failure in the Windows Update newsgroup and many reports of
failure with 735D. I tried a manual install of KB948109 with no success.
This with Vista SP1 (x86). This update appears to be all over the floor, so
I suppose I just need to be patient and put up with repeated attempts to
reinstall every time I shut down.
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Walt

MS is offering free support on the KB948110, (same problem - update wont
install), I suspect they are doing the same for the KB948109. I just tried
reinstalling the SP4 update on the MSFW from WMSDE for the Server 2003 R2
with no result... KB still fails. It looks like I will have to call MS on
this. I see the problem popping up all over the internet - so far, no
solutions.
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Regards,
Jamie


"WaltN" wrote:

> Windows Update for KB948109 (SQL Server 2005) fails repeatedly with
> unelaborated error code 66E. I have found one other report of this
> particular failure in the Windows Update newsgroup and many reports of
> failure with 735D. I tried a manual install of KB948109 with no success.
> This with Vista SP1 (x86). This update appears to be all over the floor, so
> I suppose I just need to be patient and put up with repeated attempts to
> reinstall every time I shut down.
> --
> Walt

Hello there,

found five other reports on other website just about a day after the patch
was out, so this seems to be not to seldom a problem.

However on one of my computers it simply worked, o the other it did not. Its
difficult to figure out relevant differences.

Not working on intel dual core preinstallend vista home premium, now with sp
1, all other patches, in use for about 9 months.

Working on a freshly installed vista with sp1, all other patches on an "aldi
notbook" which is an msi wind u100 essentially. Its just one week on the
market.

Both computers have VS 2008, office 2007 including access 2007, adobe flash,
adobe air and adobe acrobat reader (i hate it), silverlight installed. Both
unfortunaltely are 32-bit cpus.

Regards,
Frank

Microsoft's update site is a free web chat site. They hooked me up with a
batch file to clean up the issue. In the post previous to this one with the
KB948110 label, I review their steps. Whatever the issue is, it gets
cleaned right up. In my case I suspected the Windows Defender.
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Regards,
Jamie


"F.L." wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> found five other reports on other website just about a day after the patch
> was out, so this seems to be not to seldom a problem.
>
> However on one of my computers it simply worked, o the other it did not. Its
> difficult to figure out relevant differences.
>
> Not working on intel dual core preinstallend vista home premium, now with sp
> 1, all other patches, in use for about 9 months.
>
> Working on a freshly installed vista with sp1, all other patches on an "aldi
> notbook" which is an msi wind u100 essentially. Its just one week on the
> market.
>
> Both computers have VS 2008, office 2007 including access 2007, adobe flash,
> adobe air and adobe acrobat reader (i hate it), silverlight installed. Both
> unfortunaltely are 32-bit cpus.
>
> Regards,
> Frank

Even I am facing the same problem with Windows Vista SP1 and from yesterday
it is contineously prompting for new software updates available, but when I
try to install it is not getting installed.

Thanks
Chand

"WaltN" wrote:

> Windows Update for KB948109 (SQL Server 2005) fails repeatedly with
> unelaborated error code 66E. I have found one other report of this
> particular failure in the Windows Update newsgroup and many reports of
> failure with 735D. I tried a manual install of KB948109 with no success.
> This with Vista SP1 (x86). This update appears to be all over the floor, so
> I suppose I just need to be patient and put up with repeated attempts to
> reinstall every time I shut down.
> --
> Walt

Just to add that I have also received a failure on this SQL 2005 update
(66E). I also have VS2005, Office 2003 and an AMD Athlon Dual-Core TK-55.
Hope we can all get past this annoyance soon.

Phil

"WaltN" wrote:

> Windows Update for KB948109 (SQL Server 2005) fails repeatedly with
> unelaborated error code 66E. I have found one other report of this
> particular failure in the Windows Update newsgroup and many reports of
> failure with 735D. I tried a manual install of KB948109 with no success.
> This with Vista SP1 (x86). This update appears to be all over the floor, so
> I suppose I just need to be patient and put up with repeated attempts to
> reinstall every time I shut down.
> --
> Walt

UPDATE: I have established contact with Windows Update email support on this
matter. They suggested that I manually install the update, available as a
separate download. This is something I had done previously on my own with no
success. The standalone install fails with an error code of 1646, which is
0x66E. It identifies a log file, which identifies the problem as an
inability to remove Hotfix 3024, a previous patch.

I have replied to Windows Update email support, reporting this and including
the log file. I am awaiting their replay. My fear is that they will throw
up their arms and try to send me to SQL support, which is a for-charge
service.
--
Walt

> Microsoft's update site is a free web chat site. They hooked me up with a
> batch file to clean up the issue.

I just spent a couple of hours with the chat site and they couldn't help but
didn't suggest a batch file to clean the issue. Can you please post what was
in the batch file they gave you?

FURTHER UPDATE: Windows Update Support has passed me to SQL Server (PAID)
Support. I objected strenuously. I requested that Windows Update at least
tell me how to get their damned update out of Vista's "Power" button queue.

--
Walt

RESOLVED: KB948109 install failure with error code 1646 (0x66e) finally
resolved by Microsoft support. It took an entire morning, and, when I
finally got proper attention, it took a guy the better part of an hour
working with a remote console to get a good install of KB948109.

I started Saturday by initiating an email session with Windows Update
Support. Sunday, they told me to seek paid SQL Server support. This
morning, I tried a chat session as recommended by MS08-040 via a link to PC
Safety Support. They told me they deal only with viruses and spyware, and
they sent me to SQL Server Support. Getting through the call-screener,
kicking and screaming when they suggested paid support, the technical person
wouldn’t work on the problem when he found out I wasn’t a business. However,
he sent me to 1-800-936-5700 and told me specifically to request an
“escalation specialist.” Surviving another call-screener got me to a guy who
was willing to take over my machine with a remote console. He attempted an
install of KB948109 via Windows Update, and it failed, as before. Then he
did some fiddling around (to be described below) and downloaded the
standalone install, SQLServer2005-KB948109-x86-ENU.exe. The install
succeeded. The fiddling did the job.

In signing off, I asked the guy what I could tell other people who had the
problem. He told me he renamed two folders: C:\Windows\System32\CatRoot2 and
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution by appending a .old suffix to each folder’s
name. This before the install with SQLServer2005-KB948109-x86-ENU.exe. (I
might add that he did this with User Account Control turned off, although I
suspect this was not necessary.) He explained that these two folders were
used by the update mechanism, and one of the files must have been
“corrupted.” (Oh how I hate that meaningless word.) By renaming the
folders, the update mechanism rebuilt the original folders properly and the
standalone install succeeded.
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Walt