Hotfix for Windows XP KB954550-v5

[Peter Lewis]

I have a Windows Server 2003 SBS.

Yesterday I installed, according to recommendation by Windows Updates:

a. Hotfix for Windows XP KB954550-v5**
b. .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update
for .... KB961847.

I didn't realize it's "for Windows XP". Anyway, the first one went
through**. The second one failed.

(**I am assuming this was the patch I installed by looking at Control
Panel Add/Remove Programs. I didn't notice it while installing.
However, Windows Update website history does not list this patch. In
other words Add/Remove Programs is different from Windows Update web
site.)

After rebooting, it looked ok. And then I retried the second patch
again today. It failed again. The logs say it is not installed. But
now, the server now is totally unstable. It may suddenly freeze after
some minutes or after some hours. No error message, no BSOD. It just
freezes.

What can I do? Is the Hotfix for Windows XP the problem? Why is an
XP patch appllied to my Server!!!?

Thanks

[chris]

I also would like to know what this patch is. We are experiencing an IIS
related problem after this patch got applied and can't find any information
about it.

Also, Add / Remove programs doesn't allow us to uninstall.

It also didn't create an uninstall patch directory in C:\Windows.

What's going on with this?

[speshul]

Oddly enough, I find a bunch of "illegal" paths for this Hotfix in my
Registry.

Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\UPDATES\WINDOWS
XP\SP4\KB954550-v5\Filelist\ and then in a bunch of folders labeled "1",
"10", "4" etc. there is "Name: Location Type: REG_SZ Data:
d:\1f46dc435d6e73ab04fce4b0c008f527\update\..\i386".

There is no such directory on my D: drive, not even with "show hidden
folders" turned on in Explorer. Needless to say "\..\" as part of a path is
strictly disallowed if I am not mistaken.