Several weeks ago I had an automatic update reminder about
hte October 2003 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6
Service Pack (KB828750). I installed it, but when I
restarted my computer, I received a message that windows
could not load because of something related to a 1% and 2%
(I didn't copy the language down -- sorry). I was able to
press any key and the computer then completed it's start-
up.

Now almost every other day I get a notice to install the
same patch. I follow the directions and it again says
that it's been successfully installed, but I have the same
start-up problems and I continue to get reminders. Even
when I've gone to the windows website, the analysis of my
computer shows that the critical update is not installed.

Does anyone have any suggestions of how to fix this
problem?

I keep getting the same error after installing the October
2003 Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6
states to remane the wininit.ini file to wininit.old but
that doesn't correct the problem...auto update keeps
reminding me every day to install the patch.......no
solution....anyone else?

Error Message: Windows Could Not Upgrade the File %1 from %2 %1: %2
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069

The following was posted by Mike Maltby, MS-MVP :

" First boot to DOS using a floppy and check whether you have a
WININIT.INI file in your C:\WINDOWS folder. If present rename it to
something like wininit.old and try booting again. It is also probable
that you will have to repeat the last software install or update that
you made. See MS KB283069 -
"Error Message: (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=283069).

If you can't find a wininit.ini file then I suspect your problem is due
to the C:\_RESTORE\TEMP folder having around 64K files in it which is
the limit(2**16) for the number of files that can be located in a folder
using the FAT32 filing system. This can also lead to the "Cannot
upgrade file %1 from %2.." message when booting. I suggest you try
deleting the _RESTORE folder with the loss of any system restore
checkpoints you might have (not that I think they are now usable) and
see if that solves the problem. [BTW do you
have any Symantec applications installed? I ask because LiveUpdate is
implicated in this problem.] Delete the folder as follows:
a) Boot to DOS using a floppy. Do NOT choose "Minimal Boot" from the
menu when booting from a floppy but rather choose "Start computer with
(or without) CD-ROM support" otherwise the ATTRIB command will not be
available.
b) At the DOS A:\> prompt, type:

A:\> ATTRIB -H -S -R C:\_RESTORE
A:\> REN C:\_RESTORE OLDREST

c) Remove the floppy
d) Reboot your PC

Another problem though is that the update you were doing was probably
never completed so your system may still be unusable. If however it does
manage to boot then
e) Delete the folder C:\OLDREST
f) Check that an automatic system restore checkpoint was created.
g) Finally adjust the space allocated to the restore folder:
System | Performance | File System | Hard Disk and adjust the restore
slider to your preferred setting. A figure of 200MB is normally more
than adequate for day to day use allowing perhaps a week of checkpoints
to be available although increasing this to perhaps 400MB for a few days
during periods of large installs such Microsoft Office is advisable.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP "


MowGreen [MVP]
*-343-* Never Forgotten


Mary wrote:

Thank you for the advice. As to your BTW note -- I do use
Norton Antivirus 2003 and I have noticed a distinctive
slowing down of everything and an annoying change when I
want to print downloads since it was installed earlier
this year.