Windows 7 guest keeps attempting to apply 2 updates on shutdown

[akrherz]

Hi,

I have a windows 7 guest on RHEL5 64bit workstation host. The windows 7 guest will constantly attempt to apply2 updates each time I shutdown the VM. I googled around and found something about windows atttempting to overwrite vmware provided drivers, but the fixes didn't seem to work for me. Any ideas what I could try to make it stop this? thank you!

daryl

[RParker]

but the fixes didn't seem to work for me. Any ideas what I could try to make it stop this? thank you!

What updates are trying to install?

[khughes]

Have you tried to disable automatic updates? or have you tried to run Windows updates to install them before it shuts down?

-- Kyle

"RParker wrote: I guess I was wrong, everything CAN be virtualized "

[akrherz]

Thanks.

Security Update for Windows 7 (KB981852)

Security Update for Windows 7 (KB977165)

[akrherz]

Thanks. The windows update log says that those two updates are successfully installed each time, only to attempt to reinstall them again during the next shutdown.

[RParker]

Security Update for Windows 7 (KB981852)

According to some sites, there are patches after this. So hide these, ignore them. Later patches will supercede these. This one especially appears to have problems.

http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/48277-kb981852-update-going-into-loops.html

[khughes]

If disabling automatic updates doesn't fix the issue can you revert back to a date before the updates were installed? Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Recovery (you can click on show more recovery points if you need to go back further)

-- Kyle

"RParker wrote: I guess I was wrong, everything CAN be virtualized "

[akrherz]

Thanks, I'll disable automatic updates and ignore those two in the future.

[ewagner1223]

I have a Windows 7 guest on mandriva 2010.1 and had a similar problem. It was like being in the movie "Groundhog day". it didn't matter if it was an app or system updated, after every restart, I had to apply the same updates over and over again. I was working with a snapshot. The way I solved the problem was to create a stand-alone clone. I haven't had a problem with updates ever since.

Ernie