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Fuzzilla

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Registry entries and uninstall folders

Hi all, new to the forum.  First, thanks to all of you who make this stuff and yourselves available to help others!!
Here are my questions:

According to this KB article when intregrating the MS way certain Registry Keys are not written.  Does using the xable UDP with nLite correct this?

I'm not a fanboy of all those $uninstall$ folders in the Windows folder after using Windows Update.  Does using the xable UDP with nLite truely intregrate the updates by replacing and removing the old files, and not creating uninstall folders? EDIT: Found the answer in the General Forum.

I see the term "hotfix" used a lot to describe critical updates available at Windows Update.  Just to clarify, according to Microsoft isn't a "hotfix" an emergency patch available by request that is not offered at WinUpdate? And as such is the term "hotfix" not correctly used when describing a Critical/Software/Other Update available at MS Download Center/MS Update/etc.?

Last edited by Fuzzilla (12-08-09 07:27)

Darren

(aka xable)

Re: Registry entries and uninstall folders

Hi all, new to the forum.  First, thanks to all of you who make this stuff and yourselves available to help others

Hi Fuzzilla, welcome to the forums.
To answer your questions then:

According to this KB article when intregrating the MS way certain Registry Keys are not written.  Does using the xable UDP with nLite correct this?

Yes my update packs includes those entries.

I'm not a fanboy of all those $uninstall$ folders in the Windows folder after using Windows Update.  Does using the xable UDP with nLite truely intregrate the updates by replacing and removing the old files, and not creating uninstall folders?

Yes that`s correct.

I see the term "hotfix" used a lot to describe critical updates available at Windows Update.  Just to clarify, according to Microsoft isn't a "hotfix" an emergency patch available by request that is not offered at WinUpdate? And as such is the term "hotfix" not correctly used when describing a Critical/Software/Other Update available at MS Download Center/MS Update/etc.?

Also correct. It annoys me when I see people miss using the terms "update" and "hotfix", refreshing to see someone who understands the differences.

Fuzzilla

Member

Re: Registry entries and uninstall folders

It annoys me when I see people miss using the terms "update" and "hotfix", refreshing to see someone who understands the differences.

I agree as it makes the learning curve a bit more confusing.  IMHO don't add hotfixes you dont need.

AllrighteeThen, I'll give your UDP a go as it seems to be exactly what I need.  I'll chime in to say how it went.  BTW, Thanks! for a speedy reply.

Best Regards

Martin H

Member

Re: Registry entries and uninstall folders

Yeah, it also annoys me to see ppl misuse the term 'hotfix', but actually msft themselves also frequently misuse that term; check out the updates infs and registry entries, where it states 'hotfix' under 'Description' very frequently!

Fuzzilla

Member

Re: Registry entries and uninstall folders

Yeah, it also annoys me to see ppl misuse the term 'hotfix', but actually msft themselves also frequently misuse that term; check out the updates infs and registry entries, where it states 'hotfix' under 'Description' very frequently!

Yes, Im noticing this as I read more and more.  At lease one of the .NET fixes available at Windows Update is titled as a hotfix by MS.  From what I've read there are "pushed" hotfixes that are available for direct download, then there are "restricted" hotfixes that are available only by request.

Darren

(aka xable)

Re: Registry entries and uninstall folders

Updates sometimes start out as hotfix`s, which can probably account for that. Just MS being lazy or deeming it insignificant to spend time editing it.

Martin H

Member

Re: Registry entries and uninstall folders

Thanks, mate!

However, i just thought that hotfixes and updates where developed in two different and seperated dev-teams, and that when the hotfixes has gone through enough regression-testing they would be included into the next service-pack as GDR fixes, but before that SP comes out they won't get included into the GDR branch(but are of course included in the cumulative QFE branch)...