Problems with Update KB946140

[Steve B]

Whether I like it or not, Windows Update wants to install Update KB946140 for
Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager. I get an error 779 (no more detail)
when it tries to install.


I found a fix is as follows:

First, go to Microsoft Downloads, search for KB946140, and download the
manual install package. Then, run that, it will give you an error message
saying permission is denied to modify a file (I believe mapisvc.inf in
windows/system32). Navigate to that file, right click and edit the security
options. Click advanced, change the owner to your user name running under the
administrator mode. Close the window to save the settings, right click -->
security tab again, and give your user name (admin mode) full access. Close
the window, and run the manual install. It should work. Be sure to restore
the settings to the default read/execute security mode and owner back to
system when you are done. The problem is a problem with authentication for
the "Trusted Installer" user class.

This works, but I can't then reset the permissions to the default settings -
many access boxes are greyed out and there is no option to reset the owner to
SYSTEM. Could someone give a step-by-step on how to do this bit?

Thanks

Steve

 

[Luther]

Whether I like it or not, Windows Update wants to install Update KB946140 for
Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager. I get an error 779 (no more detail)
when it tries to install.

I found a fix is as follows:

First, go to Microsoft Downloads, search for KB946140, and download the
manual install package. Then, run that, it will give you an error message
saying permission is denied to modify a file (I believe mapisvc.inf in
windows/system32). Navigate to that file, right click and edit the security
options. Click advanced, change the owner to your user name running under the
administrator mode. Close the window to save the settings, right click -->
security tab again, and give your user name (admin mode) full access. Close
the window, and run the manual install. It should work. Be sure to restore
the settings to the default read/execute security mode and owner back to
system when you are done. The problem is a problem with authentication for
the "Trusted Installer" user class.

This works, but I can't then reset the permissions to the default settings-
many access boxes are greyed out and there is no option to reset the ownerto
SYSTEM. Could someone give a step-by-step on how to do this bit?

Thanks

Steve

I don't think you need to set ownership back to System, as long as any
process that needs to read/write that file has permission to do so.