Both Windows Update and corporate WSUS update servers should see a new patch in the next few hours that fixes installer error 80073712 May 05, 2014
Microsoft announced, moments ago, that it has re-released Windows 8.1 Update -- note the capital "U" -- and the new version should avoid the error 80073712 plaguing so many customers. If you haven't yet installed Windows 8.1 Update and can't see the new KB 2919355, wait a few hours for it to roll out the update chute. If you have successfully installed Windows 8.1 Update, you shouldn't see anything.
In one of the most polarizing missteps in recent Windows history, Microsoft released a faulty Windows 8.1 patch in the April Black Tuesday crop, then declared that Windows 8.1 users must install the patch before they would receive any additional Windows 8.1 patches. On top of a plethora of problems installing Windows 8.1 Update on Windows 8.1 machines, there were more problems specific to corporate installations running WSUS, Intune, and System Center Configuration Manager to keep client PCs patched.
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Daniel
Microsoft reissues botched Windows 8.1 Update KB 2919355
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I'm guessing that those of us who were not using VPN were spared any errors. KB2919355 was installed on 4/9/2014; and now KB 2962140. According to a rather useless (at least in my opinion) Article ID: 2962140 we just updated five (5).pngs and one (1) DLL. Oh well. Cheers Daniel!
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Daniel, thanks for posting the news! :D
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The following is a update article on Microsoft botched update.
"Quote" KB 2969339 patches some -- not all -- Windows 8.1 Update 1 installer errors
y Woody Leonhard | InfoWorld June 12, 2014
Summary/
The sorry state of Windows 8.1 Update 1/KB 2919355 installation problems has turned a bit brighter with a mysterious and poorly documented fix called KB 2969339, released hours before this week's Black Tuesday patches. Fortunately, KB 2969339 solves the long-standing Error 80073712 many people encounter when trying to install Update 1. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the problem for everyone.
Brickbats tossed in Microsoft's direction are getting even more heated as the powers that be refuse to back down on its Windows Update directive: If you want to patch your Windows 8.1 machine, you have to install Update 1 first -- even if you get errors that prohibit the installation, even if Microsoft's own tech support folks can't get Update 1 to work.
InforWorld/ Full Read Here/ http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/kb-2969339-patches-some-not-all-windows-81-update-1-errors-244240
"Quote" KB 2969339 patches some -- not all -- Windows 8.1 Update 1 installer errors
y Woody Leonhard | InfoWorld June 12, 2014
Summary/
The sorry state of Windows 8.1 Update 1/KB 2919355 installation problems has turned a bit brighter with a mysterious and poorly documented fix called KB 2969339, released hours before this week's Black Tuesday patches. Fortunately, KB 2969339 solves the long-standing Error 80073712 many people encounter when trying to install Update 1. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve the problem for everyone.
Brickbats tossed in Microsoft's direction are getting even more heated as the powers that be refuse to back down on its Windows Update directive: If you want to patch your Windows 8.1 machine, you have to install Update 1 first -- even if you get errors that prohibit the installation, even if Microsoft's own tech support folks can't get Update 1 to work.
InforWorld/ Full Read Here/ http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/kb-2969339-patches-some-not-all-windows-81-update-1-errors-244240
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