From: waldo kitty 

"Geo"  wrote in news:444df929$1{at}w3.:

> "waldo kitty"  wrote in message
> news:Xns97B09EE4B12me42{at}216.144.1.254...
>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
>> Components\{2cc9d512-6db6-4f1c-8979-9a41fae88de0}]
>> {at}="Q837009"
>> "IsInstalled"=dword:00000001
>> "Version"="6,0,2800,1409"
>> "ComponentID"="Q837009"
>>
>>
>> so, what does that tell us??
>
> That says the patch is installed, removing it may possibly allow
> reinstallation. It's hard to say because it's an older patch it may
> only be checking for this registry entry. Some of the newer stuff
> looks for a text file with the Q name in the system directory, some
> others look for the actual files.

hummm... i reapplied the patch but it is too early to tell if it is going
to keep asking for it...

> Shavlik hfnetchk program that I use for patching can do 3 types of
> scans, one looks for stuff like the registry entry, second digs
> deeper and looks for that and the Q file and probably a couple other
> signs, and the third is called a deep scan and actually checks each
> patched file but takes a little longer to run.

nice... is this tool available for win98 boxen? is it commercial or??


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