Microsoft KB Archive/815418

= Unattended Hotfix Installation Is Not Successfully Completed =

Article ID: 815418

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you use the Update.exe program to perform an unattended installation of a hotfix, the hotfix may not be successfully installed. Additionally, you may not receive an error message that informs you that the installation was not successful.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if the user account that you use to install the hotfix does not have permissions on the drive that Update.exe is trying to write the installation files to.

The version of Update.exe that is included with your hotfix may write these files to the drive that contains the most available free disk space.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, make sure that you have permissions on all available drives before you run an unattended hotfix installation.



MORE INFORMATION
This issue has been corrected for current hotfixes.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbwin2ksp4fix kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB815418

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