Vista - Re: Error 1719 - Windows Vistsa Home Premium

(cross-post added to Vista Perf & Maint)
"Charlie" <Charlie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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....
That's because the web interface to newsgroups that you are using
misleads you into thinking that all the links it offers are Vista-specific
newsgroups. Some of them are common to more than one OS.
In fact this one is common to all OS and typically there is more knowledge
about XP in here than about Vista.

Error codes by themselves are relatively useless.
For example here is what that one may mean on XP.

<cmd_output OS="XPsp2">
F:\>net helpmsg 1719

There are no protocol sequences.
</cmd_output>

Is that what Vista shows for net helpmsg 1719 too?
As you can see it doesn't tell you much about anything. ; )


Try to find some context for them in any log files that the update
created. BTW the code that you are quoting is a decimal code
and in general you may find more references to its hex equivalent
(0x0687) instead. In fact, you might find those hex nibbles in a
longer hex code such as 0x80070687. Etc.


If you are having more general problems with WU you should try using
its log. Ref. KB902093.


In case there is something different about Vista's production of this symptom
I've cross-posted this reply to a Vista-specific newsgroup.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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I am also getting the same and being a newbie and one with no experience find
it very hard to get decent help on the matter. I have no experience in
writing scripts so I need some very simple fix.
If it is true that this has been happening for so LONG why hasn't it been
fixed by Microsoft???????????



"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...9-90d206228997

10/20/2007 11:32 AM PST

"Chezza53" <Chezza53@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Before you ask for "a fix" you have to be prepared to provide details,
which supplement this extremely vague symptom description.


So, are you a Vista user? What do you see if you enter (in a cmd window):

net helpmsg 1719


Probably because nobody is providing sufficient details about it. ; }


HTH

Robert
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........

unbelievable! what dismal customer service. this post belongs in one of
those excruciating Vista advertisements. this problem is causing us to get
rid of Vista, yet again.

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

macfan wrote:
This isn't Microsoft "customer service". You have misunderstood the venue in
which you're posting. This is Usenet - a public newsgroup hosted on
Microsoft servers. While occasionally an MS employee will post, the
majority of helpers are volunteers who do not work for the company.

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

So while you may wish to get rid of Vista - and that's certainly your choice
- basing your decision on your misunderstanding of newsgroups would be a
mistake.

If you wish to contact MS customer service (not free except for certain
types of support), here are some links:

Contact MS - http://support.microsoft.com/gp/contactuswindows?sd=win

MS International Support -
http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

Malke
(written in KNode on SUSE Linux from a vm hosted on Mac OS X)
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Well, with only five minutes on MSDN, I found the following:

Vista Error 1719:
This can occur if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Repair,
or re-install Vista.

Common methods to fix this problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555175

x64 specific:
The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed (Error 1719)

Or:
Before you attempt to re-install the program that failed to install, clear
your %temp% folder.

Of course, you many never get this information since you are on some forum
out there connected indirectly to this newsgroup.


"macfan" <macfan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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