Install and uninstall Windows Patch pack in MSU format under Vista

Install and uninstall the. MSU patch under Vista

 

[Description]

This document describes how to install and uninstall A. MSU patch on Vista. Take the kb961371 patch as an example. The system is vista SP2 ultimate.

 

[Installation]
Wusa d:/windows6.0-KB961371-x86.msu/quiet/norestart

 

[Uninstall]
1. decompress the MSU file to a directory:
Expand/F: * windows6.0-KB961371-x86.msu C:/patch
2. Find the XML file in the extracted directory, find the assemblyidentity node, and splice the node attribute values in the following order.
Name ~ Publickeytoken ~ Processarchitecture ~~ Version

XML is found in C:/patch, and the value after splicing is:

Package_for_kb961371 ~ 31bf3856ad364e35 ~ X86 ~~ 6.0.1.4

3. Uninstall the command:

Start/W pkgmgr/Up: Name ~ Publickeytoken ~ Processarchitecture ~~ Version/quiet/norestart

In this example:

Start/W pkgmgr/Up: package_for_kb961371 ~ 31bf3856ad364e35 ~ X86 ~~ 6.0.1.4/quiet/norestart

 

[Reference]
Description of the Windows Update stand-alone installer (wusa.exe) and of. MSU files in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
Http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934307

Package Manager command-line options
Http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749465 (ws.10). aspx

Hotfix uninstall on Server 2008 core?
Http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/12009443/m/191007958931