I have searched relentlessly for a solution to my problem, but to no good end.
I have a server which is having problems (almost) every night and the IT guy does not seem to be able to determine why (he is completely overwhelmed with other stuff too).
I found that the server has 3 updates that windows update wants to have installed, however these have been allied numerous times, and the updater keeps finding them over again.
My suspicion is that this is related to my server unresponsive problem, however even if it is not, I think that I should try to fix it anyway.
The updates are:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP x86 (KB2633880)
Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system. Details...
Don't show this update again
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP x86 (KB2572073)
Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this update, you may have to restart your system. Details...
Don't show this update again
Security Update for .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 and 3.5 SP1 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP x86 (KB2518864)
Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system that is running the Microsoft .NET Framework and gain complete control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Details...
Don't show this update again
The Don't show this update again boxes are grayed out, so I cannot ignore the updates.
I think the machine has all the frameworks installed, from 1.1 to 4.
The primary task of the server is for SQL Server 2000, although we have trial of SQL Server 2008 installed, and we plan to upgrade to windows 2008 and sql server 2012 in the future, however I really need to get this fixed.
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
Best Answer
This appears to be a bug on Microsoft's end. People are experiencing the same problem world wide, with the same patches. KB2518864 was originally released nearly a year ago and has since been superseded by another fix. The other two were originally released earlier this year.
I've seen some people claim that uninstalling all of the .NET frameworks completely and then reinstalling them has fixed the problem but that seems a bit extreme for what is only a minor annoyance at worst. Personally, I'm going to give it a day or so to see if Microsoft figures out the problem.