Announcement: Some Configuration Manager SP1 hotfixes have been re-released for Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows...

[Yvette O'Meally]

First published on CLOUDBLOGS on Jun 30, 2009

[Today's post is provided by Yvette O'Meally ]

The Configuration Manager Sustained Engineering team has re-released a number of Configuration Manager SP1 hotfixes due to a problem with the hotfix installer's ability to detect Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Vista SP2.  This will cause Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 hotfixes to fail to install on those operating systems even though they are applicable.

Symptoms

If you try to install the original version of one of these Configuration Manager hotfixes on a system running Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Vista SP2 you will get a popup with an error like this "This KB###### is for a different hardware platform." where ###### is the KB number of the hotfix you are installing.  The hotfix will fail to install.

Entries similar to the following would be displayed in the KB######.log file

0.171: CheckSystem: GetMachineType failed :STATUS_PLATFORM_MISMATCH
0.171: DoInstallation: CheckSystem Failed: 0xf00e
0.187: This KB957255 is for a different hardware platform.
1.575: Message displayed to the user: This KB957255 is for a different hardware platform.
1.575: User Input: OK
1.575: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf00e
1.575: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action compliance.

Resolution

If you have downloaded a Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 hotfix before June 16 ^th 2009 and you have either Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Vista SP2 you will need to obtain the repackaged version of the hotfix.  The affected hotfixes are listed in the table below.

Please note that the product binaries inside the hotfix package are not affected.  The only changes are to the hotfix installer.

KB	Version Number	Date/Time
954214	4.0.6221.1101	12/01/2008 1:00am
954474	4.0.6221.1102	12/01/2008 1:05am
954716	4.0.6221.1103	12/01/2008 2:10am
955114	4.0.6221.1105	12/01/2008 2:20am
955355	4.0.6221.1107	12/01/2008 2:30am
955388	4.0.6221.1108	12/01/2008 2:35am
955842	4.0.6221.1109	12/01/2008 2:40am
955955	4.0.6221.1110	12/01/2008 2:45am
955126	4.0.6221.1111	12/01/2008 2:50am
956465	4.0.6221.1112	12/01/2008 2:55am
956337	4.0.6221.1113	12/01/2008 3:00am
956194	4.0.6221.1114	12/01/2008 3:05am
954718	4.0.6221.1115	12/01/2008 3:10am
955262	4.0.6221.1117	12/01/2008 3:20am
956918	4.0.6221.1118	12/01/2008 3:25am
956944	4.0.6221.1119	12/01/2008 3:30am
956733	4.0.6221.1120	12/01/2008 3:35am
956941	4.0.6221.1121	12/01/2008 3:40am
957183	4.0.6221.1122	12/01/2008 3:45am
957325	4.0.6221.1123	12/01/2008 3:50am
957255	4.0.6221.1124	12/01/2008 3:55am
957879	4.0.6221.1125	12/01/2008 4:00am
957469	4.0.6221.1126	12/01/2008 4:05am
957576	4.0.6221.1127	12/01/2008 4:10am
955115	4.0.6221.1128	12/01/2008 4:15am
958808	4.0.6221.1129	12/01/2008 4:20am
959040	4.0.6221.1130	12/01/2008 4:25am
959038	4.0.6221.1131	12/01/2008 4:30am
958021	4.0.6221.1132	12/01/2008 4:35am
959257	4.0.6221.1133	12/01/2008 4:40am
959700	4.0.6221.1134	12/01/2008 4:45am
959812	4.0.6221.1135	12/01/2008 4:50am
959875	4.0.6221.1136	12/01/2008 4:55am
960448	4.0.6221.1137	12/01/2008 5:00am
960741	4.0.6221.1138	12/01/2008 5:05am
960634	4.0.6221.1139	12/01/2008 5:10am
960846	4.0.6221.1140	12/01/2008 5:15am
960804	4.0.6221.1141	12/01/2008 5:20am

Thanks

-- Yvette O'Meally

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