


For “Search for files or folders named”, type in 4053, and then hit ENTER. You’ll use this later to hold all the DLLs you’ll be copying to your system32 folder.Ĥ) Using Windows Explorer, go to c:\windows\winsxs. For the purposes of these instructions, I’ll assume it’s c:\windows (replace that below with your actual Windows folder)ģ) Create a folder on your desktop named WORKDIR. Usually this is at c:\windows or c:\winnt. Important: look for entries in the add/remove programs with the exact titles above, i.e including those KB article numbers in the title of the entry, as there may be similar looking ones in there (ignore those ones)Ģ) Find your “Windows” folder. Step by step instructions for Windows 2000 end users that want to get up and running quickly after having installed one or both of the invalid Visual C++ security redistributables on Windows 2000:ġ) go to Control Panel – Add/Remove Programs, and uninstall the following (one or both may be installed)Ī) Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable – KB2467175ī) Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable – KB2467174 – x86 9.5570

diagcab file to launch the tool.EDIT – June 18th, 2011 – the below blog entry is out of date – click here for up to date information.

In this case, you can temporarily hide the problematic update to prevent Windows from trying to re-apply it to your computer. If after reinstalling the update, you continue to experience problems on your computer, then it could actually be something wrong with the update. How to prevent specific updates from installing on your device
