Tomalak Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Hello,a new version of Windows script has been released by Microsoft (English version only, other languages currently not available):http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...d6-524e7e844d81I guess it's not yet supported by hfslip? Its strange naming scheme ("scripten.exe") was once recognized, but the most current version 5.6.0.8831 was provided in an update with a different name, so hfslip probably has to be adapted for the new version...Regards,Tomalak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe74 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 (edited) i checked and it is a type 1 hotfix but the file naming is weird. typical MS screwup.also at least two (to my knowledge) prior IE7 hotfixes come with bigger versions of jscript.dll than the one included in this hotfix which is v5.7.0.16535IE7-WindowsXP-KB933873-x86-ENU.exe and IE7-WindowsXP-KB933812-x86-ENU.exe both with v5.7.0.20550 Edited August 12, 2007 by johndoe74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 It is supported with test release hfslip-70812a.cmd.also at least two (to my knowledge) prior IE7 hotfixes come with bigger versions of jscript.dll than the one included in this hotfix which is v5.7.0.16535IE7-WindowsXP-KB933873-x86-ENU.exe and IE7-WindowsXP-KB933812-x86-ENU.exe both with v5.7.0.20550That might explain the errors I had in setuperr.log; I slipstreamed IE7 at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe74 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 (edited) so what do we do about it ? keep it in there ? r u gonna come up with a workaround for this ? it's uncertain even which version of the file to keep. God only knows the internal working of microsoft's files (i doubt even they themselves do anymore) but this did come out later...maybe they'll come up with an even later version of the hotfix this patch tuesday or maybe just release an IE7 compatible hotfix. d@mn themits good for win2k. i checked and all the files here are newer than any prior hotfixes Edited August 12, 2007 by johndoe74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I just need to test how it goes with IE6. If no errors come up, it's OK to go -- will just have to alert that it's for IE6 only. In the other case, I'll have to update HFSLIP to make a "delayed file replace". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe74 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 yeah, lets wait and see till patch tuesday. nine patches due. they don't even update their downloads site. i check every couple of days sorting by date what they've released recently and the latest stuff it shows is from 8/3 whereas this came out 8/9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Oy... 10 of the 11 WSH 5.7 files are just borked. Tested with Win2K+IE6 and WinXP (without IE7). Additionally, they aren't copied into DLLCACHE as a consequence.The next test release will work around this issue but I do hope MS will fix this themselves.BTW... The three package versions (2K/XP/2K3) are identical as far as HFSLIP is concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe74 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 i downloaded the win2k and the xpsp2 releases, did an md5 check on them and they came out different so i used separate downloads for both OSes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 The core files are identical. The only real difference lies in the [Version] header in the INF file that installs everything but that's of no importance because HFSLIP gives configuration INF files a new [Version] header which is OS-version independent. The update.ver file is also different but that file is completely ignored.BTW... No luck so far getting this slipstreamed properly. A delayed file replace at T-13 causes Windows setup to complain, resulting in the files with version 5.1 to not be replaced at all. So it looks like placing the new hotfix in the HFSVCPACK_SW1 folder is the only option for now. This DOES require the correct version of scripten.exe, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code65536 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Yea, I can confirm that this update is FUBAR. Microsoft somehow messed up the security catalog, so the only option is to wait for them to re-release this. Either that, or wait for SP3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 They also withdrew WindowsXP-Windows2000-Script56-KB917344-x86-enu.exe (including the localized builds) from the Download Center. This just leaves us with the basic KB917344 hotfix for WSH 5.6 so I was afraid the Windows Update site would be updated to include the new scripten.exe on Patch Tuesday. Luckily that didn't happen. I hope that's because they are aware of the problem but I reckon it's just because it hasn't been localized yet. But least Windows Update is OK if you only slipstream the mini hotfix into WinXP, or IE6 (with SCRIPTEN.CAB) + the mini hotfix into Win2K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmsta Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Looks like Microsoft re-released 16535. Perhaps they fixed the package for each OS. Still same download link as before, but now it's dated 8/24/2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narag Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) I checked the XP files with fc - binary comparison showed no difference, so they probably changed date only I didn't check W2k version though, as I don't have the pre 08-24 version so I can't compare ... Edited August 27, 2007 by Narag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I don't see no difference either. The digital signature is still the same as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
code65536 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 (edited) Microsoft just decided to change the date to 24 Aug for the fun of it; same hash, same digital signature.I had reported the bad catalog problem to Microsoft. Their response was that they couldn't reproduce it and that I should give them details on how to reproduce the problem. So I told them something to the effect of, download, install, run sfc /scannow, look at the pretty errors (erm, how else would you reproduce it?!). Anyway, one of their dev leads responded today (29 Aug), saying that they are now able to reproduce the problem, that they have "figured out the problem and will release new packages shortly." So I guess they were oblivious to the problem until now? Oh well; at least it's (going to be) fixed now. Edited August 30, 2007 by code65536 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now