> I have two SATA hard disks on my computer and DAILY see new file folders 
> appearing on my non-boot drive containing a logfile about installing this 
> upate.  The last few lines of each file is:
> 
> MSI (s) (CC:E8) [03:01:30:453]: Product: MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB927978) -- 
> Configuration completed successfully.
> 
> MSI (s) (CC:E8) [03:01:30:453]: Cleaning up uninstalled install packages, if 
> any exist
> MSI (s) (CC:E8) [03:01:30:453]: MainEngineThread is returning 0
> MSI (s) (CC:58) [03:01:30:453]: Destroying RemoteAPI object.
> MSI (s) (CC:A8) [03:01:30:453]: Custom Action Manager thread ending.
> === Logging stopped: 2/2/2007  3:01:30 ===
> MSI (c) (70:28) [03:01:30:500]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If 
> counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied.  Counter after decrement: -1
> MSI (c) (70:28) [03:01:30:500]: MainEngineThread is returning 0
> === Verbose logging stopped: 2/2/2007  3:01:30 ===
> 
> Apparently the install suceeds but I will see the folder the next day (as 
> well as the update will appear in the Windows Update screen).  How do I get 
> the update to really install and I can stop seeing these new folders?


You might take a look at this forum on the MS website:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1141274&SiteID=1

I'm having the exact same problem.  The install of the security update doesn't appear to be failing, but the automatic updater in MS Windows XP keeps installing the same update every other day.

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