Update: This also affects SP1 installs. MS actually published an article for it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2575082
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It was discovered this morning that KB982018 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982018) is causing an issue and making other patches installing with it fail to install.
According to the KB this patch is only for Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Apparently from what we are seeing the following patches are failing on
server 2008 R2 and windows 7.
KB2492386
KB2515325
KB2522422
KB982018
The cause of the problem is KB982018. If you install the other 3 patches
individually they install fine.
This is also causing SP1 to fail on install on Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
Solution:
KB982018 is updating the usbstor.inf and the usbstor.PNF.
If you locking down USB devices then these 2 files are explicitly denied access for the following groups:
Everyone
Administrators
User
System
If you change all of these to Full control then the patch will install.
The best solution is to apply a GPO to reverse the explicitly deny security
and give full control back to the above groups. Then apply the patch then
re-apply the original GPO to lock things back down.
Hope this helps others
Thanks <><
Chris Stauffer