Windows Update keeps applying this update

I have a laptop I didn't update in a while, a few months. So, I turn it on today for a quick update... 12 updates later and I'm ok... well, 1 more update... ok... 1 more update... ok... 1 more update... KB917537... 1 more update... KB917537... oh <expletive deleted>. System Restore... oh shoot, that update made a system restore every time it installed and removed all prior restore points....

The update is installed... Windows Update thinks otherwise and keeps installing it over and over and over again... Automatic Updates does the same too... I tried uninstalling that update, reinstalling that update... no avail... I have some choice four letter words for this moment...

So, what can I do short of a repair install? Please tell me that there is something I can do... Please tell me that I didn't have an 11 month install go bad because of a freaking Windows Update!!

<edit> Removed swear word... I'm not happy and that got past me... </edit>

Are you certain that you have the correct number for that update, according to MS the file KB917537 is for Win2000

The File Can Be Downloaded From Here and information about it found here

other sources for windows updates are Windiz Updates and softwarepatch it may be worth downloading the update from a alternative source see if that helps you

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917537

The update applies clear up to 2003 actually.

I tried downloading the update and installing it in normal mode of Windows as well as safe mode... install succeeds and Windows still thinks I need that update...

Try creating a new blank text document... rename it asp.dll, and save it to the %windir%\system32\inetsrv directory. Windows will automatically recognize the file as corrupt, and extract a new asp.dll file from the %windir%\LastGood\system32\inetsrv directory. After the new file is extracted, let Windows Update install KB917537 again.

I would but that file isn't even in that directory to begin with...

You got me...

The directory does exist on my laptop install... but does not have that dll. Putting a blank dll there causes the update to fail. My main rig doesn't even have anything in that directory...

<update> The install failed so I removed my blank asp.dll.... and it was replaced with a normal asp.dll... and Automatic Updates has silenced itself... I guess it worked... ? </update>

<update 2> Nope... it's back... </update 2>

<update 3> (how many updates shall I do...) The asp.dll file is different from one I find in a subdirectory of downloads (the Windows Update?). The LastGood cached the blank file (oops). I'll let Windows Update try again.... successful install... let's see if it comes back now... nope, it's gone! Yay! </update 3>