1)Copy hotfixpkg_10176.exe to your local directory. 2)Please stop all DB2 processes before you apply hotfixpkg_10176.exe. Stop all DB2 processes using services, just running db2stop is not enough. Also stop the service IBM Intelligent Miner Server. 3)Run 'hotfixpkg_10176.exe' 4)Under ..\sqllib\ run 'hotfix -l' and 'db2level' and they should show the special build. 5)To uninstall the hotfix, simply run one of the following commands: 'hotfix -u HotFixID' - uninstalls the most recent hotfix 'hotfix -u all' - uninstalls all hotfixes NOTE: You may also use winzip to extract the 'hotfixpkg_10176.exe' to a directory and run 'hotfix -f' to automatically terminate all db2 processes and install the hotfix.