XP Pro SP3

After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any fail
before. Anyone know a fix?

QuestionMan!
Fri May 09 20:23:02 PDT 2008

I have exactly the same problem, and i don't want to uninstall SP3 to avoid
software damage in other aplications

"mlkeeney" wrote:

> After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any fail
> before. Anyone know a fix?
>

mlkeeney
Fri May 09 20:44:00 PDT 2008

I did uninstall and everything started working again.

"QuestionMan!" wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem, and i don't want to uninstall SP3 to avoid
> software damage in other aplications
>
> "mlkeeney" wrote:
>
> > After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any fail
> > before. Anyone know a fix?
> >

gimpguy2000
Fri May 09 21:35:00 PDT 2008

Same issue here. I uninstalled SP3, downloaded ALL needed updates, then
installed SP3 after. Seemed to work for me. I also did a slipstream using
nlite so I don't have this issue again. It prevented\hid updates and stopped
live services from installing. Quite a pain. Don't use express either, use
custom, the express is what installed sp3 on mine but either way, I would do
the above.

Paul
--
Duh-Oh!


"mlkeeney" wrote:

> After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any fail
> before. Anyone know a fix?
>

gimpguy2000
Fri May 09 21:36:00 PDT 2008

Do a system restore to a point before SP3, this shouldn't cause app damage.
Then you can install your updates, then SP3.

Paul
--
Duh-Oh!


"QuestionMan!" wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem, and i don't want to uninstall SP3 to avoid
> software damage in other aplications
>
> "mlkeeney" wrote:
>
> > After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any fail
> > before. Anyone know a fix?
> >

TaurArian
Sat May 10 00:56:55 PDT 2008

See this article and try method 1 if not method 2 (ignore the title) -

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by
using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

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"mlkeeney" <mlkeeney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any fail
| before. Anyone know a fix?
|

QuestionMan
Sat May 10 04:58:00 PDT 2008

I followed your suggestion and it works perfectly well. Thanks a lot. Only
one program was damaged but i reinstall it, and it's OK too.

"mlkeeney" wrote:

> I did uninstall and everything started working again.
>
> "QuestionMan!" wrote:
>
> > I have exactly the same problem, and i don't want to uninstall SP3 to avoid
> > software damage in other aplications
> >
> > "mlkeeney" wrote:
> >
> > > After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any fail
> > > before. Anyone know a fix?
> > >

Ravenous
Sat May 10 04:59:41 PDT 2008

After installing sp3 change your Internet explorer security settings to
"Medium" and all will work again ;)

Ravenous

"mlkeeney" <mlkeeney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1BF77159-5AA0-4739-BE78-775458B5E6B9@microsoft.com...
> After installing SP3 all Windows Updates fail to install. Never had any
> fail
> before. Anyone know a fix?
>