Windows Update always fails

I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I went
to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download but
when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.

JHB
Wed Mar 26 08:45:06 PDT 2008

On Mar 26, 10:38 am, Blacktop <Black...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I went
> to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download but
> when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
> Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.

I have exactly the same issue. XP SP2. De installed and reinstalled
IE7 and no change. Is there somewhere recorded a boilerplate solution
to this?

Each time I shut down it attempts to install the changes, eventually
gives up and shuts down.

John Baker

medicblue
Wed Mar 26 09:12:03 PDT 2008



"JHB" wrote:

> On Mar 26, 10:38 am, Blacktop <Black...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I went
> > to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download but
> > when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
> > Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.
>
> I have exactly the same issue. XP SP2. De installed and reinstalled
> IE7 and no change. Is there somewhere recorded a boilerplate solution
> to this?
>
> Each time I shut down it attempts to install the changes, eventually
> gives up and shuts down.
>
> John Baker
>

Same here!, didn't mean to reinstall XP but it happened and now tons of
issues. 88 updates will not install.

Blue

Joan
Wed Mar 26 09:38:00 PDT 2008

See if anything here helps.
Joan

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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http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Blacktop" <Blacktop@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BF6876F4-5B26-45DF-A997-32C7FAB21FF3@microsoft.com...
> I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
> went
> to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
> but
> when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
> Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.

Joan
Wed Mar 26 09:38:54 PDT 2008

See if anything here helps.
Joan

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


--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"medicblue" <medicblue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:974DD364-2DD6-4204-A20E-0CC691DE5FF8@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "JHB" wrote:
>
>> On Mar 26, 10:38 am, Blacktop <Black...@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
>> > went
>> > to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
>> > but
>> > when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
>> > Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.
>>
>> I have exactly the same issue. XP SP2. De installed and reinstalled
>> IE7 and no change. Is there somewhere recorded a boilerplate solution
>> to this?
>>
>> Each time I shut down it attempts to install the changes, eventually
>> gives up and shuts down.
>>
>> John Baker
>>
>
> Same here!, didn't mean to reinstall XP but it happened and now tons of
> issues. 88 updates will not install.
>
> Blue

Joan
Wed Mar 26 09:38:27 PDT 2008

See if anything here helps.
Joan

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


--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"JHB" <BakerJohnH@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e540c449-3a67-404f-832f-f2d963996582@d62g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 26, 10:38 am, Blacktop <Black...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>> I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
>> went
>> to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
>> but
>> when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
>> Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.
>
> I have exactly the same issue. XP SP2. De installed and reinstalled
> IE7 and no change. Is there somewhere recorded a boilerplate solution
> to this?
>
> Each time I shut down it attempts to install the changes, eventually
> gives up and shuts down.
>
> John Baker

PA
Wed Mar 26 09:36:01 PDT 2008

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

NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs, and Recovery installs.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Blacktop wrote:
> I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
> went
> to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
> but
> when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
> Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.

Blacktop
Wed Mar 26 10:51:01 PDT 2008

Thank you all. Method #1 fixed the problem. I tried Method#2 first because
it seemed easier but it did not work for me. Thank you all again for your
help.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> 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
>
> NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs, and Recovery installs.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> Blacktop wrote:
> > I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
> > went
> > to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
> > but
> > when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
> > Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.
>
>

PA
Wed Mar 26 11:10:02 PDT 2008

YW & thanks for your feedback.

Blacktop wrote:
> Thank you all. Method #1 fixed the problem. I tried Method#2 first
> because
> it seemed easier but it did not work for me. Thank you all again for your
> help.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs, and Recovery
>> installs. --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> Blacktop wrote:
>>> I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
>>> went
>>> to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
>>> but
>>> when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
>>> Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.

JHB
Wed Mar 26 12:57:49 PDT 2008

On Mar 26, 11:38 am, "Joan Archer" <archer_j...@nospam.com> wrote:
> See if anything here helps.
> Joan
>
> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
> Update, or by
> using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installationhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>
> --
> Joan Archerhttp://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcherhttp://lachsoft.com/photogallery
>
> "Blacktop" <Black...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:BF6876F4-5B26-45DF-A997-32C7FAB21FF3@microsoft.com...
>
> > I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
> > went
> > to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
> > but
> > when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
> > Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.

I tried method 1 from the above recommendation. In spite of the fact
that one feels as if one is getting into the internals of the system,
if done exactly as set down, it works. It certainly worked for me --
thanks for the advice!

John Baker

Joan
Wed Mar 26 14:46:19 PDT 2008

Glad it worked and thanks for letting us know <g>
Joan

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"JHB" <BakerJohnH@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 26, 11:38 am, "Joan Archer" <archer_j...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> See if anything here helps.
>> Joan
>>
>> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from
>> Microsoft
>> Update, or by
>> using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP
>> installationhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>>
>> --
>> Joan
>> Archerhttp://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcherhttp://lachsoft.com/photogallery
>>
>> "Blacktop" <Black...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:BF6876F4-5B26-45DF-A997-32C7FAB21FF3@microsoft.com...
>>
>> > I was having problems with XP so I reloaded it. After the reinstall I
>> > went
>> > to update it and had 86 high-priority updates. They appear to download
>> > but
>> > when I try to install them - they all fail! Any suggestions? I tried
>> > Troubleshooter but it is too confusing. Thank you.
>
> I tried method 1 from the above recommendation. In spite of the fact
> that one feels as if one is getting into the internals of the system,
> if done exactly as set down, it works. It certainly worked for me --
> thanks for the advice!
>
> John Baker