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    Windows updates failing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nydog, Aug 3, 2008.

  1. nydog

    nydog Newbie

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    I get the icon to notify me updates are ready for my computer. All goes well when I click the icon to start the update process. End result is the the updates not being installed. Can anyone offer a fix for this? I'm running XP Media Center ver2002 with SP3.

    Thanks
     
    nydog, Aug 3, 2008
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  2. CGSUN

    CGSUN Notebook Guru

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    Hum...
    Well you can and may have to, manually download the updates. Good idea for next time is to put them all onto a stick or CD so you have them when Update breaks. The cause of the break could be a thousand things, 998 probably none of your doing. Here is a link I use
    Good luck!

    http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html
     
    CGSUN, Aug 4, 2008
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  3. sgip2000

    sgip2000 Notebook Consultant

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    This is usually caused with a problem with Windows Installer. Try searching Microsoft.com for solutions. Did it give you an error code?
     
    sgip2000, Aug 4, 2008
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  4. livesoft

    livesoft BUSTED

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    Yeah, you should lookup for the error code and check the windows update log.
     
    livesoft, Aug 4, 2008
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