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  1. 13th July 2007, 10:55 AM #1
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    stumped xp pro auto updates

    welp

    i am stumped, first time in years i cant nut it out.

    xp pro machine that simply will not install downloaded updates...

    tried the usual things. repair install cleaned out the caches etc etc etc

    update log gives no clues

    i really dont want to format this box unless it just has to be done and that is looming fast....

    any pros out there got any ideas?
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  2. 13th July 2007, 11:29 AM #2
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    I dunno what's going on there incisor...

    Did ya try turning auto update off and do a manual (custom) update ?

    Good luck,

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  3. 13th July 2007, 12:00 PM #3
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    been there done that... :P

    doesnt matter how you get the updates there, they wont install...

    fun fun fun...
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  4. 13th July 2007, 12:20 PM #4
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    We just went through seven kinds of hell trying to upgrade to XP (made me laugh too) and install on a partition. The machine was originally supplied with OEM XP disks but the decision was made to run with Win 2000 instead. The bastard thing would not install on a partition the way the support material said it should nor would it format the disc and make a partition. I cricumvented the process and ran FDISK as a dos command from a boot disk and installed it that way. But then Xp refused to acknowledge the ONBOARD network adapter and a whole swag of other things.

    Had to revert to it doing what it wanted (the opposite of what the support docs said could be done) and then the countless downloads of patches started. First was 72Mb, restart, another 30Mb, restart, then two lots of about 40Mb.

    FUGGIN NIGHTMARE. Now crashes about 3 times a day. No blue screen of death, but programs become non responsive and task manager cannot close them. I have to resort to pulling the power lead!

    FUGGIN NIGHTMARE.
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  5. 13th July 2007, 12:56 PM #5
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    while I'm no pro,,,

    is it a legal install
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  6. 13th July 2007, 12:58 PM #6
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    Inc have you tried getting the Knowledge base downloads individually?

    I'm assuming you've tried using the WindowsUpdate site and if that will run up you can get the KB numbers off it and try through the downloads/support pages to do things individually. If windowsupdate doesn't work there's usually an error number shown and I've found half a day on google usually finds an answer as to why.
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    yep

    tried the several knowledge base suggested fixes to no avail....

    never struck one like it i have to say...

    fast developing a hatred for update.exe :P

    will sleep on it one more night..... well the sleep will happen after the rum i imagine..... grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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  9. 13th July 2007, 01:21 PM #9
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    My XP started to do that so I tried the "ignore it and it will go away" theory. When that failed I messed around with my internet security features. I dont know exactly what I did but it now seems to work with the Auto update.

    So anyway what I'm trying to tell you is that I have no clue on how to fix it.
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  10. 13th July 2007, 01:59 PM #10
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    Are you using Microsoft Update or Windows Update? Had that problem a few weeks ago.

    Have you rolled back a bit and tried again?

    Virus/spyware? Have you tried Prevx 2? They seem to be the goods at the moment.

    http://www.prevx.com/

    Sorry I've only got the basics today.

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