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WINDOWS UPDATES WON'T INSTALL

WINDOWS UPDATES WON'T INSTALL
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:34:06 -070
GOT AN ISSUE WITH INSTALLING UPDATES. ABOUT 100 UPDATES WON'T INSTALL AND I 
SUSPECT IT  IS DUE TO THE INABILITY TO INSTALL WINDOWS INSTALLER 3.1. 
UNFORNATRLY I DON'T KNOW THE STEPS  AT THIS TIME AND NEED SOME HELP. I HAD A 
SIMILIAR ISSUE BEFORE WITH ANOTHER COMPUTER AND THERE WAS TWO OR THREE STEPS 
WHICH ULTIMATELY  RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. DOES ANY KNOW THESE STEPS. ANY HELPO 
WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I'M RUNNING WINDOWS XP WITH A AMD ATHLON 64 CPU AND 1 
GB OF MEMORY.

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RE: WINDOWS UPDATES WON'T INSTALL
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:21:00 -070
Hi,

First you need to install Windows Installer 3.1 manually

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482FC-5F56-4A38-B838
-DE776FD4138C&displaylang=en

Then you need to download and install Windows XP SP2 if you don't have it 
already installed it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245
-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Also I recommend installing .net 1.1, 2 and 3 manually to0. If you go to 
Microsoft's Downloads Page you can download many updates manually.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

Cheers,
Lara





"SGP555" wrote:

> GOT AN ISSUE WITH INSTALLING UPDATES. ABOUT 100 UPDATES WON'T INSTALL AND I

> SUSPECT IT  IS DUE TO THE INABILITY TO INSTALL WINDOWS INSTALLER 3.1. 
> UNFORNATRLY I DON'T KNOW THE STEPS  AT THIS TIME AND NEED SOME HELP. I HAD
A 
> SIMILIAR ISSUE BEFORE WITH ANOTHER COMPUTER AND THERE WAS TWO OR THREE
STEPS 
> WHICH ULTIMATELY  RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. DOES ANY KNOW THESE STEPS. ANY
HELPO 
> WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I'M RUNNING WINDOWS XP WITH A AMD ATHLON 64 CPU AND 1

> GB OF MEMORY.
> 
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