Re: Windows Updates not installing

Fergie 1947 wrote:
I had the same problem and for some reason (it was working before) Norton decided to "block" the Windows update program......check out your firewall I have Norton 360 and went to "advanced settings" then to "FIREWALL" then to FIRWALL PROCTECTION SETTINGS in there check the list to see if your updater is blocked.

"Stephen" wrote:

I have a Toshiba Notebook that I ran the recovery disk to reset the factory setting which included XP Home. I can go to Windows Update and download and install all the updates.

However I need IIS so I updated to XP Pro. But I keep on getting installation failures for every patch I download from the Windows Update site. I have now gone back to scratch 5 times to try to resolve this issue, but each time I get the same result. I am doing a straight XP Pro upgrade, not custom, and I turned off Nortons to no avail.

Why does XP Home updates go smoothly while XP Pro fails every time? Can anyone help me?
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Try this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

I had the same problem with a Toshiba notebook and this corrected the problem
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