Re: Can't run Windows Update

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From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (mrxp2004_at_nospamyahoo.com)
Date: 07/19/04


Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:00:50 -0500

Please feel free to visit the experts in the 'Official' Windows Update newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate

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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
 news:01e701c46de1$40b3a240$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| Every time I try to update the computer with Windows 
| Update it freezes around the 66% and it must be reseted 
| in order to be used again.
| 
| Sometimes I finish the serching for updates I can update 
| everything except the video card, it's an MSI FX5200 VTD 
| with 128 Mb.
| 
| I can update the video card from the detonator driver 
| provided by nvidia or the driver provided by MSI, but 
| from time to time the computer restarts and I'm gatting 
| tored of it.


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