RE: All Windows Updates Fail

I found an answer that works from another site! My Update is working again!

Grif wrote:
If you haven't tried it already, there is a brand new ''Version 6'' of
Windows Updates For Windows XP SP2..In order to make it work correctly,
you'll need to download and install the version 2 of the Windows Installer
3.1. (see note below)Do it this way.

Click on the link below to download and install the newest installer:

Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2)

Once the new Windows Installer is installed, then open Internet Explorer and
click on the link below to take you to the new Windows Update site:

http://update.microsoft.com

Once there, you'll need to install a new ActiveX control and follow the
prompts twice to install it but then you'll be able to click on the a new
''Custom'' button. The site looks very much the same but scans a little
quicker than the previous one.

Hope this helps.

Grif

NOTE....I verified which version of Installer I had with the following
directions:

To determine which version of Windows Installer is currently installed on
the computer, follow these steps:1. In Windows Explorer, locate the following
file:
Msi.dll
This file is located in the Windows\System 32 folder.
2. Right-click Msi.dll, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Version tab. Note the file version number.• If the version
number is 3.1.4000.1823, the computer has Windows Installer 3.1 (v1)
installed.
• If the version number is 3.1.4000.2435, the computer has Windows Installer
3.1 (v2) installed.

Thank you all for your suggestions. Many heads are better than one!



"Hipper" wrote:

> I too have Window XP Home Edition download failures this month, nor notices
> from Windows Update which is set on automatic. Unfortunately this coincided
> with the installation of new spyware and AntiVirus programmes so I have been
> running over these to see what the problem was! It seems, then, that it is
> nothing to do with them.
>
> I tried Martin's suggestion to rename WindowsUpdate.log but it refused to do
> this because it claimed the file was open somewhere - I don't know where. I
> did turn of the automatic update.
>
> I hope the boffins at Microsoft are on this case.
>
>
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