Re: Unable to download and install updates

and I have an appointment with a MS Engineer tonight, so we'll see what they
have to say about this.

In one week's time, hundreds of thousands of posts about the same fn issue.

"Marius" <Marius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:06983FE9-2AAF-4229-8D17-EB306B8DC812@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> I still have the same problem. Tom's advice is useless to me too because
> my
> problem started months ago. My last successful Windows Update was in Aug
> 2006, so restoring to before Dec 13 will clearly not solve anything.
>
> "winsleuth" wrote:
>
>>
>> My meaning was to reinstall a freshly formatted hard drive with WIndows
>> XP Pro and then start with the updates. If your statement was correct
>> it would mean we all have this problem and clearly we dont. That is
>> reinforced by the fact that I find so few hits on this problem and that
>> MS doesnt have a fix for their "inoperable updater/fixer function". I
>> didnt mean reinstall on top of my massively overdone and burnt out
>> current install. Most my friends agree if you use Windows alot, get
>> used to reinstalling from 'scratch" every 18 months. As far as a fix
>> from MS, they completely ignore the question so dont think they even
>> know they/we have a problem. I would like to hear from the user just
>> before my entry if you are out there, it said just three hours ago you
>> were on as of yesterday. THanks,...
>>
>> Dave H
>>
>>
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