Critical Updates won't install on XP Pro, please help?

[Naugh Smith]

Problem solved!

Thanks to this very helpful thread:

Subject: Re: cant install windows updates?
From: "Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)" <Torgeir.Bakken-
> Sent: 4/21/2003 1:26:22 PM


Basically, rename the %systemroot%\system32\catroot2
folder!

I'll bet that this is the root of the problem for all the
other posts about windows update not working, etc.

Naugh

>-----Original Message-----
>Here's an excerpt from the MS's Windows Update
>installation history:
>
>-------------
>Failed Tuesday, April 22, 2003 811630: Critical Update
>(Windows XP)
>Read more... Web site
>Failed Tuesday, April 22, 2003 810577: Security Update
>Web site
>-------------
>
>For some reason, those two packates just won't install
on
>my XP machine. I've tried to download them manually,
and
>then execute them locally, but it still won't install.
>It says something like a service is not started, but I
>checked that service and it was already started.
>
>Has anyone else run into this problem? It's bugging me
>because it's considered a critical update, and I don't
>have it installed.
>
>Any help/info is much appreciated! Thanks in advance.
>
>Naugh Smith
>.
>