Upgrades

[Rique]

When attempting to upgrade XP from the MS site, the whole process goes
through, right up to the EUA, I click on accept, the download starts, goes
for about 118k and then stops. MS tells me that the download and
installation was unsucessful...any ideas...I was thinking cookies, but tried
that...could it be a security setting (this is on my son's computer, and who
knows what he's done)?

Rique

[Harry Ohrn]

rename the catroot2 directory to something else like "catroot2OLD" and then
try visiting the Windows Update site again. An new folder named catroot2
will be re-created. If the visit to the update site is successful you can
delete the old catroot2 folder that you renamed

(the catroot 2 folder is located here Windows\System32\Catroot2 )



--

Harry Ohrn - MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Rique" > wrote in message
...
> When attempting to upgrade XP from the MS site, the whole process goes
> through, right up to the EUA, I click on accept, the download starts, goes
> for about 118k and then stops. MS tells me that the download and
> installation was unsucessful...any ideas...I was thinking cookies, but
tried
> that...could it be a security setting (this is on my son's computer, and
who
> knows what he's done)?
>
> Rique
>
>

[Maureen Goldman]

>"Rique" > wrote:
>When attempting to upgrade XP from the MS site, the whole process goes
>through, right up to the EUA, I click on accept, the download starts, goes
>for about 118k and then stops. MS tells me that the download and
>installation was unsucessful...any ideas...I was thinking cookies, but tried
>that...could it be a security setting (this is on my son's computer, and who
>knows what he's done)?

Something you can try:
Go to Start
RUN
[type]
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
[enter]

Then attempt your download again.