Unable to perform windows update

[Tom Upton]

Hi,

I am having real problems performing windows update. I
have recently completed a clean install on two of my
machines and they are now both unable to update from
microsoft. I have never had this problem before and i have
used the same copy of windows XP that was on my previous
machines. Any help would be great

Tom

[DL]

Do you see a 404 page unavailable msg?
Ensure the XP firewall is turned on, do a virus scan, using uptodate
definitions.
Or use one of the online scanners, eg frm www.symantec.com
This behaviour can be caused by a virus
I recently setup a new pc, out of the box. and got infected in the time it
took to create a dialup connection, turn on the firewall and download the
latest virus deffinitions.
David

"Tom Upton" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I am having real problems performing windows update. I
> have recently completed a clean install on two of my
> machines and they are now both unable to update from
> microsoft. I have never had this problem before and i have
> used the same copy of windows XP that was on my previous
> machines. Any help would be great
>
> Tom

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Any error messages, or a description of the behavior would be helpfule.

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Also see www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm, Why can't I download
updates? for more troubleshooting tips.

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"Tom Upton" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I am having real problems performing windows update. I
> have recently completed a clean install on two of my
> machines and they are now both unable to update from
> microsoft. I have never had this problem before and i have
> used the same copy of windows XP that was on my previous
> machines. Any help would be great
>
> Tom