Windows XP Updates

[mike]

Had XP Professional for over a year, had to turn updates
off because none of them will install successfully
anymore. They download, but freeze during installation
and I'm forced to cancel. And Microsoft forces me to
come here to post a question because they want me to pay
for the answer to a problem they're causing. Anyone got
an answer to this?

[Gary Tsang]

See this page for a fix

Errors Occur When You Try to Install Updates from the Windows Update Web
Site
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;817753

Afterwards, installing the Q817287: Critical Update (Catalog Database
Corruption in Microsoft Windows XP) fix will stop this above issue from
happening again





--
Gary Tsang


"mike" > wrote in message
...
> Had XP Professional for over a year, had to turn updates
> off because none of them will install successfully
> anymore. They download, but freeze during installation
> and I'm forced to cancel. And Microsoft forces me to
> come here to post a question because they want me to pay
> for the answer to a problem they're causing. Anyone got
> an answer to this?

[mike]

Thanks, Gary, but unfortunately, that didn't solve the
problem. Updates are still timing out or failing.
>-----Original Message-----
>See this page for a fix
>
>Errors Occur When You Try to Install Updates from the
Windows Update Web
>Site
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;817753
>
>Afterwards, installing the Q817287: Critical Update
(Catalog Database
>Corruption in Microsoft Windows XP) fix will stop this
above issue from
>happening again
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>Gary Tsang
>
>
>"mike" > wrote in message
...
>> Had XP Professional for over a year, had to turn
updates
>> off because none of them will install successfully
>> anymore. They download, but freeze during installation
>> and I'm forced to cancel. And Microsoft forces me to
>> come here to post a question because they want me to
pay
>> for the answer to a problem they're causing. Anyone
got
>> an answer to this?
>
>
>.
>

[Unknown]

What do you mean 'timing out or failing'? Try one at a time and post
results.
"mike" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks, Gary, but unfortunately, that didn't solve the
> problem. Updates are still timing out or failing.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >See this page for a fix
> >
> >Errors Occur When You Try to Install Updates from the
> Windows Update Web
> >Site
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
> US;817753
> >
> >Afterwards, installing the Q817287: Critical Update
> (Catalog Database
> >Corruption in Microsoft Windows XP) fix will stop this
> above issue from
> >happening again
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Gary Tsang
> >
> >
> >"mike" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Had XP Professional for over a year, had to turn
> updates
> >> off because none of them will install successfully
> >> anymore. They download, but freeze during installation
> >> and I'm forced to cancel. And Microsoft forces me to
> >> come here to post a question because they want me to
> pay
> >> for the answer to a problem they're causing. Anyone
> got
> >> an answer to this?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[mike]

By timing out, I mean the update downloads, attempts to
install, and literally stops installing in the middle of
it. I've left one going for hours, it's obviously having
some sort of problem (and I'm on a cable modem). When
they fail, though, the microsoft web page tells me it
failed to install. I've tried one at a time, get either
of the above results. I may reinstall XP at this point &
start over, unless you know of anything else I can do.
>-----Original Message-----
>What do you mean 'timing out or failing'? Try one at a
time and post
>results.
>"mike" > wrote in message
...
>> Thanks, Gary, but unfortunately, that didn't solve the
>> problem. Updates are still timing out or failing.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >See this page for a fix
>> >
>> >Errors Occur When You Try to Install Updates from the
>> Windows Update Web
>> >Site
>> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
>> US;817753
>> >
>> >Afterwards, installing the Q817287: Critical Update
>> (Catalog Database
>> >Corruption in Microsoft Windows XP) fix will stop this
>> above issue from
>> >happening again
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Gary Tsang
>> >
>> >
>> >"mike" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Had XP Professional for over a year, had to turn
>> updates
>> >> off because none of them will install successfully
>> >> anymore. They download, but freeze during
installation
>> >> and I'm forced to cancel. And Microsoft forces me
to
>> >> come here to post a question because they want me to
>> pay
>> >> for the answer to a problem they're causing. Anyone
>> got
>> >> an answer to this?
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"mike" > wrote in message

> By timing out, I mean the update downloads, attempts to
> install, and literally stops installing in the middle of
> it. I've left one going for hours, it's obviously having
> some sort of problem (and I'm on a cable modem). When
> they fail, though, the microsoft web page tells me it
> failed to install. I've tried one at a time, get either
> of the above results. I may reinstall XP at this point &
> start over, unless you know of anything else I can do.

You do turn off any anti-virus before downloading and installing any
Microsoft update, I hope.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP
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