didn't automatic update, now can't

Read my first message, dickwad. It didn't work.
>-----Original Message-----
>Just go to windows update and do it again, Moron
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Wel, whether that's true or not doesn't matter. The
>>question remains: how can I activate the download after
>>it's been done and the computer rebooted?
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>If you keep read other posts you will see that these
>>>latest updates are causing problems think twice about
>>>downloading them
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>I have auto update selected on Win XP Pro. The notice
>>>>appeared yesterday that new updates were downloaded
>and
>>>>ready to install. I forgot about it and shut the
>system
>>>>down. Now I'd like to install them, but don't know
how
>>>to
>>>>activate whatever was downloaded. I tried manually
>>>>running Windows Update, but encountered an error on
>the
>>>>download page when it started scanning my system.
This
>>>>happened before too, but the auto update has always
>>>>worked fine. How can I activate the download?
>>>>Thank you.
>>>>.
>>>>
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