XP Home sp1 oem wont install sp2 or any other update

[SGL]

It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2 or any
other. Whats the deal?

[Marc Liron MVP]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:03:01 -0800, SGL >
wrote:

>It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2 or any
>other. Whats the deal?

Are you sure this is not a pirate disk?

Kind Regards

Marc Liron
Microsoft MVP
www.updatexp.com
www.podcasting-101.com
www.podcast-software.com

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Exactly what happens?
What is the exact error message?

Does this apply:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm
If not follow the Windows Update Checklist:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"SGL" > wrote in message
...
> It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2 or
> any
> other. Whats the deal?

[SGL]

No. I bought it online and it appears to be a genuine MS disc. i activated it
but didn't register my name. Do I need to register my name before the updates
work? I've been told the key could be blacklisted.

"Marc Liron MVP" wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:03:01 -0800, SGL >
> wrote:
>
> >It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2 or any
> >other. Whats the deal?
>
> Are you sure this is not a pirate disk?
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Marc Liron
> Microsoft MVP
> www.updatexp.com
> www.podcasting-101.com
> www.podcast-software.com
>
>

[SGL]

No Jupiter, no error. It just says installations failed. Thats what puzzles
me.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Exactly what happens?
> What is the exact error message?
>
> Does this apply:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm
> If not follow the Windows Update Checklist:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "SGL" > wrote in message
> ...
> > It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2 or
> > any
> > other. Whats the deal?
>
>
>

[SGL]

Well I'll be. It looks like it's working now. Must have been a Microsoft
glitch.

I'm just soooo surprised it could ever be that.


Thanks guys.

"SGL" wrote:

> It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2 or any
> other. Whats the deal?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

There could have been a problem at any number of places.
Microsoft servers, your computer, your ISP or anything else in between.
There area lot of places that may cause errors during an update.

If you did not reboot or change anything else on your computer, it was
probably not your computer.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"SGL" > wrote in message
...
> Well I'll be. It looks like it's working now. Must have been a Microsoft
> glitch.
>
> I'm just soooo surprised it could ever be that.
>
>
> Thanks guys.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Click start/run, type "C:\Windows\Windows update.log" and click ok. Scroll
to the bottom, look for error codes in the format of 0x00000000 and post
back with them here.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"SGL" > wrote in message
...
> No Jupiter, no error. It just says installations failed. Thats what
> puzzles
> me.
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Exactly what happens?
>> What is the exact error message?
>>
>> Does this apply:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/invalpk.htm
>> If not follow the Windows Update Checklist:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>>
>>
>> "SGL" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2
>> > or
>> > any
>> > other. Whats the deal?
>>
>>
>>

[Andrew Murray]

Registration and Activation are two different things. Activation is
required, Registration is not.

"SGL" > wrote in message
...
> No. I bought it online and it appears to be a genuine MS disc. i activated
> it
> but didn't register my name. Do I need to register my name before the
> updates
> work? I've been told the key could be blacklisted.
>
> "Marc Liron MVP" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:03:01 -0800, SGL >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >It's installed all the updates up to thast point but won't install sp2
>> >or any
>> >other. Whats the deal?
>>
>> Are you sure this is not a pirate disk?
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Marc Liron
>> Microsoft MVP
>> www.updatexp.com
>> www.podcasting-101.com
>> www.podcast-software.com
>>
>>

[Alex Nichol]

SGL wrote:

>No. I bought it online and it appears to be a genuine MS disc. i activated it
>but didn't register my name. Do I need to register my name before the updates
>work? I've been told the key could be blacklisted.

Bought 'online' is very suspicious. It quite probably is using one of
the pirate keys, over which SP2 and many other updates will not work.

Check at www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/uk/windows


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)