Microsoft Windows XP Automatic Updates Always Fail

[GretchenVirgoGirl]

The automatic updates I should be getting from microsoft for Windows XP
always fail. Got any ideas why?

[Maurice N ~ MVP]

There's not a single cause for failure. Is it failure to download, =
failure at install, or ?
Are you observing the process when it fails? If so, what message do you =
see?

Is there any specific updates that fail....that you can remember?

It would be easier for you to go to Windows Update and see if that =
process works.
Select Windows Update from the main menu--> All programs menu.

If you get an error there, please write all down verbatim (with 'error' =
number notations) and post it back here.

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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GretchenVirgoGirl wrote:
> The automatic updates I should be getting from microsoft for Windows
> XP always fail. Got any ideas why?

[Superfly]

GretchenVirgoGirl wrote:
> The automatic updates I should be getting from microsoft for Windows XP
> always fail. Got any ideas why?

Do you have SP2 installed?
If you do, open a command prompt and type this (1 line at a time):

net stop wuauserv
del /f /s /q "C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\*.*"
net start wuauserv

see if that works.

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