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"Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" problem
Hi all:
Yesterday I wiped the hard drive on my laptop and installed Win XP SP2 from CD. I then immediately went to the Windows update site to get SP3 and other goodies. Looks like SP3 installed OK, upgrade to MSIE 7 was good, but I was stuck with 2 (now 3 today) updates that fail to install. The three updates a Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2008 (KB890830) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB947864) IBM - Other Hardware - IBM PM Device I've tried installing these several times, sometimes all at once, sometimes one at a time, but no success. Is this an artifact of SP3, or some other problem? Any way to get these updates installed? Beyond the message "Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" and the list of updates there's no error codes or other information that might point the way to solve this problem. TIA Tom Young |
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When you say 'now, today...' I am inferring that you have not restarted the
system again today. I would try a restart or two. The IE, and MSRT should go in then. The IBM thing I don't know about. -- Mark L. Ferguson .. "TomYoung" wrote in message ... Hi all: Yesterday I wiped the hard drive on my laptop and installed Win XP SP2 from CD. I then immediately went to the Windows update site to get SP3 and other goodies. Looks like SP3 installed OK, upgrade to MSIE 7 was good, but I was stuck with 2 (now 3 today) updates that fail to install. The three updates a Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2008 (KB890830) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB947864) IBM - Other Hardware - IBM PM Device I've tried installing these several times, sometimes all at once, sometimes one at a time, but no success. Is this an artifact of SP3, or some other problem? Any way to get these updates installed? Beyond the message "Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" and the list of updates there's no error codes or other information that might point the way to solve this problem. TIA Tom Young |
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"TomYoung" wrote in message
... Hi all: Yesterday I wiped the hard drive on my laptop and installed Win XP SP2 from CD. I then immediately went to the Windows update site to get SP3 and other goodies. Looks like SP3 installed OK, upgrade to MSIE 7 was good, but I was stuck with 2 (now 3 today) updates that fail to install. The three updates a Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2008 (KB890830) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB947864) IBM - Other Hardware - IBM PM Device I've tried installing these several times, sometimes all at once, sometimes one at a time, but no success. Is this an artifact of SP3, or some other problem? Any way to get these updates installed? Beyond the message "Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" and the list of updates there's no error codes or other information that might point the way to solve this problem. TIA Tom Young See if the information in this article helps. Note: While the title of the article only mentions repair installation, it's been reported in these newsgroups that the suggested fix may help when the issue occurs after a clean installation. Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installation http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144 Good luck Nepatsfan |
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"Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" problem
On May 25, 9:02 am, "Mark L. Ferguson"
wrote: When you say 'now, today...' I am inferring that you have not restarted the system again today. I would try a restart or two. The IE, and MSRT should go in then. The IBM thing I don't know about. -- Mark L. Ferguson . "TomYoung" wrote in message ... Hi all: Yesterday I wiped the hard drive on my laptop and installed Win XP SP2 from CD. I then immediately went to the Windows update site to get SP3 and other goodies. Looks like SP3 installed OK, upgrade to MSIE 7 was good, but I was stuck with 2 (now 3 today) updates that fail to install. The three updates a Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2008 (KB890830) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB947864) IBM - Other Hardware - IBM PM Device I've tried installing these several times, sometimes all at once, sometimes one at a time, but no success. Is this an artifact of SP3, or some other problem? Any way to get these updates installed? Beyond the message "Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" and the list of updates there's no error codes or other information that might point the way to solve this problem. TIA Tom Young Probably should have been clearer. What I meant was that yesterday there were 2 updates listed as not installing while today 3 are listed. I'm thinking another one slipped in - the IBM one I believe - while I was trying stuff last evening and this morning. I've restarted multiple times at this point. Tom Young |
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On May 25, 9:11 am, "Nepatsfan" wrote:
"TomYoung" wrote in message ... Hi all: Yesterday I wiped the hard drive on my laptop and installed Win XP SP2 from CD. I then immediately went to the Windows update site to get SP3 and other goodies. Looks like SP3 installed OK, upgrade to MSIE 7 was good, but I was stuck with 2 (now 3 today) updates that fail to install. The three updates a Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2008 (KB890830) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB947864) IBM - Other Hardware - IBM PM Device I've tried installing these several times, sometimes all at once, sometimes one at a time, but no success. Is this an artifact of SP3, or some other problem? Any way to get these updates installed? Beyond the message "Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" and the list of updates there's no error codes or other information that might point the way to solve this problem. TIA Tom Young See if the information in this article helps. Note: While the title of the article only mentions repair installation, it's been reported in these newsgroups that the suggested fix may help when the issue occurs after a clean installation. Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installationhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144 Well, wadda you know! I tried your suggestion, really not thinking it should work... and it did! Thanks! The wizards of Redmond move in mysterious ways! Tom Young |
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"TomYoung" wrote in message
... On May 25, 9:11 am, "Nepatsfan" wrote: "TomYoung" wrote in message ... Hi all: Yesterday I wiped the hard drive on my laptop and installed Win XP SP2 from CD. I then immediately went to the Windows update site to get SP3 and other goodies. Looks like SP3 installed OK, upgrade to MSIE 7 was good, but I was stuck with 2 (now 3 today) updates that fail to install. The three updates a Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2008 (KB890830) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB947864) IBM - Other Hardware - IBM PM Device I've tried installing these several times, sometimes all at once, sometimes one at a time, but no success. Is this an artifact of SP3, or some other problem? Any way to get these updates installed? Beyond the message "Some Updates Could Not Be Installed" and the list of updates there's no error codes or other information that might point the way to solve this problem. TIA Tom Young See if the information in this article helps. Note: While the title of the article only mentions repair installation, it's been reported in these newsgroups that the suggested fix may help when the issue occurs after a clean installation. Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installationhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144 Well, wadda you know! I tried your suggestion, really not thinking it should work... and it did! Thanks! The wizards of Redmond move in mysterious ways! Tom Young You're welcome. Nepatsfan |
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Thank you so much for clearing up a problem that has been plaguing me for months. -- morgofski ------------------------------------------------------------------------ morgofski's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=50799 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=974992 http://forums.techarena.in |
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