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XP Pro sp3 updates fail
Updates are set to notify and for the last couple of weeks when clicked to
open a list (growing longer) is presented and when clicked to download there are a few seconds of router activity then action stops and the tray icon vanishes. The updates fail. A while later the same updates are presented again. Anyone know how to remedy this. Thanks, John. |
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XP Pro sp3 updates fail
On 11/26/2013 09:52 AM, Machinist60 wrote:
Updates are set to notify and for the last couple of weeks when clicked to open a list (growing longer) is presented and when clicked to download there are a few seconds of router activity then action stops and the tray icon vanishes. The updates fail. A while later the same updates are presented again. Anyone know how to remedy this. Thanks, John. The problem seems to be on Microsoft's end. I've have a lot of machines on my bench lately and all the Win7 machines have been updating smoothly but XP has been quite erratic. Just a hunch but I bet MS is delegating most of their server power to their newer OS's. |
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XP Pro sp3 updates fail
Machinist60 wrote:
Updates are set to notify and for the last couple of weeks when clicked to open a list (growing longer) is presented and when clicked to download there are a few seconds of router activity then action stops and the tray icon vanishes. The updates fail. A while later the same updates are presented again. Anyone know how to remedy this. When you have Updates set to Notify, downloading and installing them are separate actions. The updates have been downloaded, but not installed. Double left click the Notify tray icon. You should get a requester that provides a list of the updates, so you can choose which ones to install, then click Install. Stef |
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XP Pro sp3 updates fail
"Stef" wrote in message ... Machinist60 wrote: Updates are set to notify and for the last couple of weeks when clicked to open a list (growing longer) is presented and when clicked to download there are a few seconds of router activity then action stops and the tray icon vanishes. The updates fail. A while later the same updates are presented again. Anyone know how to remedy this. When you have Updates set to Notify, downloading and installing them are separate actions. The updates have been downloaded, but not installed. Double left click the Notify tray icon. You should get a requester that provides a list of the updates, so you can choose which ones to install, then click Install. Stef Yes I do get the page showing the list of updates, its when I click to install the page closes and there is a few seconds of internet activity the tray icon disappears and the updates have failed. |
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XP Pro sp3 updates fail
Machinist60 wrote:
"Stef" wrote in message ... Machinist60 wrote: Updates are set to notify and for the last couple of weeks when clicked to open a list (growing longer) is presented and when clicked to download there are a few seconds of router activity then action stops and the tray icon vanishes. The updates fail. A while later the same updates are presented again. Anyone know how to remedy this. When you have Updates set to Notify, downloading and installing them are separate actions. The updates have been downloaded, but not installed. Double left click the Notify tray icon. You should get a requester that provides a list of the updates, so you can choose which ones to install, then click Install. Stef Yes I do get the page showing the list of updates, its when I click to install the page closes and there is a few seconds of internet activity the tray icon disappears and the updates have failed. Some updates take a LONG time to install. How long do you wait before cancelling the update? I've had it take several hours to complete. Or the download was not totally completed for some reason. Delete the current downloaded updates, reboot and try again. Your anti-virus software may be interferring with install. Although such an occurance is rare. Stef |
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XP Pro sp3 updates fail
Presumably if you reinstall the O/S the updates
will go fast. There's no history for Microsoft to apply a cubic algorithm to. -- On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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