Papi wrote: Standard spiel for a Windows XP machine that won’t update properly (although you probably won’t be able to say the machine is clean without a wipe.) Download, install, run, update and perform a full scan (separately) with the following two applications (freeware versions are the ones to use for this):

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)

Hello Mehbs, That are the files needed for uninstallation the patches when you update your machine from windowsupdate.com or with WSUS. If you are sure that you not have to uninstall patches you can delete them, or if not totally sure, you can also burn them to disk and copy them back if you need to uninstall a patch.

Thanks - I’ll take a look at that. IE8 already dispensed with. Going to sit it out until beta 3, although I did hear a fix for the crashes — put …

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3) when posting to this newsgroup. What errors? How is this related to Windows Update (vs upgrading Windows)? OE-specific newsgroup: …

Did you purchase this laptop brand-new or as a rebuilt machine? When did you purchase it? Is Automatic Updates enabled (cf. [link] Open Add/Remove Programs & make …

I am still trying to research the problem, as My machine is doing precisely what Gordons has done, the wuauclt.exe runs at start up and continues to keep the hard drive …

Type into the start -> run Field “gpedit.msc” to open the Group Policy Configuration Console. Go to Computer Configuration -> Windows Setings -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> …

1. If you just (literally) did the clean install, try Methods 1 and/or 2 in the following KB article (Trust me): Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft …

The log on Windows Update is showing the “installed” updates(or attempts) & not the ones waiting to be installed. Today is what’s known as *Patch Tuesday* which is always on the …

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RE: Windows update replaces incorrect audio driver…