I am unable to download & install any updates on my Dell with Windows XP, Home Edition

"Miriam" <mglover-wetherington@nc.rr.com> wrote in message news:04cb01c365e8$3475a890$a601280a@phx.gbl... Win 2000 and XP are the targeted systems. Users of Win98 are not affected. Go to...

I can no longer run Windows Update on my desktop running Windows 2000 Pro, SP3. This worked as of a few days ago. Below are the log entries from Windows Update.log. Any ideas? 2003-08-18 17:49:47...

I downloaded all the service packs and updates from the Microsoft site for my daughters compaq. They show as fully downloaded but fail to automatically install. I went to my computer and opened...

COULD SOME ONE PLEASE HELP!

I mistakening downloaded an update twice. Should I just leave it or delete it and if so can you tell me how? Thanks

this is the latest critical update for xp. I have tried to install it 36 times unsucessfully. can anybody help?

i keep getting the automatic update notice at the bottom of my screen that "Security Update 819696" is available to download and install - if i download and install it, it will show as successful in...

I updated something twice-- should I delete that one and if so could you tell me how Thanks

Hi Donna, You could try doing the following which is suggested in the Windows Update Troubleshooter (http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/) for the problem you described below. This...

Since July 21, 2003, all of the microsoft updates have failed. I don't know why, and I would like to know what to do about this. I am running Windows XP. Please help!!!

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Don, Are you downloading from Windows Update? Try downloading from the...

Michelle, I have the same problem. It goes to scan and then comes up with an un-numbered error. If you find out what's going on will you let me know? Thanks from Minnesota! Ted

Go to window update page and get some set up, try to download and no go, goes through the routine of downloading and then it shows that the updates failed to install. Disabled Zone alarm 4.0 fix-it...

Can anyone attach or e-mail me these two files from a Windows XP Home System? Thanks to a Microsoft article, I deleted them from my system, can't locate them on my XP CD, can't locate them...

Can anyone please tell me how I can get this update installed on my Win XP computer? I have downloaded it a number of times and it goes through the download and install, and windows update says it...

I can't find a fix either. And selected "no" just wanted me to save a useless file. good luck everyone

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! The host file entry worked. I had spent two days on this. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Nick --