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| 699906 | 2008-08-24 04:51:00 | I'm a bit of an XP virgin(late updater), anywayI turned off Windows Update right from installation and sorted out my setup and and backup systems. After a few months I've done another backup and decieded it was a good time to turn on the updater and get right up to date, SP3 and all that. After turning on the updater I left the computer to do its thing, untill there was no more internet activity. Checking things out there seems to be a small number of updates, and large number of failed updates from over the period that I had the updates turned off. Microsoft had an update troubleshooter but I found it useless. How can I activate these downloads or redownload them so they can be installed?? | PPp (9511) | ||
| 699907 | 2008-08-24 05:01:00 | Go to the windowsupdate site and see how many havent been downloaded. And if youre broadband, select whatever you want, and download. Or click on each + (and click on the link), then get the updates manually, then install them Just dont download the drivers from that site |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 699908 | 2008-08-24 05:15:00 | Sometimes XP SP3 breaks windows Updates. To repair it go to This site here (www.softpedia.com) - download Dial A Fix, open the program put ticks in all the boxes then run it. (click on the Picture on the left and you will see the interface) Reboot then retry windows updates - should work. The download link on that page is on the right hand side ,says "Download Dial A Fix." |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 699909 | 2008-08-24 05:18:00 | If it aint broke dont fix it! Install SP2, leave the rest alone. i have been running xp pro on 4 computers since 2001 and never had serious problems. If you have a recent copy of xp, sp2 is probably included. No need for sp3 unless you have security problems. Just have a good firewall (zone alarm) & avg8 antivirus/anti spy. Use Firefox 3 browser. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 699910 | 2008-08-24 08:31:00 | Thanks guys found the manual MS download site and did SP3, it seemed to reinvigorate Automatic update which suddenly found quite a few more updates. I'll keep the link thanks wainuitech. I'm well secured in all departments thanks Mzee, but good advice all the same. | PPp (9511) | ||
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