Guest JIM Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 IT SEEMS AFTER SEVERAL YEARS IM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVEING PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS UPDATES, I BOUGHT WIN.XP AND A NEW HARD DRIVE, TECK SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING, AND TO THIS DAY THE UPDATES STILL FAIL EVERYONE OF THEM, CANT FIG. IT OUT, IS FAR AS MY CONCERN MICROSFT WINDOWS IS NOTHING BUT JUNK, I HAD 9 UDATES AUG 15, EVERYONE FAILED AGAIN, THE REAL QUESTION IS ARE WE SAFE, HELL NO, MAYBE THEY SHOULD GIVE WINDOWS OPERATION SYSTEMS OUT FOR FREE IF YOU ASK ME.....
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 JIM wrote: > IT SEEMS AFTER SEVERAL YEARS IM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVEING PROBLEMS > WITH WINDOWS UPDATES, I BOUGHT WIN.XP AND A NEW HARD DRIVE, TECK > SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING, AND TO THIS DAY THE UPDATES STILL FAIL > EVERYONE OF THEM, CANT FIG. IT OUT, IS FAR AS MY CONCERN MICROSFT > WINDOWS IS NOTHING BUT JUNK, I HAD 9 UDATES AUG 15, EVERYONE FAILED > AGAIN, THE REAL QUESTION IS ARE WE SAFE, HELL NO, MAYBE THEY SHOULD > GIVE WINDOWS OPERATION SYSTEMS OUT FOR FREE IF YOU ASK ME..... I see that you may be frustrated. All Upper Case posting... http://www.wisegeek.com/why-should-i-avoid-capital-letters-in-email-addresses-and-other-online-forms.htm You are *not* the only one having trouble with Windows Updates. I am not the only one *not* having trouble with Windows Updates. Some people have trouble - others do not. Usually the trouble can be fixed and/or traced back to a change made between the last time it worked and now (the time it did not work) - although sometimes it *is* the updates themselves that cause issues. You say 'failed again'... Does that mean the updates failed last month as well? Have they been failing consistently for some time? If so, try this: Get Dial-a-Fix: http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix Use its options to fix: - Windows Installer - Windows Update - All the Registration Center options. Turn off the "Empty System32\Catroot 2" Do NOT do "Flush SoftwareDistribution". Then click "GO" and wait until it is done... Reboot. - Download/Install Windows Update v3. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237 You *WILL* want to install it using the command line switch "/wuforce" right after a reboot - immediately after logging in. - Download/Install the 927891 patch. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7A81B0CD-A0B9-497E-8A89-404327772E5A - Reboot. If you are tired of Windows that much - remove it and install something else. Perhaps Ubuntu... http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ Otherwise I hope your rant helped you in some way. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest realcestmoi Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Hi there, Typing everything in capital letters is considered as shouting, perhaps your capslock got stuck? Some people have problems with their updates, that is why this site is here. Some do not have problems at all with updates. There can be many reasons for updates not functioning well most of the times it is because of the man or woman behind the computer who cleans some things up the wrong way, is infected with malware and so on. In very little cases the update is not 100%. Using Linux is an option but needs quite some studying. Anyways it might be better to put your problems here and who knows some friendly guy or girl might help you out? Best regards, Miche Denie "JIM" <JIM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC2F4070-1E4F-48A9-8136-73447AD02B59@microsoft.com... > IT SEEMS AFTER SEVERAL YEARS IM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVEING PROBLEMS WITH > WINDOWS UPDATES, I BOUGHT WIN.XP AND A NEW HARD DRIVE, TECK SUPPORT AND > EVERYTHING, AND TO THIS DAY THE UPDATES STILL FAIL EVERYONE OF THEM, CANT > FIG. IT OUT, IS FAR AS MY CONCERN MICROSFT WINDOWS IS NOTHING BUT JUNK, I > HAD > 9 UDATES AUG 15, EVERYONE FAILED AGAIN, THE REAL QUESTION IS ARE WE SAFE, > HELL NO, MAYBE THEY SHOULD GIVE WINDOWS OPERATION SYSTEMS OUT FOR FREE IF > YOU > ASK ME.....
Guest John Huetteman Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > JIM wrote: > > IT SEEMS AFTER SEVERAL YEARS IM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVEING PROBLEMS > > WITH WINDOWS UPDATES, I BOUGHT WIN.XP AND A NEW HARD DRIVE, TECK > > SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING, AND TO THIS DAY THE UPDATES STILL FAIL > > EVERYONE OF THEM, CANT FIG. IT OUT, IS FAR AS MY CONCERN MICROSFT > > WINDOWS IS NOTHING BUT JUNK, I HAD 9 UDATES AUG 15, EVERYONE FAILED > > AGAIN, THE REAL QUESTION IS ARE WE SAFE, HELL NO, MAYBE THEY SHOULD > > GIVE WINDOWS OPERATION SYSTEMS OUT FOR FREE IF YOU ASK ME..... > > I see that you may be frustrated. > > All Upper Case posting... > http://www.wisegeek.com/why-should-i-avoid-capital-letters-in-email-addresses-and-other-online-forms.htm > > You are *not* the only one having trouble with Windows Updates. I am not > the only one *not* having trouble with Windows Updates. Some people have > trouble - others do not. Usually the trouble can be fixed and/or traced > back to a change made between the last time it worked and now (the time it > did not work) - although sometimes it *is* the updates themselves that cause > issues. > > You say 'failed again'... Does that mean the updates failed last month as > well? Have they been failing consistently for some time? > > If so, try this: > Get Dial-a-Fix: > http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix > > Use its options to fix: > - Windows Installer > - Windows Update > - All the Registration Center options. > > Turn off the "Empty System32\Catroot 2" > Do NOT do "Flush SoftwareDistribution". > > Then click "GO" and wait until it is done... Reboot. > > - Download/Install Windows Update v3. > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237 > You *WILL* want to install it using the command line switch "/wuforce" right > after a reboot - immediately after logging in. > > - Download/Install the 927891 patch. > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7A81B0CD-A0B9-497E-8A89-404327772E5A > > - Reboot. > > If you are tired of Windows that much - remove it and install something > else. Perhaps Ubuntu... > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ > > Otherwise I hope your rant helped you in some way. > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP People could learn alot from you Shenan Stanley. Kudos to your response, it (other than its tone!) was actually very informative. I have been having problems with Windows but am not complaining about the product itself which if I had more money I would have Microsoft everything! I am more scared that I Windows will potentially crash and leave me without a functional computer which I rely upon heavily as my crutch while I am in a "healing" pattern while off on disability for two months. It is my only connection to my office email as well as my therapeutic hobbies like writing the crappy reviews I write and other ridiculous hobbies I wouldn't waste a second of time on if I weren't stuck at home. That means that I really won't have anything if my computer goes down. Any chance someone could help me out with my Add/Remove Programs nightmare that has a gazillion programs I don't recognize with the Remove button missing on everything so I cannot remove anything? I am runninng authentic Windows XP Home SP2 but since I purchased the computer from Boeing Industries don't have any discs. Also, I have constantly erased the restore points since I had been trying to keep my computer running fast and so I have nothing to restore it to! I am not very computer literate, but may be able to handle this with someone's help and good (simple step by step) instruction in English (versus computer lingo) and any slang is okay too! > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > >
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