How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server
Update Services installation issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906602
1. See the "Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having" section of
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
2. You cannot install some updates or programs
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;822798
3a. Check Windowsupdate.log (%windir%\Windowsupdate.log) for errors
associated with the download/install.
How to read the Windowsupdate.log file
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093
3b. Compare errors to those listed here:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive...date_codes.htm and/or go to
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > click on Help and Support link in left
pane > Solve problems on your own.
4. Windows Update Checklist:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm
5. Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/mi*croso....windowsupdate
Archive of Windows Update newsgroup:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....windowsupdate
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
maand90 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I got some problems with Microsoft update
>
> First: on my laptop I’m trying to use the Microsoft update, but problem
> is
> that it wants me to install it when I already got it.
> when I press "begin" (on the website when I’ve pressed Microsoft update,
> from the start menu) and then continue, it just says an error one of the
> errors is that it want me go into settings, internet settings, safety and
> change so the save user data is activated. But it already is... why does
> this happen?
>
> or it can also come another error that want me to go into control panel,
> administration settings, and services, and check that automatic updates is
> started and put on automatic, then it also want the "BITS" (background
> intelligence transfer service) to be started and put on manual, last thing
> it want to be started is the even log it also want it to be put on
> automatic... When I put automatic updates on automatic it works, but when
> I
> try to start automatic updates from there it gives me and error that says:
>
> "It didn’t work to start the service Automatic Updates on local
> computer.
>
> Error 0x80004015: The Class is configured to drive as a security-id is
> different between the receivers"
>
> Why does this happen?
>
>
> And on my normal computer it is always taking like 10-30 minutes to check
> if
> there are new updates for my computer, why is it so slow?
>
> Sorry for my bad English but I was in a hurry, so I wrote this pretty
> fast,
> had to translate some stuff from Swedish