Hello Shenan Stanley,

Strange things do happen. My initials are also "SS". Thank you for you reply
and your suggestion I have already downloaded Dial-a-fix, buit I am now
pressed for time as I have some commitments and cannot deal with the problem
at the moment. I will however press on and get back to you with the results.

Meanwhile thanks again for your timuous thread. I was about giving up when I
came back and saw it. I now have a glimmer of hope.

Best wishes.

stan Lee
--
Paralegal


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> stan wrote:
> > I run Windows XP Pro. SP2. Five days ago I had a 80 gb hard drive
> > installed to my system. for storage purposes because the 20gb Hard
> > Drive I use became too small.
> > However I have discovered that since then, when I try to download
> > updates I receive a message "The following Updates were not
> > installed and that I should check my update past updates and try
> > again". I have tried that and have even tried switching off my
> > firewall and popup blocker in order to get the required updates but
> > to no avail.
> >
> > I am not very new to computers but have practically no IT
> > experience. Although I have made searches to find a solution I am
> > still without one.
> >
> > I shall appreciate it greatly if your community can assist me.
>
> Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update,
> from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after
> you repair a Windows XP installation
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
> (Try it even if you did a clean, not repair, installation.)
> (Try it even if you performed some sort of restore - not repair install.)
>
> Can't figure that out?
>
> 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 will be needed.
>
> - Download/Install Windows Update v3.
>
> http://download.windowsupdate.com/Wi...gent30-x86.exe
> (You *may* need to install it using the command line switch "/wuforce"
> right after the reboot - immediately after logging in.)
>
> - Download/Install the 927891 patch.
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...9-404327772E5A
>
> - Reboot.
>
> - Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and scan for/install updates.
>
> - Come back and let us know how things went!
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
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> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
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