took me two days to get windows up date to work..it stoped working and would
not get updates.gave a error number..the fools at microsoft,said they didnt
know and to come to this web site,to see if any one here knew,no body here
knew the fix..i just kept going to different vista web sites,,kept serching
for an answer,,i found this one little thing to click on and ,,installed
it..clicked everything off and went to windows up date and clicked on get
updates,it came up with 31 updates.79.2mb..the way vista is it should of been
2000..now that i got the udateing thing to work,im going to do another manual
restore point.if any one else is haveing the same problem..i found the fix

"wheelman" <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFE8D32F-68EB-4EAE-A4E6-5312B71BA2F9@microsoft.com...
> took me two days to get windows up date to work..it stoped working and
> would
> not get updates.gave a error number..the fools at microsoft,said they
> didnt
> know and to come to this web site,to see if any one here knew,no body here
> knew the fix..i just kept going to different vista web sites,,kept
> serching
> for an answer,,i found this one little thing to click on and ,,installed
> it..clicked everything off and went to windows up date and clicked on get
> updates,it came up with 31 updates.79.2mb..the way vista is it should of
> been
> 2000..now that i got the udateing thing to work,im going to do another
> manual
> restore point.if any one else is haveing the same problem..i found the fix


Something similar happens with me, but on a less dramatic scale with and
only withVista U, not HB HP or B. The installer updates *itself* first and
is supposed to automatically restart. Here I find there's a temporary glitch
in that the U version doesn't do that for me and I have to re-access the
Windows Update applet and get it going again. But it's never been more than
a few minutes.

I know it sounds corny and it's only an operating system, but these issues
are getting resolved. SP1, in particular, should solve many issues
(although, no doubt it, will cause the odd one to the glee of the linux and
apple fanbois). But overall, Vista is heading quickly to where XP is now
i.e. relatively stable across the board.

Saucy

my problem with..all the updates and fixes,like the service packs
comeing.is..we bought a defective os and now they are killing us with
fixes..trying to save there butts.but is you have to,or want to do a full
reinstall..of the os,,how much crap and junk.will you have to go down
load..from there site..i spent 240.00 for this,i want a stand alone
program..i should not have to go for 31 updates from the get go and more in
the future,to make this work like it should of,off of the os dvd..i paid
for..i will allways feel cheated...

"Saucy" wrote:

> "wheelman" <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFE8D32F-68EB-4EAE-A4E6-5312B71BA2F9@microsoft.com...
> > took me two days to get windows up date to work..it stoped working and
> > would
> > not get updates.gave a error number..the fools at microsoft,said they
> > didnt
> > know and to come to this web site,to see if any one here knew,no body here
> > knew the fix..i just kept going to different vista web sites,,kept
> > serching
> > for an answer,,i found this one little thing to click on and ,,installed
> > it..clicked everything off and went to windows up date and clicked on get
> > updates,it came up with 31 updates.79.2mb..the way vista is it should of
> > been
> > 2000..now that i got the udateing thing to work,im going to do another
> > manual
> > restore point.if any one else is haveing the same problem..i found the fix
>
>
> Something similar happens with me, but on a less dramatic scale with and
> only withVista U, not HB HP or B. The installer updates *itself* first and
> is supposed to automatically restart. Here I find there's a temporary glitch
> in that the U version doesn't do that for me and I have to re-access the
> Windows Update applet and get it going again. But it's never been more than
> a few minutes.
>
> I know it sounds corny and it's only an operating system, but these issues
> are getting resolved. SP1, in particular, should solve many issues
> (although, no doubt it, will cause the odd one to the glee of the linux and
> apple fanbois). But overall, Vista is heading quickly to where XP is now
> i.e. relatively stable across the board.
>
> Saucy
>
>

"wheelman" <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0BBEDC39-2443-4CB3-B767-6380D8BB41C4@microsoft.com...
> my problem with..all the updates and fixes,like the service packs
> comeing.is..we bought a defective os and now they are killing us with
> fixes..trying to save there butts.but is you have to,or want to do a full
> reinstall..of the os,,how much crap and junk.will you have to go down
> load..from there site..i spent 240.00 for this,i want a stand alone
> program..i should not have to go for 31 updates from the get go and more
> in
> the future,to make this work like it should of,off of the os dvd..i paid
> for..i will allways feel cheated...
>
><chop>

Don't. This is as it's been for years. Every new client OS from Microsoft
has teething problems the first year. XP was just like this when it came
out. 2000 Professional had issues and so on [with 2000, people at first were
saying the Beta 3 was better than the RTM .. but that changed soon enough].

There are a lot of software/hardware permutations and combinations out there
and it takes a while for things to settle down. That, plus all the run of
the mill issues that people are always having cause the commotion, but
things will settle down soon enough - probably especially with the release
of the upcoming service pack.

As for the updating. I'm sorry, but that is the computing world. Every
single modern operating system out there needs updates on an ongoing basis -
that's just reality when there are so many criminals out there ready to take
advantage of any known vulnerability. Microsoft has a setting so they can be
done automatically, so most people will hardly notice them.

Saucy