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Windows updates will not install

Tags: Microsoft, windows, xp
I have a new machine in which windows updates will not install.  Right now if I run windows update in the custom setting I can select 88 updates, I removed office updates.

It will go through the process of saying it is downloading each update, but each is already downloaded so it goes really quickly. Then it will go to a message saying all updates failed.

this is a new machine but I cloned over the hard drive of the machine it is replacing.

Thanks for any suggestions

Sky
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Question Asked By: skykuhl
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Comment by sandeshdevang
Steps To Do For Updating Windows XP SP1 to SP2

1.Uninstall all the antivirus software from the computer.

2.Restart the computer and login as an Administrator.

3.Logon to the Microsoft website using the link below.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

4.Check if the necessary updates for the SP 1 is completed
 " Click on custom
 " View details
 " Only do the update for the SP 1

5. Restart the computer

6. Go back to the link for the update
 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

7. Click on the update to SP 2

8. Click on Express

9. If you get an Error Access Denied
 " Follow the following document of Microsoft
 " http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873148

10. Reinitiate the SP2 Installation.

11. This should work.

 
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Comment by JManeelyCo
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

Method 1 worked for me and I did *not* do a repair on my installation.
 
 
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