Security updates fail almost immediately after transfering hard drive to a new computer

Hello.  I had a computer motherboard fail, so transfered the internal HD to a new but different model computer.  After running the XP setup to repair the OS and redetect the hardware, Windows is running pretty well, except the security updates fail immeditaely, with no errors to go on.  The automatic update procedure starts, and then it comes back saying updates were not successfully installed.  I checked the windows update log and can't see any errors.  Here are the last few lines I'm seeing:

2008-05-08      08:55:42:587      1664      1444      Report      REPORT EVENT: {3B8AA9BD-FB2F-4E0D-95C3-DAB4BBA5D46A}      2008-05-08 08:55:41:060-0500      1      188      102      {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}      0      0      AutomaticUpdates      Success      Content Install      Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for installation. This computer is currently scheduled to install these updates on Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 7:00 PM:  - Security Update for Windows XP (KB928843) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB890859) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB926247) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB914389) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB920683) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519) - Update for Windows XP (KB894391) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB896428) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB905749) - Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows XP - Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB901190) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB904706) - Critical Update for Office XP on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB885884) - Update for Windows XP (KB930916) - Update for Windows XP (KB916595) - Critical Update for Windows XP (KB886185) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB945553) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB920213) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB944338) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB900725) - Security Update for Wind
2008-05-08      08:55:42:587      1664      1444      Report      REPORT EVENT: {A62C48EB-4391-4CD6-9C1C-8B4FB5E5A6A5}      2008-05-08 08:55:41:668-0500      1      188      102      {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}      0      0      AutomaticUpdates      Success      Content Install      Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for installation. This computer is currently scheduled to install these updates on Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 7:00 PM:  - Security Update for Windows XP (KB928843) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB890859) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB926247) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB914389) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB920683) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519) - Update for Windows XP (KB894391) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB896428) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB905749) - Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows XP - Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB901190) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB904706) - Critical Update for Office XP on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB885884) - Update for Windows XP (KB930916) - Update for Windows XP (KB916595) - Critical Update for Windows XP (KB886185) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB945553) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB920213) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB944338) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB900725) - Security Update for Wind
2008-05-08      08:55:47:384      1664      1444      Report      REPORT EVENT: {9A5B8829-B77C-4248-B6FC-7333272B6D0F}      2008-05-08 08:55:42:384-0500      1      188      102      {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}      0      0      AutomaticUpdates      Success      Content Install      Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for installation. This computer is currently scheduled to install these updates on Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 7:00 PM:  - Security Update for Windows XP (KB928843) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB890859) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB926247) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB914389) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB920683) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519) - Update for Windows XP (KB894391) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB896428) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB905749) - Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows XP - Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB901190) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB904706) - Critical Update for Office XP on Windows XP Service Pack 2 (KB885884) - Update for Windows XP (KB930916) - Update for Windows XP (KB916595) - Critical Update for Windows XP (KB886185) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB945553) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB920213) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB944338) - Security Update for Windows XP (KB900725) - Security Update for WindStart Free Trial