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2003 Server Updates

Hello experts, I have a Windows 2003 Server w/ SP2.  It keeps alerting me that updates need to be installed.  When I try and install them, they fail to install.  I have rebooted the server and they still fail.  Can someone please tell me what to do?
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Go to Start, Run, wuauclt.exe /detectnow

From here, drill down to the updates and install one or two at a time till you have identified the one with the problem, then you can download this from the Microsoft site directly and install as a stand-alone patch.
What error do you get? Look into c:\windows\windowsupdate.log for any errors.

To clarify, the wuauclt.exe /detectnow will make the update logo appear in the systray (bottom right) and you will need to double-click on this.

X_layer is right - this is another way of identifying the problematic patch.
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So that does not work either.  All updates continue to fail quickly.  Here is the list:

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2423089)
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (KB2416451)
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (KB2572069)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2570222)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2229593)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2296011)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2566454)
Update Rollup for ActiveX Killbits for Windows Server 2003 (KB2562937)
Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2570791)
Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows Server 2003 (KB2508272)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2564958)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2393802)
Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 (KB2544521)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2535512)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2570947)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2485663)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2387149)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB975558)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2592799)
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x86 and Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (KB979907)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2360937)
Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2440591)
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Yep, It fails also.  I will contact Microsoft.  Thanks for all of the recommendations!