Updates Not Installing

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I have installed SP3 and a lot of other updates, but all the sudden recently
every update that I try to install, the computer says that it can't install
them. It never says why though, doesn't give me an error number or anything,
just says there is a problem that is keeping it from installing them. Any
ideas as to what I can do to get them to work or find out why they aren't
working?
 
Zintain wrote:
> I have installed SP3 and a lot of other updates, but all the sudden
> recently every update that I try to install, the computer says that
> it can't install them. It never says why though, doesn't give me
> an error number or anything, just says there is a problem that is
> keeping it from installing them. Any ideas as to what I can do to
> get them to work or find out why they aren't working?

Two things to try (ignore any article titles - do any suggested methods...)

1) http://www.codeplex.com/aureset

2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

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I have the same problem as the original poster. I tried your 1st solution -
now none of the updates that were showing before show up let alone install.
Why are none of the Office 2003 updates i needed not showing up now? Has this
stuffed up things?
THanks in advance.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Zintain wrote:
> > I have installed SP3 and a lot of other updates, but all the sudden
> > recently every update that I try to install, the computer says that
> > it can't install them. It never says why though, doesn't give me
> > an error number or anything, just says there is a problem that is
> > keeping it from installing them. Any ideas as to what I can do to
> > get them to work or find out why they aren't working?
>
> Two things to try (ignore any article titles - do any suggested methods...)
>
> 1) http://www.codeplex.com/aureset
>
> 2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>
 
PG1 wrote:
> I have the same problem as the original poster. I tried your 1st
> solution - now none of the updates that were showing before show up
> let alone install. Why are none of the Office 2003 updates i needed
> not showing up now? Has this stuffed up things?

Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and do a custom scan... (You may
have some preliminary installs to do before you can do a custom scan...)

Install the Microsoft update stuff...

Don't do the hardware updates.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
Thanks a bunch, this worked for me....I can start to install my updates again!

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Zintain wrote:
> > I have installed SP3 and a lot of other updates, but all the sudden
> > recently every update that I try to install, the computer says that
> > it can't install them. It never says why though, doesn't give me
> > an error number or anything, just says there is a problem that is
> > keeping it from installing them. Any ideas as to what I can do to
> > get them to work or find out why they aren't working?
>
> Two things to try (ignore any article titles - do any suggested methods...)
>
> 1) http://www.codeplex.com/aureset
>
> 2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>
 
same problem for me,

method 2 worked for me

cheers,
Marc

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Zintain wrote:
> > I have installed SP3 and a lot of other updates, but all the sudden
> > recently every update that I try to install, the computer says that
> > it can't install them. It never says why though, doesn't give me
> > an error number or anything, just says there is a problem that is
> > keeping it from installing them. Any ideas as to what I can do to
> > get them to work or find out why they aren't working?
>
> Two things to try (ignore any article titles - do any suggested methods...)
>
> 1) http://www.codeplex.com/aureset
>
> 2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>
 
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