Windows Updates not installing

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Stephen

I have a Toshiba Notebook that I ran the recovery disk to reset the factory
setting which included XP Home. I can go to Windows Update and download and
install all the updates.

However I need IIS so I updated to XP Pro. But I keep on getting
installation failures for every patch I download from the Windows Update
site. I have now gone back to scratch 5 times to try to resolve this issue,
but each time I get the same result. I am doing a straight XP Pro upgrade,
not custom, and I turned off Nortons to no avail.

Why does XP Home updates go smoothly while XP Pro fails every time? Can
anyone help me?
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I had the same problem and for some reason (it was working before) Norton
decided to "block" the Windows update program......check out your firewall
I have Norton 360 and went to "advanced settings" then to "FIREWALL" then to
FIRWALL PROCTECTION SETTINGS in there check the list to see if your updater
is blocked.

"Stephen" wrote:

> I have a Toshiba Notebook that I ran the recovery disk to reset the factory
> setting which included XP Home. I can go to Windows Update and download and
> install all the updates.
>
> However I need IIS so I updated to XP Pro. But I keep on getting
> installation failures for every patch I download from the Windows Update
> site. I have now gone back to scratch 5 times to try to resolve this issue,
> but each time I get the same result. I am doing a straight XP Pro upgrade,
> not custom, and I turned off Nortons to no avail.
>
> Why does XP Home updates go smoothly while XP Pro fails every time? Can
> anyone help me?
> --
> The best for less
 
Fergie 1947 wrote:
> I had the same problem and for some reason (it was working before) Norton
> decided to "block" the Windows update program......check out your firewall
> I have Norton 360 and went to "advanced settings" then to "FIREWALL" then to
> FIRWALL PROCTECTION SETTINGS in there check the list to see if your updater
> is blocked.
>
> "Stephen" wrote:
>
>> I have a Toshiba Notebook that I ran the recovery disk to reset the factory
>> setting which included XP Home. I can go to Windows Update and download and
>> install all the updates.
>>
>> However I need IIS so I updated to XP Pro. But I keep on getting
>> installation failures for every patch I download from the Windows Update
>> site. I have now gone back to scratch 5 times to try to resolve this issue,
>> but each time I get the same result. I am doing a straight XP Pro upgrade,
>> not custom, and I turned off Nortons to no avail.
>>
>> Why does XP Home updates go smoothly while XP Pro fails every time? Can
>> anyone help me?
>> --
>> The best for less
Try this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

I had the same problem with a Toshiba notebook and this corrected the
problem
 
Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP
installation
[ignore the title]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
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Stephen wrote:
> I have a Toshiba Notebook that I ran the recovery disk to reset the
> factory
> setting which included XP Home. I can go to Windows Update and download
> and
> install all the updates.
>
> However I need IIS so I updated to XP Pro. But I keep on getting
> installation failures for every patch I download from the Windows Update
> site. I have now gone back to scratch 5 times to try to resolve this
> issue,
> but each time I get the same result. I am doing a straight XP Pro
> upgrade,
> not custom, and I turned off Nortons to no avail.
>
> Why does XP Home updates go smoothly while XP Pro fails every time? Can
> anyone help me?
 
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