A
~~Alan~~
I had a computer that was on its last leg. I had another computer to use
but instead of reinstalling an OS and all of my applications to start clean,
I decided to remove the disk from the bad computer and put it into the new
computer.
I expected WinXP to not boot since the disk was configured for another
machine. I read somewhere that I can do a repair install and then reapply
the updates.
The repair install worked. The system boots and my applications are still
intact.
The first update downloaded and installed. It was the WGA thing. I
rebooted and the next set up updates downloaded, about 78 of them, and they
all failed. I have tried rebooting again, downloaded manually from Windows
Update, but to no avail. I manually downloaded and installed IE7
successfully, but the other 70 someodd updates still fail.
any suggestions?
thanks,
~alan
but instead of reinstalling an OS and all of my applications to start clean,
I decided to remove the disk from the bad computer and put it into the new
computer.
I expected WinXP to not boot since the disk was configured for another
machine. I read somewhere that I can do a repair install and then reapply
the updates.
The repair install worked. The system boots and my applications are still
intact.
The first update downloaded and installed. It was the WGA thing. I
rebooted and the next set up updates downloaded, about 78 of them, and they
all failed. I have tried rebooting again, downloaded manually from Windows
Update, but to no avail. I manually downloaded and installed IE7
successfully, but the other 70 someodd updates still fail.
any suggestions?
thanks,
~alan