Can't update windows

[Del]

No, I wasn't trying to use a non-IE browser to do windows updates.

No, I don't use IE on a regular basis.

Yes, I will report mean/flame posts.


Start --> windows update :
mini-IE screen comes up. I make it bigger.
Loads for a while, lots of that click thingy sound of the page changing... yes... very annoying.

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help?

 

[Droogie]

Are you using Vista or XP?

 

[G25r8cer]

^^ Read the pic in his Sig!

 

[Gareth]

Id re-install Windows, after looking around on the internet, that seems to be the solution.

 

[Del]

Ah sorry, I'm using windows XP pro sp2.

I can't reinstall, it was a friend's disk. Friend has the disk now and we don't see eachother very often.

 

[mep916]

Directly download SP3...

http://download.windowsupdate.com/m..._c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4.exe

This will cover all the updates since SP2. See if Windows Update works after the installation.

 

[Del]

I'll try, but I'm on dial-up and windows updates haven't been working for me for a while.

300mbs???? O.O 150 mb files take around 17 hours...

 

[cohen]

Maybe cause of your internet connection the updates aren't downloading properly.

 

[Del]

Well, I always expected those updates to cancel when my net disconnected, but all in all they generally downloaded. Now, I get that error before I even start choosing which updates to download and which to not.