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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.net

Robert the Bruce wrote:
> I recently discovered to my horror that a total of 394 updates for Windows
> XP have failed after I checked my update history. I clicked on 'Start'
> then
> 'Run' then typed services.msc., clicked on OK and then started my
> background
> intelligent transfer service. This allowed me to install the five latest
> updates. I've had to go through this solution before. My Background
> Intelligent Transfer Service seems to revert to manual even after I've set
> it to Automatic. How can I install all of the 394 updates that have
> failed.
> I've set my computer to install updates automatically but I don't always
> have my computer switched on at the time which I've set the updates to
> install. Does having my computer turned off cause the updates failure ?
> And
> if so, how can I attempt to re-install these failures ?