I didn't need to repair any installs, they all went through smoothly. There
isn't an updated driver for my USB thing unfortunately. However, I think
I'll do a defrag and just monitor the automatic updates as I have set this to
automatically download and install. Not a perfect solution, but one
nonetheless that saves me a heap of time that I just don't have to spend
fiddling with the computer.

Thanks for your suggestions Shenan.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
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> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > Might not be related...
> >
> > It seems some people are unable to get further updates after
> > installing SP3... Seems some have experienced a symptom similar to
> > doing a repair installation on Windows XP - and the same fix seems
> > to work for them for that...
> >
> > Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from
> > Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a
> > Windows XP installation
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144
>
> In addition - I suggest you get the latest driver for the wireless NIC and
> motherboard chipset... Might also - random - just defrag the drive.
>
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