Re: microsoft windows updates

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

amadeus wrote:
> my main question: ive used auto updates [ive tried different settings]
> for
> a long time but for quite a while, they dont seem to download and or
> install. every time i use the pc, i get notices for dozens of updates, so
> they dont seem to be downloading and or installing.
> so, i also went direct to msw
> download
> updates and managed to get some security updates downloaded and installed
> but not others. ALSO, i tried
> to
> download msw upgraded updates [or whatever its called]. it said i needed
> a
> new msw gen. adv. inst. tool [or something like that and i forget the
> update
> number]....but it downloaded but failed to install.
> AND the main question problem continues.
> any answers out there? thanks.