B.A. wrote:
> I had my windows auto updates on but am having a problem with
> updates for the Silverlight.KB960353..says cannot be updated..It
> also said it would download auto. and shut off my system..I woke up
> one morning and my system was still on and the update never
> happened..It got so frustrating that I turned off auto.To my UTTER
> SURPRISE the update icon came up even after I shut auto. down..So
> what's going on MICROSOFT??
Your computer - out of the millions that likely got that update with no
problems and whose automatic updates are working well - is having a problem
getting that one update and it is "Microsoft's issue", not yours? *grin*
That's funny.
Try this:
- Uninstall Silverlight (Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs --> "Show
Updates" checked --> locate, select and remove "Microsoft Silverlight" from
the list.)
- Reboot.
- Download and install the latest SilverLight from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight...s/install.aspx
If that does fail (for whatever reason) - come back and reply to this
conversation with the error messages (if any) you receive.
You also may want to cleanup your machine and verify your update system is
clean/working/fully updated as well by following the instructions I am about
to give step-by-step...
Download, install, run, update and perform a full scan (separately) with the
following two applications (freeware versions are the ones to use for this):
SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/
MalwareBytes
http://www.malwarebytes.com/
After performing a full scan with one and then the other and removing
whatever they both find completely, you may uninstall these products,
if you wish.
Reboot.
Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\net stop wuauserv
--> Click OK.
Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\wups2.dll
--> Click OK.
Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemRoot%\system32\net start wuauserv
--> Click OK.
Download the latest version of the Windows Update agent from here (x86):
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=91237
.... and save it to the root of your C:\ drive. After saving it to the root
of the C:\ drive, do the following:
Close all Internet Explorer windows and other applications.
Start button --> RUN and type in:
%SystemDrive%\windowsupdateagent30-x86.exe /WUFORCE
--> Click OK.
(If asked, select "Run.) --> Click on NEXT --> Select "I agree" and click on
NEXT --> When it finishes installing, click on "Finish"...
Reboot.
Download/Install the latest Windows Installer (for your OS):
( Windows XP 32-bit : WindowsXP-KB942288-v3-x86.exe )
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/d...displaylang=en
Reboot.
Log on as an user with administrative rights and open Internet Explorer and
visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and select to do a CUSTOM scan...
(Every time you are about to click on something while at these web pages -
first press and hold down the CTRL key while you click on it. You can
release the CTRL key after clicking each time.)
Once the scan is done, select just _ONE_ of the high priority updates
(deselect any others) and install it.
Reboot again.
If it did work - try the web page again - selecting no more than 3-5 at a
time.
The Optional Software updates are generally safe - although I recommend
against the "Windows Search" one and any of the "Office Live" ones for
now. I would completely avoid the Optional Hardware updates.
Come back - let us know if that worked.
.... Really - come back and let everyone know if that worked.
** If it seemed to have failed, do this: **
Check the status of these two services:
- Automatic Updates
- Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK. In the list of
services, find those two, right click on them one at a time and choose
properties. In the Startup type list, what is each of them set to?
Report that here.
Then:
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type: %windir%\windowsupdate.log
and then click OK.
Scroll down towards the bottom for the latest entries to locate any error
code(s) or explanation as to why the page cannot be displayed.
You can copy/paste the last 50 or so lines here...
How to read the Windowsupdate.log file:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093
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Shenan Stanley
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