windows update fail to download

i have a system running windows xp pro with SP3. i just ran the recovery disk
with now problems and procedded to do all the needed update. most of the
updates downloaded and installed with no problems. but at the moment i have
75 updates that refuse to download, they all fail and im not sure if there
are more updates after these 75. please help!!!

Windows update wrote:
> i have a system running windows xp pro with SP3. i just ran the
> recovery disk with now problems and procedded to do all the needed
> update. most of the updates downloaded and installed with no
> problems. but at the moment i have 75 updates that refuse to
> download, they all fail and im not sure if there are more updates
> after these 75. please help!!!

This must have been quite the 'recovery disk' your OEM provided you.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058

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HOW TO do a clean install of WinXP: See
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps and/or Method 1 in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978307

After the clean install, you will have the equivalent of a "new computer" so
take care of everything on the following page before otherwise connecting
the machine to the internet or a local network (i.e., other computers) and
before using a flash drive or SDCard that isn't brand-new or hasn't been
freshly formatted:

4 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pypc.aspx

Other helpful references include:

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched
(after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...5afa8ed33e121c

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched (after a
clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...66ae41add7dd2b

Tip: After getting the computer fully-patched, download/install KB971029
manually: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971029

NB: Any Norton or McAfee free-trial that came preinstalled on the computer
when you bought it will be reinstalled (but invalid) when Windows is
reinstalled. You MUST uninstall the free-trial and download/run the
appropriate removal tool before installing any updates, Windows Service
Packs or IE upgrades and before installing your new anti-virus application
(which will require WinXP SP3 to be installed).

Norton Removal Tool
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...moval_Tool.exe

McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool
http://download.mcafee.com/products/...tches/MCPR.exe


Windows update wrote:
> i have a system running windows xp pro with SP3. i just ran the recovery
> disk with now problems and procedded to do all the needed update. most of
> the updates downloaded and installed with no problems. but at the moment i
> have 75 updates that refuse to download, they all fail and im not sure if
> there are more updates after these 75. please help!!!