Today, a few minutes after booting into Vista again, I got the message
that updates were waiting to be installed -- 42 of them! And the update
history log showed that all 42 updates had failed to install yesterday.
Perce
On 09/05/10 01:27 pm, I wrote:
> Yesterday I pressed Restart when I logged out of Linux Mint and walked
> away. Later I came back and found that it had booted into Vista and was
> waiting for me to log in, but as we were about to go out I chose Shut
> Down instead -- only to be greeted by "Do not turn off your machine.
> Installing ... of 42 updates." All seems to be fine now. Windows is weird.
>
> Perce
>
>
> On 08/31/10 06:53 pm, I wrote:
>
>> I have also tried installing just one or two at a time of the reluctant
>> 42 -- different ones on different occasions. None has installed
>> successfully.
>
>>> May takes a bit longer but I never install more than 2-3 updates at a
>>> time depending on the size of them. The real important ones go in by
>>> themselves. At least is something doesn't go quite right at least you
>>> have a handle on where to start looking.
>
>>>> Except for having installed a few programs in between installing SP1
>>>> and SP2 (because I didn't realize at first that there was an SP2),
>>>> what you are suggesting is what got me to where I am now.
>>>>
>>>> So, again, what assurance is there that I won't end up in the same
>>>> place again?
>>>>
>>>> Oh, and as for antivirus software: I installed MSE and uninstalled the
>>>> trial version of Norton. I have also tried deactivating MSE before
>>>> trying to install these reluctant updates.
>>
>>>>> You could spend days trying to fix something that is hopelessly broken
>>>>> or you could spend a few hours doing a clean install.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wipe your system clean. Install the OS then install a good antivirus.
>>>>> Once that is done, do Windows updates. Then install your programs and
>>>>> then restore your data. Process could take 4 hours or so.
>>>>>
>>>>> How many hours have you already spent trying to fix what's wrong
>>>>> and if
>>>>> you do get it "fixed", is it really fixed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Start over. Hopefully you back up your data because it's not IF a hard
>>>>> drive fails, it's WHEN!
>>>>
>>>>>> I reported earlier that I had been unable to install SP2 on Vista
>>>>>> Business.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After restoring from a backup I was able to install SP2, and when I
>>>>>> rebooted I was informed that a further 47 updates were available. I
>>>>>> gave it the go ahead, but only 5 were successful. Repeated
>>>>>> attempts to
>>>>>> install the remaining 42 (many of which are described as important
>>>>>> security updates) have failed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have downloaded and installed the System Update Readiness tool, but
>>>>>> the log file it created shows no errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The next step, according to Microsoft, is to use the original
>>>>>> installation DVD to perform a repair install -- but I have no
>>>>>> installation DVD: this machine came with Vista Business preinstalled,
>>>>>> and with a Rescue and Recovery partition on the hd, from which I have
>>>>>> created a set of CDs from which I can restore the machine to its
>>>>>> original configuration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I downloaded an .iso from which I have created what is described as a
>>>>>> Vista Repair disc, but the only thing it can repair is boot problems,
>>>>>> which I do not have.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I fix this problem? And please don't tell me that the only
>>>>>> thing I can do is restore from a backup and start all over again.
>>>>>> IAC,
>>>>>> who is to say that that I wouldn't run into the same problem again?
>>
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