shutting down applying patches issue

[Phil]

When Windows XP Professional shuts down and there are patches to apply it
states applying patch 1 of 15 and that you should not turn off the
computer... It appears as if it only applies one patch and then turns off by
itself. The next time I boot up and then shut down it says 1 of 14. Does
anyone know why ir's only applying one patch?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

The other 14 updates might be dependent on #1 being installed.

 

[Phil]

I don't know if that is the case but before it did 5 in a row like this.
When I tried the updates when logged in (not when shutting down) it said that
it couldn't apply them. This time after I logged back in it does not
indicated that there are patches to apply, but when I shut down it says
installing patch 1 of 15. Could these patches be leftover from before I
applied service pack 3? or do you have any other ideas?

 

[Phil]

one more thing....I just did it 3 times in a row and every time it said
installing patch 1 of 15 so it appears that the patches are not going to
apply.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

After installing WinXP SP3 (properly), there will be a few post-SP3 updates
to install but none of them should have been offered or downloaded until SP3
was installed.

Open a free support incident about this, Phil. I smell something fishy.

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[Allan]

one more thing....I just did it 3 times in a row and every time it said
installing patch 1 of 15 so it appears that the patches are not going to
apply.

You could go to MS Update and install the needed updates from the website.
Once they are installed Auto Updates will not try to install them at
shutdown.