Upgrades do not install

[Bob]

Until a few months ago upgrades to the operating system
(Windows XP home edition) would download and install
properly; now they don't.
The most recent 7 upgrades seem to download, but the
installation fails. The upgrades are:

Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SPI
(KB823353)
Critical Update for ADODB.stream (KB870669)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB840315)
Upgrade for Background Intelligent Transfer Service
(BITS) 2.0 and Win HTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB841873)
Security Update for DirectX 9.0 (KB839643)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB839645)

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Bob,

Locate the WindowsUpdate.log file under \Windows or \Winnt. Open it and
scroll to the bottom. Look at the error codes and compare them against this
site:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org