why constantly updating?

[Guest]

Had computer set up to do download automatic updates. I install on my time.
Lately, I find that I am always ready to install an update. When I check my
update history, the same update is installed over and over. Why would I get
reminder to update the same item multiple times?

 

[Bill James]

You will need to do additional problem determination to determine why the patch is failing to install. There is a specific newsgroup for problems with Windows Update, news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate. Please search the posts in that group and post a message there if the basic steps don't solve the problem.

As a start, look at C:\WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log for error messages. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093 for information on reading that log file. This page is also helpful for troubleshooting problems with Windows Update: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906602.

Another thing you can try is downloading the update from Microsoft and installing it yourself after download. This often works where the automatic install fails for a specific patch, or may give you a more specific error message about the problem. If you use the Custom option on the automatically downloaded patches there should be a link in the information that you can follow to the location for download.

 

[Rock]

Had computer set up to do download automatic updates. I install on my
time.
Lately, I find that I am always ready to install an update. When I check
my
update history, the same update is installed over and over. Why would I
get
reminder to update the same item multiple times?

You might want to scan through the posts in and if needed post to the
experts in the windows update newsgroup.
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...655-a5d5-4c07-bdb0-90caf9f30c42&lang=en&cr=us