windows update failed! please help...

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Neerav

hi. i ran windows update on my vista ultimate x86 and after the download was
over and the installition ended windows asked me to reboot. when i clicked
on restart during shutdown it said "configuring windows updates". it said
the same during restart and it took almost a hour or so to shut down and
restart. upon restart i went to windows update again and it is still showing
me al the updates. when i clicked on update history it says "failed" or
"cancled" for almost all updates! what have i done? what do i need to do?
please help...
thanks in advance.

Neerav
 
If this is the first time you have done updates, then a reboot is needed to
continue doing more updates.
In other words, a few updates have to be installed first and a reboot
required before more updates can be applied.
It is normal in this case to see a message about failed updates (at least in
my experience).
You should be able to continue with more updates after your reboot.
 
You can seek assistance in the Windows Update newsgroup

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate

or, post the last 50 or so lines of the WindowsUpdate.log.
That log is located in the WINDOWS directory [folder]
Start > Search > enter windowsupdate.log
Or, Start > Run > type in

%windir%\windowsupdate.log
Click OK or press Enter

PLEASE, do NOT post your email addy in newsgroups or you will receive a
ton of spam, Neerav. Munge it, such as : k.neerav@NOThotmaildotcom
Or make one up. <w>

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