Windows Update........need help

[Guest]

Everytime when I go to do "Windows Update" I am told the installation etc has
failed. Why is this and how can i fix it? Seems like i have the update
shield as a permanent fixture down on the toolbar.

 

[Raoul]

Try This: Click on Start, click on Run and enter Services.msc then OK.

Start the Background Intellegent Transfer Service (BITS). Then try Windows
Update again.

 

[Tony Meloche]

Everytime when I go to do "Windows Update" I am told the installation etc has
failed. Why is this and how can i fix it? Seems like i have the update
shield as a permanent fixture down on the toolbar.

There can be a lot of troubleshooting techniques for that, but the most
basic one I can give you right here: Try *temporarily* disabling your
anti-virus or anti-malware programs, then downloading. Probably 50% of
the time, that's what the problem is. IOW, there's no guarantee that
will work, but there is a decent chance it will.

Tony

 

[Guest]

It was set to start already so I stopped it and restarted it. I then tried
to do an "Update" again but all 23 downloads failed. Now what do I do?

 

[Guest]

I disabled "McAfee" and did another update. The "download" failed again.
Any other ideas??

 

[Raoul]

Having had the same problem, I was also advised by Microsoft to put
http://*microsoft.com in Trusted Sites (under Security in the internet
options).

Those two things, BITS and trusted sites, did the trick for me.

 

[Raoul]

You might also try here:

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527

 

[Guest]

Did this....still failed

 

[Raoul]

Email Windows Update Tech Support at Microsoft. It's FREE.

 

[Guest]

I did that many a times and whatever they tell me to do still doesn't work.

 

[PA Bear]

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=6527
--
Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

 

[Guest]

Hi, I have the same problem just a week ago.Tried everything but just don't
work.
The shield, it just won't go away and my update history, it's full of failed
updates.
Au.

 

[Guest]

I have done that plenty of times and they all tell you to do the same thing
over and over...they didn't help any. Plus they are very very low in
responding with help.