Windows Update FAILED????

Hi

can any of you help me, im having problems using windows update via the microsoft web update.... basicly I review and click install, then I click accept etc etc. it seems to be downloading them all then suddenly I get redirected and it says FAILED FAILED FAILED on all the updates.. ive tryed just downloading 1 at a time NO luck... ive played around with settings in explorer and services.... what could of I done to deserved this..

Any Help Please

 

Hey doxxxx...

Welcome to the forum

What OS are you running?

I had a problem updating a WinNT 4.0 workstation with using Windows Update...basically got the same "Failed, Failed, Failed" you got...

I found that this MS Knowlegde Base article worked for me...

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;175960

You could also try the Windows Update Troubleshooter page

    http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/

Hope this helps...

 

Try this
Goto the Cryptograhic Services , then disable startup of the service, and then reboot

Once you reboot, goto the command prompt and type this

ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 oldcatroot2

After you do that, go back to the Services menu and then set the startup
options of the service back to automatic, and then hit the Start button to
restart the service

 

Hello doxxxx,

Maggie's advice expanded on http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/troub-08.html

Another way to get at the updates: http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp?corporate=true

Find the update(s), save to a folder, and install it manually.

Regards - Charles