Extraction failed "update\update.exe is not a valid win32 applicat

I am installing windows updates on a new PC, Windows XP. In the update
process, all the updates download, but when it get to the install step, it
stops and goes to the window that shows all the updates that did not install.
I then went to the Download center and installed each update individually
and have successfully installed most, including service pack 3. However, on
K950759 I keep getting the error - Extraction failed - "update\update.exe is
not a valid win32 application." My concern not specifically with this
update, but that it is preventing all other updates from installing correctly
through the regular Windows Update process.

Hello Kelly:

""update\update.exe is not a valid win32 application""

This issue can be caused by any of the below possibilities.

File is corrupt, bad, or missing.
File is not designed for your version of Windows.
File is a virus, worm, or other malware file.
Hardware incompatibility.

Source:
<http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000726.htm>

Try again.


Kelly--please go here:

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144>

Read the article, and although the article may not apply to your machine,
follow the resolution instructiºns.
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-OR-

Go ahead and download Dial-ª-Fix.

<http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix> (Download near bottom)

Click the green checkmark and click Go.

After it has finished, Reboot

Try Windows Update and see if you can get your updates installed.
<http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/>


Let us know what hª ppens.

I hope this post is helpful.

Еиçеl
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"Kelly" wrote:

> I am installing windows updates on a new PC, Windows XP. In the update
> process, all the updates download, but when it get to the install step, it
> stops and goes to the window that shows all the updates that did not install.
> I then went to the Download center and installed each update individually
> and have successfully installed most, including service pack 3. However, on
> K950759 I keep getting the error - Extraction failed - "update\update.exe is
> not a valid win32 application." My concern not specifically with this
> update, but that it is preventing all other updates from installing correctly
> through the regular Windows Update process.