Fail to update

Need helpful suggestions on "fail to update messages"

Need more info. Please see this page
http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm then post back to this thread with
the information we'd need to be able to assist you properly.
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fail to update wrote:
> Need helpful suggestions on "fail to update messages"

fail to update wrote:
> Need helpful suggestions on "fail to update messages"

Suggestion:
Provide actual details for those you are asking for assistance from.

(Not kidding. You have given little to nothing.)

Some specific suggested details you could provide to help you get help...
- Operating System
- Service Pack level of Operating System
- Specific updates that are failing (KB###### is a great way to give this)
- What you have tried/read/etc

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fail to update wrote:
:: Need helpful suggestions on "fail to update messages"


If none of the below is of assistance, then suggest you post back with the
relevant information as suggested by Shenan Stanley and PA Bear.
I don't have anything for Windows Me or Windows 98.


How to troubleshoot common Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows
Server Update Services installation issues
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602
Applies to:

a.. Microsoft Update, when used with:
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
b.. Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
c.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
d.. Microsoft Windows XP Starter Edition
e.. Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
f.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
g.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
h.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
i.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
j.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based
Systems
k.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
l.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
m.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
n.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
b.. Microsoft Windows Update, when used with:
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
b.. Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
c.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
d.. Microsoft Windows XP Starter Edition
e.. Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
f.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
g.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
h.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
i.. Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
j.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based
Systems
k.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
l.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
m.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
n.. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you perform a new Windows XP
installation or you repair a Windows XP installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

APPLIES TO
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
b.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
c.. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, when used with:
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
b.. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
d.. Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
e.. Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
f.. Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
g.. Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
You Cannot Install Some Updates or Programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798

APPLIES TO
a.. Microsoft Update
b.. Microsoft Windows Update Corporate Edition 1.0
You cannot install updates that you download from the Windows Update Web
site on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934648/

APPLIES TO
a.. Microsoft Windows XP Professional
b.. Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
For Vista:-
1. Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs,
and then clicking Windows Update.

2. In the left pane, click View update history.

3. Find an update for Windows that has failed to install, and then
double-click the update to view more information.

Updates that have failed to install will display Failed under Status, next
to the update name.

4. In the Windows Update dialog box, next to Error details, review the error
code for the failed update.

5. Either follow the links in the Windows Update dialog box under More
Information or Help and Support to try to fix the problem, and then try
installing updates again by using Windows Update in Control Panel or post
back with the error code so perhaps someone may be able to assist further.

FYI -

Error message when you try to install updates in Windows Vista, and the
installation may fail: "WBEM_E_CRITICAL_ERROR (0x8004100A)"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952577/

Windows Update error 800f0826
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f1fde1033.mspx





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