Help! - installing updates

my computer won't install any updates - i have tried changing the settings as
it says in the trouble shooting but it doesn't help. It just says 'error:
Windows is updating new updates, please try again in a few minutes.' Its
Code:80240016. But its been weeks and still no updates have been installed.
Help please.

HateComps wrote:
> my computer won't install any updates - i have tried changing the
> settings as it says in the trouble shooting but it doesn't help. It
> just says 'error: Windows is updating new updates, please try again
> in a few minutes.' Its Code:80240016. But its been weeks and still
> no updates have been installed. Help please.

What year did your Windows 98 system stop getting updates and giving you
that error?

Or - another way of putting it... *grin*

What operating system, architecture, service pack level and version of
Internet Explorer are you running?

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"HateComps" wrote:

> my computer won't install any updates - i have tried changing the settings as
> it says in the trouble shooting but it doesn't help. It just says 'error:
> Windows is updating new updates, please try again in a few minutes.' Its
> Code:80240016. But its been weeks and still no updates have been installed.
> Help please.

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2;
Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) when posting in a forum or
newsgroup. Please do so in your next reply.

Is this a sudden, new problem?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the
computer (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?

HateComps wrote:
> my computer won't install any updates - i have tried changing the settings
> as it says in the trouble shooting but it doesn't help. It just says
> 'error:
> Windows is updating new updates, please try again in a few minutes.' Its
> Code:80240016. But its been weeks and still no updates have been
> installed.
> Help please.