Landon H. wrote:
> Updates keeps trying to install this thing on my computer or I should say
> tries to reinstall it on my computer. I checked my update history and it says
> that it was successfully installed on March 17, 2009 but yet it keeps trying
> to reinstall it and gives my error code 0x663 when it fails to do so. There's
> a folder in my start menu programs list with this name so I'm assuming that
> it has already been installed on my computer and I believe it is working
> correctly because I don't have a problem running any other programs on my
> computer but this thing keeps trying to reinstall and it's driving me
> insane. I tried calling Microsoft to get some help but the jackass I talked
> to wanted to charge me $59.95 to help me, even though it says right on their
> website that they won't charge for automatic update issues, so if anybody has
> any advice on what to do to stop this I would greatly appreciate it.
If you're running Windows XP service pack 3, this may be your problem:
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968749>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968749
Harry.