Microsoft Update only updates Windows Defender

iacrosoft Update only updates Windows Defender - I have to use Belarc Advisor
to get a list of missing updates, and then go to the Microsoft Download
Center to search for the missing updates and download and install them one at
a time.
I have Windows XP Home SP3, with Microsoft Update set to automatic download
- can anyone tell me why I do not get all the necessary upadtes?

Is this a sudden, new problem? When was Automatic Updates last working?
Can you update manually via http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?

Any chance you've got a beta build of WinXP SP3 installed?

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)?

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

1. See the "Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having" section of
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527

2. You cannot install some updates or programs
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798

3a. Check your WindowsUpdate.log (%windir%\WindowsUpdate.log) for errors
associated with the download/install.

How to read the WindowsUpdate.log file
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093

Start a free Windows Update support incident request:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...spx?gprid=6527
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Jim Munroe wrote:
> [Microsoft?] Update only updates Windows Defender - I have to use Belarc
> Advisor to get a list of missing updates, and then go to the Microsoft
> Download Center to search for the missing updates and download and install
> them one at a time.
> I have Windows XP Home SP3, with Microsoft Update set to automatic
> download
> - can anyone tell me why I do not get all the necessary upadtes?

Hello Jim,

Using MBSA to detect common security misconfigurations and missing security
updates on your computer systems

If you want to know what is installed or missing:-
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/security/cc184924.aspx>
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"Jim Munroe" wrote:

> iacrosoft Update only updates Windows Defender - I have to use Belarc Advisor
> to get a list of missing updates, and then go to the Microsoft Download
> Center to search for the missing updates and download and install them one at
> a time.
> I have Windows XP Home SP3, with Microsoft Update set to automatic download
> - can anyone tell me why I do not get all the necessary upadtes?