ARGH! That's exactly what i have! Man, i can't believe that the only way
around this is to install from scratch

I wonder what it is that HP has
messed up. Thanks for the info Mark. Hope this also helps any TC1100 owners
out there.
"Mark Payton" wrote:
> You don't have an HP TC1100 by any chance, do you? The installations we had
> problems with were the stock image as sent by HP. After I had all my
> problems, we tested with another right out of the box and found exactly the
> same behavior. That is why we decided to build our own image from scratch for
> duplication purposes and why I reimaged mine. I'm quite happy with it now.
>
> Mark
>
> "TabletPC" wrote:
>
> >
> > Hmm.. That would majorly suck. Doing a complete reinstall that is. I have a
> > master image of my tablet of when it first arrived, but re-imaging it didn't
> > do anything so I hope I don't have to resort to doing a re-install. Bit wary
> > of doing it actually.
> >
> > If anyone else has some clues please let us know. Thanks.
> >
> > "Mark Payton" wrote:
> >
> > > Ultimately, the only solution we could find was a complete reinstall of XP.
> > > The machine came with an image from HP, but there were enough peculiarities
> > > with it, including this one, that we felt a new installation was in order. We
> > > did it to create our master image for the Tablets and I did it on my Tablet,
> > > too. Everything works now, but it was a real pain.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > "TabletPC" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Mark,
> > > >
> > > > I have a similar problem in that choosing express or custom, I do not get
> > > > any options to install any updates as well. Did you manage to resolve this?
> > > >
> > > > With regards to your Java question, I do not really know how to install the
> > > > MSJVM but it seems that the Sun JVM works fine for everything that I do. It
> > > > can be installed from java.com
> > > >
> > > > "Mark Payton" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I normally choose that option anyway and still get nothing.
> > > > >
> > > > > I noticed something else peculiar as I was working on this. When I choose
> > > > > the administrator options and search the update catalog, I can see all of the
> > > > > updates. When I select them they go to the download basket correctly.
> > > > > However, the "Download now" button is disabled so that I can't download
> > > > > anything from there either.
> > > > >
> > > > > One thing I found in my searches was that I don't have the msjava.dll file
> > > > > on my system anywhere, nor does Internet Explorer's Internet Options/Advanced
> > > > > tab show me the MS Java VM choices that I see on other systems. My
> > > > > understanding is that the Sun Java VM should be able to handle all java
> > > > > functions and it is installed and functional, but could this be part of the
> > > > > problem? If so, how can I install the ms java vm?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "f/fgeorge" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > When you choose to scan for updates choose the non-default option. The
> > > > > > default is for "express install", you need to choose the "custom
> > > > > > install". This will let you see ALL the updates available, NOT just
> > > > > > the security ones.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:47:03 -0800, "Mark Payton"
> > > > > > <> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >I am having the same, or a similar, problem. I am setting up a new Tablet PC
> > > > > > >machine, w/ SP2 pre-installed. The windows update site tells me that there
> > > > > > >are 0 updates of any kind when I scan for updates. I know at a minimum that
> > > > > > >MP 10 was not installed, nor was HighMAT support, but neither showed. I am
> > > > > > >certain some security updates are needed, too. I don't get any errors, just
> > > > > > >no updates. Their is, of course, no update history, either.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Mark Payton
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >"Pat Walters [MSFT]" wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> "ihenney",
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Can you still view the history of your installations on
> > > > > > >> the windowsupdate.microsoft.com website? What happens
> > > > > > >> when you scan for updates? Do any of the three sections
> > > > > > >> turn bold and have a number following them such as:
> > > > > > >> Critical Updates (1)
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> I would be most happy to help you. Please post back to
> > > > > > >> these questions.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Sincerely,
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Pat Walters [MSFT]
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >> >Since installing SP2 on XP on October 14th I have had no
> > > > > > >> automatic updates
> > > > > > >> >I have downloaded Media Player since from the web site no
> > > > > > >> problem ,I don`to
> > > > > > >> >get an error message just no updates available Have tried
> > > > > > >> the newsgroups but
> > > > > > >> >nothing seems to fit the bill can anyone point me in the
> > > > > > >> right direction
> > > > > > >> >..Have tried Microsoft still waiting thanks
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >.
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >