Order to install multiple Windows Updates

I installed a number of updates from windowsupdate.microsoft.com and rebooted
to a blue screen. I rebooted again sucessfully using Last Known Good
Configuration. I assume I now have to (somehow) install all of those updates
again? (I say somehow because the site thinks they were all successfully
installed.) This time I would like to perform the updates one at a time so I
can determine which ones are problematic. But what order should I apply the
updates? Thanks!

Go to Windows Update website and let it do another scan. I'd suggest the "express" option.
Look at the results. If no new updates are found, you are OK.

Look for file WindowsUpdate.log in your C:\Windows folder ( or it may be C:\WINNT on your system).

Use Notepad or Wordpad to open & view contents. Scan down to the very bottom. Look at the set of lines for that last session-date.
Do you see lines with "Error" and some text with "fail".

As to the order of updates, I leave that to the Windows Update website --- with these following exceptions, if you have lots & lots of updates presented.
A) Take the latest service pack first & only by itself.
B) From what's left, if you see a Cumulative Internet Explorer update, take that first & by itself (then after finish, get others.) .
C) With A & B, take precautions & preplanning to minimize all startups to none, and close open programs.
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Loremaster wrote:
> I installed a number of updates from windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
> rebooted to a blue screen. I rebooted again sucessfully using Last
> Known Good Configuration. I assume I now have to (somehow) install
> all of those updates again? (I say somehow because the site thinks
> they were all successfully installed.) This time I would like to
> perform the updates one at a time so I can determine which ones are
> problematic. But what order should I apply the updates? Thanks!

> Look for file WindowsUpdate.log ... lines with "Error" and some text with
"fail".
There were some errors and failures, especially with "WU" (Windows Update?)
(e.g. "WU client failed installing updates with error 0x8024000b.").

>Go to Windows Update website and let it do another scan. ... If no new updates are found, you are OK.
Some of the same updates are appearing again, and some aren't. I checked
some of the ones that AREN'T reappearing (including some updated display and
modem drivers), and confirmed the updated files are NOT active on my system
According to article 307852, "After you start your computer by using the
Last Known Good Configuration feature, changes that were made since the last
successful startup are lost."

> A) Take the latest service pack first & only by itself.
I haven't installed XP SP2 yet... will that make a lot of the older security
updates unnecessary?

>take precautions & preplanning to minimize all startups to none
By this do you mean don't start unnecessary applications before performing
the update?

Thanks!

Loremaster

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:

> Go to Windows Update website and let it do another scan. I'd suggest the "express" option.
> Look at the results. If no new updates are found, you are OK.
>
> Look for file WindowsUpdate.log in your C:\Windows folder ( or it may be C:\WINNT on your system).
>
> Use Notepad or Wordpad to open & view contents. Scan down to the very bottom. Look at the set of lines for that last session-date.
> Do you see lines with "Error" and some text with "fail".
>
> As to the order of updates, I leave that to the Windows Update website --- with these following exceptions, if you have lots & lots of updates presented.
> A) Take the latest service pack first & only by itself.
> B) From what's left, if you see a Cumulative Internet Explorer update, take that first & by itself (then after finish, get others.) .
> C) With A & B, take precautions & preplanning to minimize all startups to none, and close open programs.
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> -----
>
>
> Loremaster wrote:
> > I installed a number of updates from windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
> > rebooted to a blue screen. I rebooted again sucessfully using Last
> > Known Good Configuration. I assume I now have to (somehow) install
> > all of those updates again? (I say somehow because the site thinks
> > they were all successfully installed.) This time I would like to
> > perform the updates one at a time so I can determine which ones are
> > problematic. But what order should I apply the updates? Thanks!
>

SP2 includes the security updates that were published before it. You need to keep up with the ones after SP2.

By unnecessary apps I mean close & exit your open programs. Save your work and close your programs.

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Loremaster wrote:
>> Look for file WindowsUpdate.log ... lines with "Error" and some text
>> with
> "fail".
> There were some errors and failures, especially with "WU" (Windows
> Update?) (e.g. "WU client failed installing updates with error
> 0x8024000b.").
>
>> Go to Windows Update website and let it do another scan. ... If no
>> new updates are found, you are OK.
> Some of the same updates are appearing again, and some aren't. I
> checked some of the ones that AREN'T reappearing (including some
> updated display and modem drivers), and confirmed the updated files
> are NOT active on my system According to article 307852, "After
> you start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration
> feature, changes that were made since the last successful startup are
> lost."
>
>> A) Take the latest service pack first & only by itself.
> I haven't installed XP SP2 yet... will that make a lot of the older
> security updates unnecessary?
>
>> take precautions & preplanning to minimize all startups to none
> By this do you mean don't start unnecessary applications before
> performing the update?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Loremaster