Re: SP3 installed fine, security updates I checked for after that on the next boot won't install. Some updates were not installed

Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP
installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

NB: Also applies to clean installs, upgrade installs, and Recovery installs.

> The machine doesn't yet have antivirus or much of any software. I
> turned off the XP firewall.

NEVER connect to the internet without a firewall enabled!!!

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Nate Goulet wrote:
> I have a Dell Dimension 4400 that I reformatted the hard drive, and
> installed Windows XP Pro.
>
> I attempted to install all of the latest critical security updates.
> If I remember correctly, I wasn't offered anything except SP3 which I
> assume includes all of the updates included with SP2.
>
> SP3 downloaded & iinstalled fine.
>
> On the next boot, I checked to see if there were any more updates. It
> found a few. They download, but will not install. I've tired this
> all week, powered the machine off, etc
> <snip>
> The machine doesn't yet have antivirus or much of any software. I
> turned off the XP firewall.