RE: Update could not be installed

This is supposedly the VISTA community. Why are numerous posts referring to
XP?
I need some SERIOUS help getting VISTA to get Windows updates. I cannot ask
MS because they claim my product is invalid. It is NOT. One of the solutions
says to make sure 3 websites are listed in the Win Firewall permissions.
Problem is Win Firewall only accepts programs and NOT links. Instead of
naming this Vista Ultimate they should have named it Windows Ultimate Piece
of JUNK. It's worse than ME! To spend nearly $5000 on a new computer only to
find the OS is an unbelievable piece of junk is extremely upsetting.


"Russell" wrote:

> Help.... I have been trying for months to have updates installed with no luck..
>
> Can anyone help me to explain as to why they will not install.
>
> Any help would be welcome.
>
> Here they are:
>
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB918118)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB926436)
> Update for Windows XP (KB931836)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB928255)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB927802)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB927779)
>
> Thanks, Russell

"SparkS" <> wrote in message
news:40029810-50ED-4085-97CD-...
> This is supposedly the VISTA community. Why are numerous posts referring
> to
> XP?

No this is not the Vista Community - you may well have thought that as you
are posting in that web interface.
You have come into newsgroups and this group is for all updates on all
systems.
Antioch

Antioch,

Thanks for the info, I can only go by what the page says at the very top
"Windows Vista Community" Please excuse my obvious ignorance. It appears I
have once again been
screwed by MicroSoft. BTW for what's it worth I was able to send an EM to
Microsoft support via their web site. They didn't ask for my valid product ID
that the Windows site claims is invalid. (Yes I activated Vista or at least I
think I did?) If I get something of use I will post it here.

PS Consider yourself lucky. I have been unable to DL USENET headers for 3
months
now. Have tried 6 diff NG programs, 3 diff NG servers and 2 different
computers.
Just spent 45 mins of wasted time trying to resolve this with the so called
tech support
at Comcast. Oh well, at least I cannot blame this one on MS.

Regards,
SparkS

"antioch" wrote:

>
> "SparkS" <> wrote in message
> news:40029810-50ED-4085-97CD-...
> > This is supposedly the VISTA community. Why are numerous posts referring
> > to
> > XP?
>
> No this is not the Vista Community - you may well have thought that as you
> are posting in that web interface.
> You have come into newsgroups and this group is for all updates on all
> systems.
> Antioch
>
>
>
>