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TheDuck
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      01-16-2010
It would help if you gave us all the failure indications. Also download and
run Belarc Advisor and it will list the status of all fixes.

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>
> Hi.
>
> I need help with this. I haven't update my computer since I got it
> which was in 2007. I have the updates on automatic, and the system
> itself looks for updates every morning at 9:00 AM. For the past weeks
> everyday I've gone to Windows Updates and clicked "Install Updates" but
> every time it gives me an error saying "Some updates were not installed"
> And out of 30 recommended updates and 2 optional, only the two optional
> ones installed. I went to Microsoft.com and I tried several things.
>
> I tried downloading the Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. I did that
> and it says that it doesn't work because of an internal error. It then
> provides a link which sends me to here:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947366
>
> There is a list of things to do. I did number one, which is to download
> the Service Pack manually and install it. This gave me the same problem
> and sent me back to the same page. I tried the second option which was
> to download the System Update Readiness Tool.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> I followed what it said and all. When I finished installing the System
> Update Readiness Tool, I ran it and restarted my computer. The
> installation completed succesfully and then I restarted my computer. I
> then tried again to install the Service Pack 1 manually. The same error
> ocurred.
>
> The other directions are to take off the firewalls and let the computer
> open up to the web. Is there ANY other solutions? So i can finally get
> all the updates I need, all the Service Packs available, and get my
> computer up to date?
>
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