Unable to install Security Update for Windows XP (KB920213)

Hi, I recently reinstalled Windows XP Home Edition due to a missing/corrupted
Windows file. I have downloaded and installed all the updates on Windows
Update.
But I have problems downloading this particular update, Security Update for
Windows XP (KB920213). When I try to download it from the Windows Update
website, the following error message appears: 'Downloading Security Update
for Windows XP (KB920213) (update 5 of 10)... failed!'

So, I decided to download the actual update from the Microsoft website. The
file I downloaded is 'WindowsXP-KB920213-x86-ENU'. But when I tried to
install it, an error message appears, telling me that it could not locate
this file 'update_SP2QFE.inf' from my computer. When I tried to locate the
file, there were many hits within C:\windows, but the folders were named with
different letters which I couldn't make out or find.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am currently using Windows XP Home
Edition, with the basic Windows Firewall. I do not have any anti-virus or
spyware programs or other firewalls installed yet.

Quite ironically, I had to reinstall Windows in the first place because I
installed XP SP 3 and it caused one of my Windows files to be corrupted or
disappear...

> ...I had to reinstall Windows...

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.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Clive wrote:
> Hi, I recently reinstalled Windows XP Home Edition due to a
> missing/corrupted Windows file. I have downloaded and installed all the
> updates on Windows Update.
> But I have problems downloading this particular update, Security Update
> for
> Windows XP (KB920213). When I try to download it from the Windows Update
> website, the following error message appears: 'Downloading Security Update
> for Windows XP (KB920213) (update 5 of 10)... failed!'
>
> So, I decided to download the actual update from the Microsoft website.
> The
> file I downloaded is 'WindowsXP-KB920213-x86-ENU'. But when I tried to
> install it, an error message appears, telling me that it could not locate
> this file 'update_SP2QFE.inf' from my computer. When I tried to locate the
> file, there were many hits within C:\windows, but the folders were named
> with different letters which I couldn't make out or find.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am currently using Windows XP Home
> Edition, with the basic Windows Firewall. I do not have any anti-virus or
> spyware programs or other firewalls installed yet.
>
> Quite ironically, I had to reinstall Windows in the first place because I
> installed XP SP 3 and it caused one of my Windows files to be corrupted or
> disappear...

Hi PA Bear

I have tried the below 2 methods mentioned in the post below but the update
still failed to install.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks and Regards
Clive

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> > ...I had to reinstall Windows...
>
> 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.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
> Clive wrote:
> > Hi, I recently reinstalled Windows XP Home Edition due to a
> > missing/corrupted Windows file. I have downloaded and installed all the
> > updates on Windows Update.
> > But I have problems downloading this particular update, Security Update
> > for
> > Windows XP (KB920213). When I try to download it from the Windows Update
> > website, the following error message appears: 'Downloading Security Update
> > for Windows XP (KB920213) (update 5 of 10)... failed!'
> >
> > So, I decided to download the actual update from the Microsoft website.
> > The
> > file I downloaded is 'WindowsXP-KB920213-x86-ENU'. But when I tried to
> > install it, an error message appears, telling me that it could not locate
> > this file 'update_SP2QFE.inf' from my computer. When I tried to locate the
> > file, there were many hits within C:\windows, but the folders were named
> > with different letters which I couldn't make out or find.
> >
> > Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am currently using Windows XP Home
> > Edition, with the basic Windows Firewall. I do not have any anti-virus or
> > spyware programs or other firewalls installed yet.
> >
> > Quite ironically, I had to reinstall Windows in the first place because I
> > installed XP SP 3 and it caused one of my Windows files to be corrupted or
> > disappear...
>
>