You're right about having access to updates being the most important thing.
As far as the dual boot setup goes, in brief.......I used diskmgmt.msc to
shrink volume C by 5g, right clicked and chose new simple volume, assigned a
temporary drive letter and performed a quick NTFS format. Then I renamed all
my drives (there is a factory recovery partition D) so the partition where I
intended to install XP was labelled E, the optical drive F, card reader G,
external drives H, I, J. During this step I had all peripherals up with the
exception of floppy A. Next, I exited diskmgmt and did a restart with the XP
installation disk in the optical drive and the sata driver from Gateway on a
floppy in the A drive. I followed the on screen instructions for the XP
install and then did a restart with my Vista installation disk, chose repair,
selected the Command Prompt and typed
bootrec.exe /fix MBR enter
bootrec.exe /fixBoot enter
closed the Command Prompt and restarted from C. I then used cmd.exe to
select Vista as the default OS.
bcdedit -set {ntldr} device partition=C:
bcdedit -set {ntldr} path \ntldr
bcdedit -displayorder {ntldr} -addlast
bcdedit -set {ntldr} description "Microsoft Windows XP"
I then booted to XP, intalled all of the drivers starting with the chipset
and tried to activate and register XP which was the only problem. I was
unable to validate with the initial code or any newly generated codes. I
spent most of a day on the phone with support, was told that my version of XP
(OEM) would never generate a usable validation code and that I should use
media exchane services to upgrade it to a full version. Media exchange said
they would not do this. Back to support where I explained the situation to a
fourth rep. who told me my copy of XP was legal and unused but that the
keycode had expired. He gave me a new keycode and it worked to activated and
registerd after that. Then I went to update, authenticated, got SP3,
restarted went back, got Netframework, IE 7 and additional updates. These
all downloaded and installed correctly but everything since, the installation
fails. Sorry for running on, thanks for reading this.
"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
> It 'sounds' as if the dual boot with Vista was not set up properly. But,
> as long as the Security updates are getting installed, that's the main
> point.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> cinetrope wrote:
>
> > I had already tried the first fix (kb 943144) and it only worked for the next
> > set of updates. What I'm doing now is having update notify me of available
> > updates then manually downloading them by their kb# and installing them
> > myself. It takes a little bit more time and it isn't automatic but I'm
> > getting what I need which is the important part.
> >
> > "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>Ignore the title and do Method 1 first. If no joy, follow the steps laid
> >>out here to install the latest Version of the Windows Update Agent:
> >>http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blog...showentry=1172
> >>
> >>Do the installation from the Command Prompt instructions that include
> >>/wuforce.
> >>
> >>There may also be an issue if there is greater free space on the Vista
> >>partition and the updates are being downloaded to that partition.
> >>
> >>Show hidden files, folders, and system files on the XP partition and
> >>check in the WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download subfolder
> >>to see if the updates are being stored there.
> >>
> >>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
> >>===============
> >> *-343-* FDNY
> >>Never Forgotten
> >>===============
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>cinetrope wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am running a factory installed version of Vista Home Premium on a Gateway
> >>>NX860XL and have recently installed XP Pro in a dual boot configuration on a
> >>>partition labeled E. When I go to the update site with XP, updates download
> >>>but will not automatically install. Is there something I need to do
> >>>differently since this operating system is not on the C drive? The XP is
> >>>licensed, legal and validated.
> >>
>
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