I have the same problem would be grateful to receive a solution also.
"glamorgan43" wrote:
> Last night I reinstalled XP pro, then installed SP2 and sucessfully
> downloaded and installed SP3. When I ran auto update this morning I find
> that 18 updates have downloaded but every time I try to install the updates
> within 30 seconds I am presented with a message 'The following updates did
> not install' and the lists all 18 updates:
>
> Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB938464)
> Realtek AC'97 Audio
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB951748)
> Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP (KB953838)
> Security Update for Outlook Express for Windows XP (KB951066)
> Update for Windows XP (KB952287)
> Update for Windows XP (KB951072)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB950762)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB951698)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB950974)
> Update for Windows XP (KB951978)
> Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP
> Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller
> Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - September 2008 (KB890830)
> Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB953839)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB946648)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB952954)
> Security Update for Windows XP (KB951376)
>
> I am not given any error codes or any explanation as to why the updates
> failed to install. SP3 was fine so why not these ?
>
> I need to go on to install MS Office plus all my other software but don't
> really want to until all security updates have been installed.
>