Windows XP Home Update Won't!

I have Win XP Home Edition. Service Pack 2 is installed. Windows Live
OneCare is installed. I have reloaded the OS several times in the last week
and only when I did the updates BEFORE I added Windows Live OneCare did the
Win XP Update function work as advertised. I get the error report routine
and the Internet Explorer 7.0+ says it has to shutdown due to a serious
error. What is really maddening is the fact that I can't get access to the
report so that I can, maybe, find out exactly what is wrong. How will I be
able to tell if the updates are in fact being done. I also have MS Office XP
which update very nicely from the Office Update website. Can anyone help
with this?

Len Furst

As OneCare would appear to be the cause of the problem...

MS has made web-forums available for OneCare support and questions. This
newsgroup is not related to these forums nor are they available via
newsgroups.

Windows Live OneCare Forums
http://forums.microsoft.com/windowso....aspx?siteid=2
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org



len1rst wrote:
> I have Win XP Home Edition. Service Pack 2 is installed. Windows Live
> OneCare is installed. I have reloaded the OS several times in the last
> week
> and only when I did the updates BEFORE I added Windows Live OneCare did
> the
> Win XP Update function work as advertised. I get the error report routine
> and the Internet Explorer 7.0+ says it has to shutdown due to a serious
> error. What is really maddening is the fact that I can't get access to
> the
> report so that I can, maybe, find out exactly what is wrong. How will I
> be
> able to tell if the updates are in fact being done. I also have MS Office
> XP which update very nicely from the Office Update website. Can anyone
> help
> with this?
>
> Len Furst

You've stated IE has a serious error: Does the error show up in Event Viewer
Applications or System logs?

IE Forum
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&lang=en&cr=us

This is where you will find your Update Log. Scroll down to the bottom and
check for Errors on the date your attempt failed.

Click Start, click Run, type %windir%\windowsupdate.log

You say:
"What is really maddening is the fact that I can't get access to the
report so that I can, maybe, find out exactly what is wrong."

What prevents you obtaining access?





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Gistcheckin


"PA Bear" wrote:

> As OneCare would appear to be the cause of the problem...
>
> MS has made web-forums available for OneCare support and questions. This
> newsgroup is not related to these forums nor are they available via
> newsgroups.
>
> Windows Live OneCare Forums
> http://forums.microsoft.com/windowso....aspx?siteid=2
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
>
>
> len1rst wrote:
> > I have Win XP Home Edition. Service Pack 2 is installed. Windows Live
> > OneCare is installed. I have reloaded the OS several times in the last
> > week
> > and only when I did the updates BEFORE I added Windows Live OneCare did
> > the
> > Win XP Update function work as advertised. I get the error report routine
> > and the Internet Explorer 7.0+ says it has to shutdown due to a serious
> > error. What is really maddening is the fact that I can't get access to
> > the
> > report so that I can, maybe, find out exactly what is wrong. How will I
> > be
> > able to tell if the updates are in fact being done. I also have MS Office
> > XP which update very nicely from the Office Update website. Can anyone
> > help
> > with this?
> >
> > Len Furst
>
>