Windows XP Priority Updates fail

I have encountered two different computers this morning, one in XP Pro and
one in XP Home, that have failed to install six priority Windows updates.
They have Service Pack 2. I even cleaed out all Temporary Internet files and
history, and tried again. No luck. Any thoughts? Thanks.
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Arthur Priver

Did you disable your anti virus program's auto scan before installing?

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"Arthur Priver" <> wrote

>I have encountered two different computers this morning, one in XP Pro and
> one in XP Home, that have failed to install six priority Windows updates.
> They have Service Pack 2. I even cleaed out all Temporary Internet files
> and
> history, and tried again. No luck. Any thoughts? Thanks.
> --
> Arthur Priver

I'm having problems with 2 machines so far. 1 machine worked, all 3 are very
similar (hardware/software) - Norton IS 2005 in use all 3. Tried disabling
it, same error. Tried trobleshooter - no results, tried KB search for KB
articles listed in the updates - returns 0 results.

"Arthur Priver" wrote:

> I have encountered two different computers this morning, one in XP Pro and
> one in XP Home, that have failed to install six priority Windows updates.
> They have Service Pack 2. I even cleaed out all Temporary Internet files and
> history, and tried again. No luck. Any thoughts? Thanks.
> --
> Arthur Priver

"Arthur Priver" wrote:

> I have encountered two different computers this morning, one in XP Pro and
> one in XP Home, that have failed to install six priority Windows updates.
> They have Service Pack 2. I even cleaed out all Temporary Internet files and
> history, and tried again. No luck. Any thoughts? Thanks.
> --
> Arthur Priver

Found a log file KB900725 that ends with:
Update.exe extended error code = 0xf201
I'll go to KB and see what I can learn.

"FisherCabin26" wrote:

> I'm having problems with 2 machines so far. 1 machine worked, all 3 are very
> similar (hardware/software) - Norton IS 2005 in use all 3. Tried disabling
> it, same error. Tried trobleshooter - no results, tried KB search for KB
> articles listed in the updates - returns 0 results.
>
> "Arthur Priver" wrote:
>
> > I have encountered two different computers this morning, one in XP Pro and
> > one in XP Home, that have failed to install six priority Windows updates.
> > They have Service Pack 2. I even cleaed out all Temporary Internet files and
> > history, and tried again. No luck. Any thoughts? Thanks.
> > --
> > Arthur Priver

Usually, installing the standalone versions of the patches will succeed when
the Automatic Updates/Windowsupdate.com equivalents fail. Search for them at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/s...displaylang=en

"Red Sox Nation" wrote:

>
>
> "Arthur Priver" wrote:
>
> > I have encountered two different computers this morning, one in XP Pro and
> > one in XP Home, that have failed to install six priority Windows updates.
> > They have Service Pack 2. I even cleaed out all Temporary Internet files and
> > history, and tried again. No luck. Any thoughts? Thanks.
> > --
> > Arthur Priver