Updates not updating?!

user226 · Joined: Apr 17, 2008 Posts: 32

I have 84 updates to perform on my laptop.

I sent it to my uncle whos an IT because my CD driver stopped working. He said he updated it with no problems, but since he lives across the country... but now anytime i try to turn off the laptop it tries to update it, but it always says "updating 1 (out of 84) updates..." and it changes to that other part that says "dont turn off the computer, it will turn off automatically" and it switches between the two and never really updates. it just shuts off after about 10 minutes.

I've tried doing the custom update, and only picked to do 10 at a time, and it still failed...

How do i fix this?

steven3 · Joined: Jan 06, 2008 Posts: 3

You did not mention what the updates were BUT if by chance they are Microsoft try the following link:

http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix#Mirrors.2Fdownload_locations.2C_and_articles

Steven3

Werebo

Allo User

Are you trying to update from that little 'Windows UPDATE Notice', that appears in the System Tray?

If yes, try visiting the MS Windows Update Site itself (Start Menu - Windows Update), and let that scan and install the updates. I've never managed t get that stoopid shield thing to work properly

goretsky

Hello,

What happens if you try performing just a single update, or try to download one of the updates and perform a manual installation of it?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

user226 · Joined: Apr 17, 2008 Posts: 32

sorry i havent posted in a while Embarassed

i was fixing another problem first...

and for the updates i go thorugh that start menu and it doesnt work Sad

i'll try one at a time and see what happens... sounds like a pain, but whatever right? XD;;

EDIT!!

i tired it and it still didnt work Shocked

but the first update i tired was the internet updating thing.

goretsky

Hello,

Did you try downloading the update to your computer and then running it from there, as opposed to selecting to install it from the Windows Update web site?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

steven3 · Joined: Jan 06, 2008 Posts: 3

If you try the link I provided above you WILL fix your update problem if you are having a problem with M$ updates.

A while back I had the same problem & I got the link from the geeks forum, and like magic it took care of everything. My understanding was that your registry shows you have updated so you will NOT be able to redo an update. This link some how changes your registry & allows you to update. Give it a try.

Steven3

hamhox · Joined: Oct 21, 2006 Posts: 92

I have done only one Update on my W2K machine. IMHO they are a waste of time. Plus, you can get the SP3 executable which is alleged to include ALL the updates in SP1, SP2 and more. I have run this on only one machine, took about 45 min and didn't hiccup once. We are reading about the incompatibility issue with Norton; so what? Anybody still trying to use Norton is need of a wakeup call; Norton is invasive, resource-hogging, intrusive CRAPWARE to be avoided at all costs! Anybody who is unaware of this is simply not paying attention. The only thing of any use from Norton/Symantec these days is the Norton Removal Tool.

Hamhox

drwho07 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 2240 Location: Central FL, USA

Baby_Tux · Joined: Mar 06, 2007 Posts: 1242

Yeah, I when I look at computers in stores, guess what is loaded on them...
You got it, that NORTON VIRUS!!! (among other nasties)

And it IS a VIRUS under every definition of a virus. Biggest P.O.S. that ever hit a computer.

There I said it...Now don't we all feel better for it?

Werebo

One question to round off with:

Which is worse on a PC, Norton A/V or McAffee A/V???

I know it's a toughie, but....

TeeDee

Anyone remember the 'good' ol' days when pretty much everyone used the term - when a computer got screwed up - that it had been 'nortoned'? Nothing changes, it seems.....'cept for the worse.

techdunce · Joined: Mar 29, 2007 Posts: 188

Hello all, I was flicking through a last months edition of a mag, pc pro, and came across this fix for Microsoft updates not updating,and remembered seeing this thread.

"Run each of the following commands from the command prompt in turn, gettng a "success" note after each one.(start/run and type cmd, press enter)"

regsvr32 wuweb.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wuauengl.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuapi.dll

I think it goes without saying to backup what you got before trying this fix, and its a while since "User226" last posted,but it might be handy for someone,Techdunce Smile

p.s. Apparently, this fix helped a machine missing 83 updates,so its in the ballpark of the original post.