Where do the XP updates (auto) go when they're downloaded ?
My PC told me there were some updates ready but when I was downloading them I had a power cut....
now it still says there are updates ready but it zips past the download stage (having recognised the files already exist) and goes straight into the installing stage but it always fails.
I suspect my original download has been corrupted by the power cut. I need to know where these downloaded updates get stored, so I can delete the file and start again.
downloaded XP update for my Dell 700M last week & since then (after restart), can't go online through my wireless router connection wireless card is OK (Dell) & connection strength is excellent but can't connect thru any of my browsers Explorer, Netscape, Firefox or AOL
i put together an amd 64 bit opteron pc with an asus sk8n motherboard. i installed xp pro. Everthing is working fine except IE keeps crashing and asks if i want to send an error report to microsoft and then closes. Does anyone know what is causing explorer to keep crashing? It is only internet explorer, everything else is working fine. I'm not sure where to go from here. I downloaded all the windows updates. I still keep crashing though.
I reinstalled everything and downloaded all the updates. Yesterday I noticed the screensaver wasn't working. I ran ad-awarer and there were 14 objects that read "possible browser hijacking". When I tried to delete them the PC crashes. What's going on. The other glitch so far is I can't change my homepage.
I'm about to carry out a clean install of XP. It's my first planned install - previously I've been forced into it following an encounter with the blue screen of death. So this time I'd like to do it with a little more care.I've searched the forums, and looked wider. There are some great articles out there, but some questions remain unanswered for me.I know I have to track down backup files for Outlook, Outlook Express, and Firefox Bookmarks. Hopefully, I'll work this out for myself. I will also copy all the contents of My Documents to an external HDD, of course.The main issue still on my mind is security. Presumably, once XP (SP1) is reinstalled, drivers added, then SP2, I should add my Panda antivirus suite, Spybot, Ad-Aware, & Zone Alarm. These will all be seriously out of date, so the next thing will be to re-establish my internet connection in order to update them.
Will my PC be vulnerable during this intervening period? If so, is there an alternative? Can I download the updates now, before wiping the hard drive, copy them to the external drive, then copy them back somehow before going online? Or is this regarded as an unavoidable risky time, like baby turtles trying to make it down the beach from their eggs to the safety of the sea, while predators have a field day?
I just Installed XP SP2 on a Gateway ESX 500s. The installation seemed to go well, the OS installed all the drivers except the usual (sound and network card). My next step was to download updates from MS windows updates. That is when something odd happened, I clicked on IE icon it opened up and said page could not be loaded (MSN default). I am using a wireless network and can access Windows up date from my HP computer with no problem. On the Gateway I can go to other sights except microsoft.
I have Windows XP Pro, SP2 When I select <Start> <Turn off computer>the Turn of Computer window comes up and the center icon <Turn Off> has a small Windows icon at the top right corner. When I click on the icon windows attempts to install the update,but when I turn the system back on the update hasn't installed.
I did an in-place repair of XP MCE 2003. I had previously installed all MS security fixes and updates, the list in my "installed programs" showed about 70 or 80 updates. The in-place repair gave me an unscrambled registry, and an unpatched XP install, without touching my installed programs or data. A good thing, overall, it fixed my major problem.
I immediately went to get all the updates -- 76 of them downloaded. I don't let Updater install automatically -- I get all the updates, but decide which to install because I got a bad version of IE7 that took me a long time to delete and recover from, but I installed ALL security updates. I generally use FireFox, so I didn't view IE7 as a security update. Anyway, it installed one or two updates, and then said the rest could not be installed....
I found a BIOS update for my system, but I don't know how to install it. It is a .bin file (ak31s20p.bin to be exact). I was told to make a bootable floppy and do it that way, but the instructions that were given, are for .exe and .rom files. Does anyone have any idea on how I can install this file?
I recently downloaded and installed the latest security updates for Win XP. The computer runs fine, but when it is time to shut it down it takes an extremely long time to complete the shut down. I defragmented the hard drive thinking that would solve the problem but it had no noticeable affect
I downloaded some windows updates but not all of them installed. When I go to Turn Off Computer, the "Turn Off" button has changed, indicating that when I hit it, it will install the updates. There's also a field I can click which will Turn Off without installing the updates. When I click the Turn Off buttion, it attempts to install two updates. It doesn't appear to be successful. Every time I Turn Off Computer it apparently tries to install the same two updates. I can reboot and do this over and over and they don't "take".There's nothing in Event Viewer to indicate what's going on. I couldn't find any installation logs though I'm not sure where to look.
The last windows update that I can see is KB 905474 and was downloaded by my automatic updates.I can see it when going to windows updates/view history. Trouble is, I cannot see it in my add/remove list. does auto updates only download security updates and I assume I dont have to do anything.
My primary Dell computer has WinXP Pro from a re-install. Unfortunately, the Dell reinstallation CD doesn't have the drivers that the OEM installation had, so whenever I add a hardware device, I have to also install the drivers.
I just acquired a second computer, also a Dell, that has WinXP Home Edition on it. So I was thinking that if I could find the driver "library" on the Home Edn, I could then copy it to the Pro machine
I have a stored email address that is bad, has a comma instead of a period. It is first in the list when I try to use one of the stored list. A real pain to have wrong entries or a list that is too long.
i can remove the files stored on this computer section from my computer. the files stored on this computer section includes Shared Documents and individual users documents.
When I use the Import and Export Menu in I. E. and point to the CD Drive where I have inserted the CD containing Favourites, Windows XP asks me to contact the Administrator. Why can't Windows XP be intelligent enough to verify that I myself am the Administrator and sole User of the Computer, as can be seen from the Users in Control Panel?
I don't know much about computers but right now my computer is really screwing me over, This morning when I had loged on it seemed to be fine, But later this afternoon this happend when I was trying to log on to my account. This message came up :"Windows cannot load the locally stored profile. Possible causes of this error include insufficient security rights or a corrupt local profile. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator. DETAIL - An I/O operation initiated by the registry failed unrecoverably. The registry could not read in, or write out, or flush, one of the files that contain the system's image of the registry." I have then setup up so new accounts but they do not work,A new message appears saying it will now log me onto a Temporay Account.
My friend call to ask if she forget her password and she is a administrator on her PC, and her mom and sister are also admin, can one of them create a new password for her so she can get back on her side of the PC to do her do without loosing all that she has saved. I have no info on the PC itself so i cannot give any.
i have had problems with my computer for a while. i have windows xp. recently whenever i make any changes to the computer like desktop arrangement and shutdown none of the changes are saved. i tried to rrestore to a previous time when there were no problems but when it booted back up just before it come to the windows screen it says "windows cannot load the locally stored profile. possible causes of this error include insufficient security rights or a corrupt local profile." then "windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile."
My WD Passport doesn't display anything I have stored on it. It still says that there are things stored on the external drive, but when I click on the icon, nothing shows up.I have another WD that is working just fine.Also, the icon for the drive changed from the blue "WD" back to the default.
This is a machine running on windows XP SP2 1200mz AMD.After restoring system to an earlier date, I am unable to run any program that requires a user profile. I believe that a .dll is currupted. I am not sure but I don't think that the registry is finding the wups2.dll file. I tried the regsvr32 command but could'nt get that to work. Outlook Express will ask for a user profile and password. This never happened before.
I've got an NEC LCD2010X monitor, and everytime I download the latest update from MS for either the NVIDA or Matrox Video cards I always find the drivers don't work... why ? Latest case is with the NVIDA update - I can't go beyond 4bit 640x480.
Is there a way to disable Windows Automatic Updates from updating device drivers. There are a several PC's at my job that have problems with a device driver update from. I would still like to recieve regular security updates, but I dont want any device driver updates.
I click on install, they install, I reboot - then, hey presto, they're back again!! I know the easy way is to turn off automatic updates - but, surely, there's a way around this?
My computer is only about 4 months old and I do not have it set to receive automatic updates. It seemed, with my last computer, the updates created more problems than they were worth. Does anyone have an opinion on how important it is to get these updates or am I just as well off not receiving them? The last time I checked to see what updates were available it appeared Microsoft even said that some of them could create problems.
"[userX]'s Documents" missing on "Files Stored on this computer"
When I double-click on My Computer there is a section called "Files Stored on this Computer". This section is currently displaying "[userX]'s Documents" for all windows users but one. Does anyone know how to show the folder for "[userX]'s Documents"?
Use Windows Update to find driver updates In Windows Update click Custom Install in the main column, and then click Select optional hardware updates in the left-hand column. Windows Update examines all parts of your system to determine what needs updating and it may recommend more than just driver updates. It's a good idea to visit Windows Update regularly for driver updates and other non-critical updates.
