Home Updating - Unable To Be Successfully Installed
Apr 9, 2005
I am having problems updating windows xp. After clicking on the selected updates to download (only the critical ones), the updates start to download, but then a notice that says the updates were "unable to be successfully installed". There is no reason for this given and no other error message.This happened to me in Feb. and I was able to google the error message Windows update gave me. The solution involved going into DOS & clearing something, but I can't remember what it was or where I found the instructions to do it.
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Dec 17, 2006
I have been having this issue for quite some time now, haven't been able to install any updates. Its getting rather annoying. Heres a link to what i see everytime i try to install something via windows update.Theres the whole list but it doesn't matter, no matter what i try to install from Windows update, it wont install
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Dec 2, 2006
To start, when I try to play an .avi file, real player and windows media player both encounter a fatal error. Thinking there may have been a windows update I went to update.microsoft.com to get updates. I was able to download all of the updates, but I could not install any of them. I tried to install them via express and custom updates on the website, via automatic updates, and virtually every other method I could think of. After researching the problem I came across similar problems with an array of solutions, including trying in safe mode, running sfc /scannow, uninstalling and reinstalling .net, shutting off and turning back on both automatic updates and cryptographic services, changing .dll files (lccwiz & pidgen), renaming the Software Distribution folder, downloading one update at a time, and other things that I can't even begin to think of at this moment, obviously with no success, as well as running SpyBot, AdAware, and Norton.
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May 18, 2005
I'm working on a laptop (XPpro) that won't install the available windows updates. It downloads them and then tries to install each one and fails. I then get a list of the updates that were not installed with the ever helpful message "updates were unable to be successfully installed". I pulled the error 0x8024200e out of the windowsupdate.log file.
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Mar 19, 2005
I'm having a little trouble with doing windows updates on this machine. I have tried everything suggested. The updates will download but always fail. However this system did have over 300 different types of malware, but I have removed these using MS Antispyware and Norton Antivirus 2004. I even got SP2 installed from a CD.
"The following updates failed to be installed successfully: 816093: Security Update Microsoft Virtual Machine (Microsoft VM) Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool (KB873374)" And NO ERROR MESSAGES, and nothing in the logs...
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Oct 24, 2006
Recently when starting Internet Explorer 6,instead of going straight to my Google Home Page,it instead go to; http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.mspx
A click on Critical Updates for IE6 at this page then starts trumpeting "Microsoft Update". Is Microsoft trying to get me to purchase something?
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Dec 29, 2006
Will be building a new system down the road and was going to use XP for the OS. I found a place online that has the retail version of XP Home with Service Pack 1 for $141.My question is, can I take a recent SP2 disc from Microsoft and use it to update the above to SP2? If so, it would save me about $38 vs buying the retail version of XP Home with SP2 already on it from the same place.
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Aug 15, 2007
anyone that knows what I can do to fix this problem would help me out alot. I am trying to upgrade my dads computer from XP Home which he has to XP Pro which I brought for him. I go thru all the options to upgrade and the computer restarts and goes to bluescreen and gives me this message."Setup cannot find a cd-rom drive. make sure your cd-rom is on and properly connected to your computer. if it is a SCSI cd-rom drive make sure your SCSI devices are properly terminated. see your computer or SCSI adapter documentation for more info. setup cannot continue, to quit setup press F3"..I tried setting the DVD Drives to Boot first in BIOS and that did not work, I even tried removing the BIOS Battery for a little to reset BIOS and that just made my speakers work bad for some reason, now they are raspy. I just cant figure this one out, luckaly there are people out there that can teach me,
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Sep 2, 2005
Since updating to sp2 unable to install printer.Also wizard not avaiable to
install scanner or fax.Can anyoe advise?
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Dec 14, 2006
I recieved the following message after a forced restart after windows updates were installed: "We are sorry for any inconvenience but Windows was unable to start successfully" My options are to start in Safe Mode , Last known config or normal. Safe Mode is the only thing that works. Also System Restore would not work Also System Recovery from Sony Vaio Recovery Wizard would not work
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Sep 14, 2005
I am trying to set up a home network to connect my laptop (with xp pro) to my desktop (with xp home) i am using a 3com office conect router as a hub. With the fire walls on each machine switched off I can see each of the machines from each other.I can share files on the laptop with the desktop, but when I try to access the desktop from the laptop I get the following message : xxxxxxx is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Login Failure : the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer.
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Dec 3, 2005
I installed Win XP Home on a computer that already had it installed. I really wanted to do a reformat and then install Win XP Home. So, now when I boot up, I get a choice of either of the installations. I want to delete one of them; how can I do this? Once this is done, and when I have more time, I would like to do a clean install. How do I do that?
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Sep 21, 2005
I have a DELL PIII 450MHz PC that is running Win98se.If I wanted to upgrade to XP is it as simple as just putting in the disk and following the prompts or do you think I'd have to do numerous modifications to the bios etc. Is it as simple as popping in the CD? will all of my files and folder still be intact, just the way they were?
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Sep 28, 2008
Uninstalled XP Pro 2002 back to XP Home, (both from discs), back to WinME. Reinstalled XP Home from disc, then XP Pro from disc, but still runs as XP Home.Even though XP Pro is now listed in the add/remove programs list in the control panel, My Computer's system properties shows the operating system as XP Home, and everything still resembles an XP Home configuration. Can this be fixed?
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Nov 20, 2006
I have a laptop taht had Me on it. I tried to update to Xp home edition the system ran and I ahd choose the option to save my files. However once completed the screen goes black and I have no main screen or menue area on my computer
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Jul 15, 2005
I bought a used PC. A kind person who sold me the PC installed XP Home to it using my name "automatically". The problem is that there shouldn't be my name, the computer comes to a friend of mine. I just bought the cheap PC via an internet auction.So, possibly during installation XP asks the owner's name (I still use Win 98, I don't know). Is it possible to rename the XP owner's name afterwards? I don't have any installation disks, just some sort of an XP recovery disk.
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Feb 18, 2006
I successfully upgraded my Gateway from ME to XP Home editions the service paks, except there is a problem with my audio. The audio is scratchy and barely audible when I startup. When I "uncheck" the box "1 speaker digital" in the volume control menu, the sound is works fine not loud enough but ok. The problem is that when I shut down or researt the computer, that checkbox defaults with a check mark and next startup. Gateway says there is a conflict with the sound card and the hard drive and suggested that I download a driver I ALREADY had on there.I have been on the phone for almost one week with Microsoft, and they cannot seem to fix the problem either.
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Nov 3, 2005
computer came with Windows XP Home installed. I have the disk to upgrade to Professional and did so. My automatic updater downloaded SP2. When SP2 was installed; my computer reverted back to XP Home. Should I re-install XP Pro or is the same thing going to happen again
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Aug 17, 2006
I just finished installing Windows XP Home OEM, created my account and clicked to log in when, to my complete surprise, I was prompted to enter my password.
Nobody was in the room while the XP software was installing, and I didn't create a password for my account (I didn't even have the option), so absolutely nobody at my house knows what the password is. I already checked the documentation that came with the software and it doesn't mention any password.
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Oct 13, 2009
I was running Win XP Home SP3 when it had a problem. This became fatal due to an IER flaw (Idiot Editing Registry.) Having no idea where my original disc was, I purchased and installed XP Pro SP3. Everything is fine except for the minor irritant that on every start up I am given the choice to start either Pro or Home version.I could probably do the one extra mouse click on a million boots for less trouble that it will take to fix it, but it just offends my compulsive sensibilities. Any suggestions on how to make it go to XP Pro without intervention? I have tried uninstallers and none of them see the Home version. I have deleted all the Home version files, which may have been dumb. I thought about a registry cleaner, but decided to ask before I got myself in trouble.
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Jan 10, 2008
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Dec 2, 2004
since then i have reformatted my hard drive and used other operating systems on my computer. if i reformat and install windows xp home again, will the key that came with my computer work?i won't be using the same disks that came with my system, i will be using a generic purchased version but i will use the serial that came with my system? is it going to work?
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May 28, 2005
I have two Windows XP Home Edition installed on my computer. I want to remove one without removing the other.
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Oct 19, 2007
after forcing my laptop off, i restarted it only to find that the registry had become corrupted blue screen message: stop:0000218 {registry file failure}i searched the forums and found that i need to restart the computer using the windows xp (home) start up cd to access the recovery console.the problem is that the laptop came with an OEM installed operating system so not only do i NOT have a start up disk,but i also found a caution that the recovery console proceedure will not work with an OEM installed system.
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May 12, 2006
I have a 20 gig HD that is running a legit Windows XP home edition OS. However, I JUST bought a 120 GB HD and was gonna install that OS on it, but my friend tells me that I have to buy another copy of Windows for that HD. Is this true? I dont want reach into my wallet,extract all my hard earned dinero, and cast it to the smirking rottweilers.
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Aug 13, 2005
I'm looking to purchase a notebook and learned a XP Home CD or a Bootable CD isn't included. XP Home is already installed. Isn't a XP CD needed to load uninstalled XP features plus to insert at various times when prompted? Also, can a bootable CD be purchased? If both are purchased at retail, would they be compatible with the installed version of XP Home and with the keycode differences? To be prepared for maintenance, what is needed to support XP Home?
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Jan 1, 2009
I had an ingenuine version of Windows installed so I had decided to just install a genuine one after Microsoft had bugged me about it. The bad OS was XP Pro and I was supposed to have XP Home, so I had to do it the hard way. I decided to install XP Home then over everything I had. I copied/installed the important things I had backed up (not much). This was a few days ago. Everything was going well until yesterday I got a problem. I had just installed SP3 when it told me to reboot. I rebooted but I get an error before it's about to start loading my desktop. The error lasts for about half a second before the computer reboots and repeats the process endlessly. The error says "A write operation was attempted to a volume after it was dismounted." with "lsass.exe" in the title bar. The same thing happens if I boot in safe mode as well. Also, my computer is a Dell laptop, Inspiron 600m. What am I to do?? I really do not want to have to do that all over yet again just after having everything nearly set back up perfectly. Help!
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Aug 13, 2006
is it ok to partition a hdd with an OEM version of windows XP home installed on it? i want to buy this oem copy of XP home(http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=949&category_id=225&manufacturer_id=0) for an existing PC, which already has another OS on it. I have to wipe the hard drive before I can install the OEM XP home, since this version was meant to be distributed with new PCs only. But after I've wiped it, and have installed XP home, I plan to partition the drive and install another OS, is that ok?
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Jul 11, 2008
installed xp pro over xp home edition(formated).now on bootup i can pick xp pro or home.its gives me so many seconds to choose on black screen.
is there a way to skip that entry on bootup,as i have to pick xp pro.
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May 30, 2006
I just install a fresh copy of XP Pro, but XP Home is still showing up as an option. What gives?
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Aug 23, 2009
I just re-installed XP SP2 on my laptop. Everything seems to be okay except that the system does not allow me to unmute the mic. I've already installed the audio and CD drivers for the system, as well as the display drivers. The system has mic but it does not allow me to uncheck it.
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