Vista - Vista updates

I am having a strange problem. None of my programs are updating ie: vista,
quicken, norton. The updates download but never install. When running update
again I am told that I have all the current updates but they are not there. I
can not get updates to my bank accounts virius dats nothing. Vista updates
show that they are downloaded and installed but when update runs the same
updates show up as needed. I have a clean vista install as my computer is
only 6 weeks old. I am quickly growing fed up with vista.
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steve55

"steve55" <steve55@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am having a strange problem. None of my programs are updating ie: vista,
> quicken, norton. The updates download but never install. When running
> update
> again I am told that I have all the current updates but they are not
> there. I
> can not get updates to my bank accounts virius dats nothing. Vista updates
> show that they are downloaded and installed but when update runs the same
> updates show up as needed. I have a clean vista install as my computer is
> only 6 weeks old. I am quickly growing fed up with vista.
> --
> steve55
Well, I'll start the ball rolling, Steve since I more or less did so in my
last response in your previous thread but this one should attract others as
it has a new subject.

You mention having Norton. We have found that both Norton and McAfee can
interfere with these functions. Try temporarily disabling Norton, if you
have more than the Antivirus, disable that as well and see if you can get
your other applications to update and properly install the updates.

If that doesn't resolve it, it may be a security issue related to UAC, User
Account Control. Try temporarily turning off UAC and then see if you can
get your applications to properly update. Open User Accounts in Control
Panel, click Turn User Account Control on or off and temporarily turn it
off. Then, see if you can get your apps to install the updates.

NOTE: in all instances above, you may need to redownload the updates in
order to test if they will auto install since once on your system, they
often require a manual installation.
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Michael Solomon
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