windows update

why won't windows update security updates...they always fail.....but other
updates for other programs work? I am using windows vista and have upates set
to automatically download.

"nerissa" wrote:
> why won't windows update security updates...they always fail.....

Hi, Nerissa,

What exactly are the symptoms of the problem you're having? Any error
messages?

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No....it begins the download but then after a couple of minutes it just says
the downloads failed. thats all it gives me.

"David Dickinson" wrote:

> "nerissa" wrote:
> > why won't windows update security updates...they always fail.....
>
> Hi, Nerissa,
>
> What exactly are the symptoms of the problem you're having? Any error
> messages?
>
> --
> David Dickinson
> eveningstar at die-spammer-die dash mvps dot org
> Please reply only to the newsgroup, not by email
>
>

In message <12BCC7F1-5970-459C-86A0-521ED098A815@microsoft.com> nerissa
<nerissa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>No....it begins the download but then after a couple of minutes it just says
>the downloads failed. thats all it gives me.

There should also be a cryptic error code -- If not, check the eventlog
and see if it has the details.

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"nerissa" <nerissa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12BCC7F1-5970-459C-86A0-521ED098A815@microsoft.com...
> No....it begins the download but then after a couple of minutes it just
> says
> the downloads failed. thats all it gives me.

There should be an error number that looks something like 0x876543210 (or
some other digits, but the first two characters will be 0x"), although on
Vista it may show up only in Event Viewers's Applications or Administrator's
logs (I'm not sure because I haven't seen any Windows Update errors on Vista
yet). That error number will be the key to starting to fix your problem
(except that asking your question here was a good start, too.)

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David Dickinson
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Thank you so much for you help David.

"David Dickinson" wrote:

> "nerissa" <nerissa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:12BCC7F1-5970-459C-86A0-521ED098A815@microsoft.com...
> > No....it begins the download but then after a couple of minutes it just
> > says
> > the downloads failed. thats all it gives me.
>
> There should be an error number that looks something like 0x876543210 (or
> some other digits, but the first two characters will be 0x"), although on
> Vista it may show up only in Event Viewers's Applications or Administrator's
> logs (I'm not sure because I haven't seen any Windows Update errors on Vista
> yet). That error number will be the key to starting to fix your problem
> (except that asking your question here was a good start, too.)
>
> --
> David Dickinson
> eveningstar at die-spammer-die dash mvps dot org
> Please reply only to the newsgroup, not by email.
>
>