Windows Update
 

Right, ive got Windows XP SP2 installed, and i went to the Windows Update site and selected my update method. This is the error i got.

What does it mean. Is it a problem at my end or Microsoft's?

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Microsofts ... just try again ..

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Ahh ok. Ill give it an hour or so.

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No record of that code in the M$ KB.

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I got exactly the same error lunchtime today on a PC I had completely wiped and was reinstalling. Only occcurred once Win XP SP2 was installed.

It cleared itself eventually, but only after I had installed the Sun Java stuff, and done a couple of reboots. Don't know if thats a red herring or not, but since M$ can't supply java anymore, even parts of the M$ update menu scripts don't work properly untill you work out you have to go to the third party source. That really clever - not :dunce:

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No change, its still happening.

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If I recall correctly when you go to windows update you get 2 choices, express or custom. I know I tried both. Eventually it cleared when I selected the express option. In the meantime I may well also have run the M$ office online update thingy.

On that basis I can't really say exactly what I did to clear it, I'm just happy that it cleared. :dozey:

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my personal advice would be to take the error as a hint. I have not heard a single good thing about SP2 yet. EVERYONE I know who has installed it has had to completely rebuild their machine afterwards as it knackers it up. And most of the people I know, including myself, work in the IT industry.

DON'T INSTALL IT - wait for the refined version!!!!!!

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I've heard of SOME people having problems, but now downloaded and installed it on 6 machines without a hitch ...

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One possible cause is your firewall. I had problems getting SP2 and updates from the new Microsoft Update site two weeks ago. I eventually traced it to a rule I had set up in ZAPro to prevent Generic Host Processes keeping port 1025 open. I removed the "blockall" rule and was able to update to SP2 and other updates without any problems. I have had no issues with SP2 yet and even though I have not reinstated the firewall rule, port 1025 is now closed.

Although according to some answers here it may be a server problem. I have just tried Windows Update and it worked fine.

http://communities2.microsoft.com/co...xp=&sloc=en-us

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Its working now!

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SP2 is getting nowhere near my xp machines.

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No problems here and I've installed it on two of my machines.
In my opinion, I think SP2 failing (just like every other software failure) is down to user error.

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user error? how? windows update > download and install!! need to be giving people some credit here, I think they can install stuff!! And let's face it, it wouldn't be the first time MS (or anyone else for that matter) have released software / patches / updates before testing in most usuage situations.

On the other hand (and in the developers defence), another thing to remember is that it is nearly impossible for it to be tested fully, as no one can replicate every eventuality and circumstance in computing. There are simply too many variables.

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I built my 40th computer with XP sp2 (fresh install obviously) Last week... And the only time I had a problem was on my dad's laptop - and that wasn't a fresh install.

Maybe the problems are mostly on updates? I don't know - but I can only give my experience.

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I read up on the pros and cons of installing and decided to give it a go.

Installation went without a hitch and if anything my machine seems to run faster than it did before.

I read somewhere that the update does favour high performace machines with good graphics cards.

Not only that, it upgraded my security so that it passed the latest version (1.2.1) Microsoft Baseluine Security Analyser tests.

Like all things only time will tell but for now I'm pleased and I hope the feeling lasts!!

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Well the problem I had with this was a fresh install, on a completely wiped PC. All I had installed was the Win XP disk, then Norton AV and firewall (would you connect your PC to the internet without any protection). I then connected broadband, updated the Norton stuff to current definitions, and then ran the Windows Update (chicken and egg I suppose which first patch windows or patch your A/V - all the time you are online and not current you are no doubt vulnerable). Update loaded XP SP2, after which I then got the errors.

This must be a bug, which I lay at the door of Mr Gates. I don't know, as a reasonable computer user, what I was supposed to have done differently that could have been considered "user error".

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I think if you maintain your system regularly and make sure it's fully patched then you will have less problems when it comes to major software upgrades.
For example, someone who rarely has spyware or a virus on their machine, knows how to look after Windows and who defragments regularly (i.e. me) will not have a problem with SP2.

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Like me, I've only had a network driver problem (sorted quickly though) and a BSD and my PC seems to be running better since the upgrade.

But XP rarely crashes anyway.

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Yes,me too. I regularly go to the PC Pitstop site to get an analysis of the state of my machine and then set about putting them right.

More often than not it is a question of running your anti-virus and something like Adaware or Spybot daily to see what is trying to install itself on your machine.

I also use Browser Hijack Blaster.By doing these things,defragmenting and keeping up to date with the updates from Microsoft you're reducing the odds that something can go wrong.

Mind you it is not 100% and I think there wil always be something that conflicts with whatever version of Windows you have.Problems should come out in the testing but more often than not it's one of us users that comes up with an unsatisfatcory software combination which they haven't tested and which doesn't woprk properly as it should.

I'm dreaming that one day Microsoft will invent a Windows operating system which will run any software you choose to install and then I can get out all those old DOS & Windows 3.1 games that don't run on Windows XP.

Hopefully, too, graphics and sound card manufacturers will have similar software which will allow you to work with any software no matter how old it is. Perhaps XP is a step towards making that dream a reality.

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I used the rescue disk on my laptop to take it back to square one because it was full of crap and really slow and I installed my copy of SP2 and I have had no problems so far.

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At work, we have just finished rolling SP2 out to >300 machines. No problems found during testing, and none reported yet.