Win98SE, IE5.5 - I decided it was time to download all the critical Windows updates (never having done it before), but after nearly three hours without success I'm tearing my hair out and appealing for help.
I followed all the instructions on the normal MS update site, and the download appeared to start OK (7+MB, 1 hour 27 minutes download time), but repeatedly stopped after a few minutes with the message that updates could not be installed. A couple of times my machine actually crashed and had to be rebooted. No other programs were open or apps working at the time. No luck there. Then I went to the MS corporate update site and marked all the critical security updates I wanted. I specified a download directory on my HD. Again download seemed to start OK with various filenames coming up on the status monitor, but every so often a dialog came up saying file was not signed or could not be found. Then Download History showed every download status as "failed". I tried again, and this time some downloads showed "failed" and others showed "trust error". When I searched the directory I had specified for the updates download, there were folders for each individual update, but these contained ONLY one small .htm file specifying the particular update. No .exe files at all. Of course I retried many times, but with the same negative result. I looked in the on-line Help file and made sure all the Activex and Security settings were as specified, even disabled Zone Alarm, deleted the history log as suggested, closed down IE, even rebooted - still no luck. I even tried downloading a single small update instead of a whole lot, again failure! I've survived so far without any Windows updates, but having finally made the effort to update my Windows security etc. I'm really frustrated by so much failure and wasted time. Does anybody have any further suggestions? Or has anyone experienced similar problems? Thanks for your input. Virginia Net-Tamer V 1.09.2 - Test Drive ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
