Help with updating Windows

for some reason after i completly wiped my pc and reinstalled with my hp backup disks when my update icon pops up everytime i boot up my pc in the tray and says i have updates but when i try to update them it acts like it does then dissapears and wont let me update threw the site either anyone know how to get it to update?

 

On a fresh install, it will take several reboots to get all the available updates. How many times has it done this? I would say that this is normal behaviour for a release version of the OS. Constantly looking for and installing updates. Give it s few update/reboot cycles and see where you stand.

 

no man its been like this for a month thats when i reinstalled

 

Yikes.....You signed in as an admin? What does windowsupdate tell you?

Check add/remove programs and tell it to show updates. Are there any there? Is this a retail, or oem install? MS is now preventing a lot of people with copied/pirated versions of XP to update their machines. Not accusing you of anything, just curious if this is the cause of the problems.

 

my pc is a HP and it lets you make your own cd backup of ur system 1 time its not a illegal version or anything for some reason it just wont update im always on as admin and no i dont have a virus i know how to keep my pc running

 

So when you go to, Start > All Programes > Windows update... What does it say when you try and attempt an update, any messages at all?

 

ya it shows update but wont download or install them

 

Hmmm... Ok, has it already got SP1 on or SP2?

If its just service pack 1 on then i can give you a link to download the full SP2 installation from microsoft (its one file)....

 

my pc has sp2 when i got it

 

btw its a hp can built with sp2 the cds even have sp2 already on them

 

Ok what i would do is try another restore with your discs, as you done it a month ago, maybe some wired software problem developed in that short time?

 

check out google on how to disable Micro$oft Genuine Advantage and see if that allows you to complete the downloads. Evidently there have been many "False positives" with OEM manufacturer disc windows installations. It's very easy to disable, but I don't think forum rules allow me to discuss this. Mods, if it's OK, please let me know.

 

restoreing it is a bigger pain than that cause i have to delete all the crap that comes on it lol

 

Yeah i understand as usually large manufacturers such as HP put all there crap on with OPK tools.... Has a friend got a windows XP disc you can borrow and just use your licence key...

Then you can do a base install with all your drivers etc then do a ghost image backup (Norton Ghost).

 

ill try that site but my pc has legal copy of windows on it my hp pc came with a option to make backup disks witch i did and i used it a month or so ago why wont windows let me update?

 

ok for some reason i think my windows update program is curropt or somthn cause i can manually download the files but if i use the site or the pc windows update it wont even show network activity i dont wanna download each one one by one >.<

 

ya but its only 26 megs of update i need but i want the windows updater to work its like it curropt

 

Xenokai, did you try disabling the validation like I suggested? It takes about 10 seconds as it is just an add-on setting in explorer. If that is the problem, it wont allow auto updates until it is disabled.