Windows Update Site Problems

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Stephen Willson

I just installed Windows XP Home Edition on a laptop and
ran the windows update menu item from Internet Explorer,
but after clicking "Install Now", none of the updates
install. They all fail. I am not sure what I am doing
wrong, but this has happened to me on two different
systems.

-Stephen
 
The windows update site is the victim of a worm on the web.
the worm is trying to take the update site off the internet.
this is why the updates are not installing......
 
Try this:

Find the file called hosts (In XP Pro its located at
c:\windows\system32\drivers). Open it up in Notepad and add this
line:
208.172.32.132 download.windowsupdate.com
Save and close.
Try the update process again.
It worked for me.
 
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