XP updates

[BillySugger]

I've just been given an old machine by a friend . It has XP but not been used for ages . Downloaded & installed WGA tool & SP 3 no problem but it is now giving me 11 more updates including I.E. 7 however it says 'size' 0 kb time to download 0 secs .Update failed . Anybody any ideas why ?

[vehelpfulguy]

I had a similar problem to this a few weeks ago.

I reinstalled Windows XP (no service packs included), then downloaded SP3 and it was fine.

Then I downloaded the next lot of updates, including IE&, and got the same problem as you.

I seem to remember on the Windows update page there was a place that showed the error number.

I did a search on that and found a "fix" which solved the problems and allowed me to download all the fixes successfully.

Hunt round the Windows Update page and see if you can find the error number.

[vehelpfulguy]

There is some general advice here for fixing Windows Update problems.

See if anything there helps.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906602

[vehelpfulguy]

I think this is what fixed my problem (cannot be certain as it was a few months ago)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

[BillySugger]

vehelpfulguy thanks for the suggestions , unfortunately none of them worked .
However I was directed to this http://www.autopatcher.com/ from another forum . Amazing piece of free software . Did the job .