MS updates download but do not install

Hello, I have an Acer Aspire 5542G running W7 Home premium. Up until now I have had no problems with updates, and as far as I know I have not made any changes to the set up for downloads.

I get a message to say there are 5 updates needed and I have downloaded these as usual. When I turn off I get the usual message to not turn off the computer until downloads finished. Each time, this installation has failed and the whole download starts again next time I turn off.
I am getting error message 1084.
Can you help please? Thanks, Jan:confused

 

Worth looking to see if this service has stopped- I saw a similar answer on Microsoft site about tit, and the second post from last is similar- a service might need to be re-started



http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=241089

 

It may also be worth to try http://fixitcenter.support.microsoft.com/

 

I'd give this one a shot.
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_update/

Right click IE and run as Admin.
Copy & Paste the above link in the address bar, hit enter. Then proceed.

Cheers..

 

Sikvik that site does not even look slightly genuine, sry but if we look even "coarsely at it through the 1/2" thick glass lenses" we can see that that site is some pathetic mock up.

Sikvik take that how you like but anyone who has Right click IE and run as Admin has just been seriously compromised and hacked IMHO and such a suggestion SHOULD never be mentioned at MG.

You have raised a significant flag with myself and I will be reviewing your posts, from a personal perspective!

DO NOT FOLLOW SUCH ADVICE!

 

Dunno what Sikvik is going to say about that but you are way off course here. The MS Fixit site is a perfectly legit and very useful resource.

 

Firstly the site you have linked is completely and utterly different form the site they have linked!

Secondly the problem has nothing to do with "scripting" and or allowance which is what I observe on your page link.

Thirdly why run a IE as ADMIN and go and visit some site!

None of these suggestions have even come close to broaching the problem at hand, sadly the solution is a pain in the bum and may require a Win 7 in place rebuild.

 

Just take a moment to follow my link through to the updates fix and you will end up exactly where Sikvik linked to, but first -

You are only seeing that because scripting is disabled in YOUR browser. Enable it and you will start to see what this is actually all about

I suspect Sikvik suggested that because the solution does modify the registry, though I'm not sure how necessary it really is to run it as Admin.

 

Cheers Bold Eagle for you inputs.
I'm running the fix as I type. If get hacked, I shall Inform accordingly. I saw this fix posted in another well respected forum and okay-ed by a respected member of their tech team. That being another tech forum I shied from posting the link to the thread.

If you like, I can PM you the link.

Cheers...

 

No issues were found. As an after thought I uploaded the .exe to Virus Total. No detection
reported. Also the MD 5 seems common to a few MS fixit's. From what Google tells me.

Cheers..

 

support.microsoft.com is one of the most legitimate sites in my book :-D
And those fix-it tools may fix this user's problems, as well as the crypt32 related post by baklogic. They are all legitimate suggestions.

If none of the above work suggestions work, I would try to delete any pending.xml* files in the C:\windows\winsxs directory. You may find out that you have to brute force delete them using Unlocker or something similar to it. Reboot your PC, and try updating again.

Also, it would be helpful if you posted which updates are failing constantly.

 

I will say I "most likely" owe you an apology, but still are not 100% on this. You have been a regular at MG for several years and normally I have respected your opinions and advice and hence are "tending towards" an apology.

Frankly I was concerned when clicking in the link and finding MS page is displaying and rendering a significantly different page "look" from about one month ago for any other MS sites I had visited.

My locked down FireFox (with NoScript) shows in the address bar a "this website does not supply identify information", as per pic and thus we can't even sincerely "verify the address" (it's simply called cloning for the "uninformed") and needs further "investigation".

Also a person should "never ever" run that security vulnerable IE in ADMIN mode as it will "fully expose" the average users system to what is a link that has raised questions in my mind.

Bottom line I would be a derelict geek if I did not point these facts out! If I have offended so be it I am more geek than polite!

Back to the initial post can you please indicate the specific update KBXXXXXXXX that are not installing, even better can you please take a screen shot of the update panel and more specific advice can be provided.

 

No problem. Instead of rant I'd report a post, let the Admins and Mods come to a conclusion to delete an errant post.

Even for a legit link? Just for info, the link was posted by a malware fighter of another forum.

We seem to be wreaking this thread, so I'll stop.

Cheers..

 

That's great buddy.

To the OP if you click on the Windows Update button within the start menu and then select "Check for Updates" and select the "hyperlink" you should get a display like in the pic., of interest is the specific KBXXXXXXX that keep cycling. I have a suspicion of specific .NET files (which I recently experienced myself) and associations.

The next step will be to assess whether they are actually installed, this we can follow up on after review of the KB.

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