NET updates will not install

Discussion in 'Software' started by tm711, Jun 3, 2012.

  1. tm711

    tm711 Corporal

    I have XP home ,and updates are set to automatic - inform me, let me choose when to install. I have 4 NET updates (recent ones) that just will not install. I click install on the yellow shield, the popup appears, and then it just diasppears, and there is no installaton. The next day I am informed that there is an update and it is the same ones. Anyone else haveing this problem? Any ideas?
     
  2. tgell

    tgell Major Geek Extraordinaire

    See this thread. Some people have had success with the fixit. I had the same problem but did not use the fixit. What I did was after installing the updates from the system tray icon, I went into Programs>Windows Update and checked for updates. It went through the process and said there were no updates. I rebooted the next morning and got another notification but this was for only one .Net update instead of three. I let it install through the icon on the system tray and then after the install was finished again went to Programs>Windows Update. It said there were no updates available. The next day I rebooted and never got another notification for a .Net update.

    Edit: One more thing I did and I do not know if this was a problem or not, was to disable my antivirus during the updates, specifically the avast self-protection. I thought this may have prevented registry changes during the first updates but I do not know.

    http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=259261
     
  3. tm711

    tm711 Corporal

    I read the thread referenced by tgell. It would work most likely but it was more work than I was in the mood for. But sometimes procrastination pays off! On the download page yesterday was a small program by Tweaking called Repair Windows Updates. It worked! I'd say give it a try.
     

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