Paul D. Walker II wrote:

> We have had a fair number of XP and XP Home machines (I couldn't tell you
> which was more) that couldn't get past the Windows update test - even
> though windows updates said that there were no more updates to
> install.  Usually this is fixed by scanning the registry where the hotfix
> ID's are kept for a missing hotfix (per the check in cleanmachines) and
> install the hotfix manually.
>
> In one instance, I have an XP machine that keeps asking for the same two
> security updates over and over and over again.  We have not yet been able
> to convince windows to retain the update.
>
> Someone here asked if the new MS Windows Update site may be part of the
> problem, but I have not been hearing much if any chatter from this list or
> others that they are experiencing any of the same behaviors.

I see this symptom described quite often on the
microsoft.public.windowsupdate newsgroup. I think
there is a web interface ("forum") into it and there
may be a FAQ listing fixes.


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Gary Flynn
Security Engineer
James Madison University