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now that you realy have to spellout. iam not russian iam canadian.i dont know if thats what my profile says but when i find out how to edit my profile it will say proud canadian.thank for all the thought that went into the translation.

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Brief summary tied to the thread: has XP Home with updates repeatedly offering to install despite multiple attempts, and there are both an Administrator and a Guest account. was right to flag account privileges, and ’s reinstall suggestion is a last resort. Below are focused, non-destructive troubleshooting steps that usually fix repeated Windows Update prompts on XP.

First checks (quick, non-destructive)

  • Confirm whether the update actually installed: Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> tick “Show updates” and look for the patch.
  • Look at C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log for error lines or hex codes (search for “error” or “0x”). Those codes indicate why installation failed.
  • Verify free disk space — updates can fail silently if the drive is low.

Reset the Windows Update client (safe, commonly effective)

  1. Stop the update services, rename the download cache, restart services, then force detection. Run these from an elevated command prompt (Administrator account):
net stop wuauserv
net stop bits
ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
net start bits
net start wuauserv
wuauclt /detectnow

Notes and cautions

  • Renaming SoftwareDistribution removes the local update history (the system will re-download updates).
  • Temporarily disable any third‑party antivirus/firewall only while testing updates (some older security tools block installers).
  • If the log shows specific 0x errors, those codes point to the exact cause (corrupt download, file permissions, missing files). In that case, running sfc /scannow (requires XP CD) can repair protected system files.
  • Reinstalling Windows is a last option; the steps above usually resolve repeat-download loops.

These steps match the thread’s symptoms (repeated installs, account confusion) and are low-risk ways to restore normal Windows Update behavior before considering a full reinstall.

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Member Avatar for caperjack

click on use control panel above on the red line .then about 3 lines from the top clcik on profile and edit away .I to am from Canada.

Member Avatar for CLEARICE01

i did edit location but i cant change my avatar.help

Member Avatar for )BIG"B"Affleck

Это была только шутка.
Щелкните отверстие, чтобы использовать таможенное олицетворение тогда загружают изображение от вашего компьютера, который является 100x100.
TRANSLATION
It was just a joke.Click the hole to use a custom avatar then upload a image from your computer that is 100x100

Member Avatar for CLEARICE01

thanks for all your help.big b affleck the joke went over my you know eny thing about updates that just keep coming back i have two updates that i have downloaded and installed four or five times we speak iam downloading them again.they are october 2003 cumulitive patch for internet explorer 6 service pack 1.and 2003 security update for outlook express 6 sp1.like i said this is my fifth or sixth time downloading and installing.the two together are only 4 mb

Member Avatar for )BIG"B"Affleck

Are you on XP make sure your on a ROOT account
and where are you getting update at.

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yes iam using xp home.i dont know enything about root account please explain.iam getting auto updates from windows update site the auto update just poped up as we speak.that makes 7.the two accounts i have are administrator and quest.

Member Avatar for caperjack

Quote :Click the hole to use a custom avatar .

the hole is usually refered to as a Radio button.
posted this just for the hell of it !: : :evil:

Member Avatar for )BIG"B"Affleck

Good for you caperjack :lol:

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thanks for the replys but the prob is still happening i have tryed to log off of administrator and log on as a geustn but i dont know if that helped yet.and about the uploading of pictures on my computer every one i have tryed it says its to big.

Member Avatar for caperjack

they can be no bigger than 100k

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i got the picture thing down now.i havent had a update pop up for a few hours now. maybe by fooling around with it. i got lucky and fixed it knock on wood.

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so muck for knocking on wood iam still having the update prob it keeps on poping up whanting me to update that the ninth or tenth time now its driving me crazy.i know i got off topic with changing my profile but now thats done i realy need help with this.

Member Avatar for )BIG"B"Affleck

Is this a legal copy of windows if not you will either get corrupt updates or non at all.

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yes it came with my computer.istill havent reinstalled windows yet becouse of the hard drive space prob i have mabe that has something to do with it

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windows xp home came with my computer.

Member Avatar for caperjack

You should try a win98 bootdisk ,[havent got one get on here ,]
FDIS,and remove all non dos partition and create new dos partition ,then boot win XP disk and reinstall windows .

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thanks for the reply caperjack.that sounds a little bit to much for me so i think i will just stick with the basic reformat of a clean install and delete the partitions.

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