OK, RodneyK, KB892130 is currently not available, so here's a link
on search for " Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool ":

http://support.microsoft.com/search/...ch=sup&x=6&y=9

The first link there says that you can use automatic updates with an
illegal copy of Windows, but you can't use Windows Update. The
second link explains how to adjust Internet Explorer to get updates.
The third link is about the time issue, the fourth link doesn't apply.

1 double-check time with http://nist.time.gov - click your zone.
2 adjust Internet Explorer to work better with WU per 2nd link.
3 maybe you've got pirated Windows - find out about that.
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/Resources_Action.mspx

If not, either go for WU support (free) or be willing to talk about
your computer - what you've got and when you got it. For WU:
http://support.microsoft.com/common/...h=1&gprid=6527

"RodneyK" <possum2pie@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OfTrUY15FHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Here you go Michael. Am I missing something which should be obvious?
>
> OK. I pressed Custom, the window showed it was scanning to find suitable
> updates, it finished and a window appeared that states
>
> "Software Upgrade for Some Windows Components Required
>
> A hyperlink titled "details" when clicked gives ;
>
> Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
> 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
> The Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool enables you to verify that
> your copy of Microsoft Windows is genuine. The tool validates your Windows
> installation by checking Windows Product Identification and Product
> Activation status. After you install this item, you may have to restart your
> computer. Once you have installed this item, it cannot be removed.
>
> Total: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
>
> And there is a button called titled " download and install now"
>
> (In my downloaded programs folder there are 4 files none of which is
> KB892130. A search of my PC gives no results for KB892130.)
>
> I press the button and the installation fails.
>
> When the popup is exitted, the next window (update.microsoft.com) tells
> me to review my Installation results, which show only the successful auto
> updates. These are all security updates and go back to 16 October with the
> most recent being 11/11/05.
>
> --
> RodneyK
>
>
> "Michael Jennings" <metarhyme@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OI$jHqs5FHA.3136@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Shenan Stanley has answered your subject question, "No."
>>
>> I'm sorry that accurate time did not clear your path to WU.
>>
>> Your Outlook Express 6 is not fully updated - its headers show that.
>> The missing update may be a non-critical one AU wouldn't bother with.
>> Would you like to get it? Select "Custom" at WU, then on the left click
>> Software, Optional in the Select by Type category. An update for OE
>> should be displayed as an Optional software update. Can you get it?
>>
>> If you can't get it, post exactly what happens when you try. WU blocks
>> you where? Explain it again - make it really easy to understand.
>>
>
>
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