Which particular update is giving you problems?? - I have an easy solution
for one particular problem of this kind.

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"dannydud0828" <dannydud0828@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> X-post to WinME General
>>
>> Before proceeding further with installing updates, please take the time
>> to
>> address the following questions. Doing so might save you a lot of
>> headaches:
>>
>> Prior to reinstalling WinME, had you installed IE6 SP1?
>>
>> If so, did you uninstall IE6 before reinstalling WinME?
>
> Yes, I had installed SP1. I did not uninstall IE6 prior to reinstalling
> WinME. I reformatted the hard drive because I could not get the computer
> to
> work at all, so wiped it clean in order to at least have a working
> computer.
>
> The reason I am asking this is becuase I have had this problem before. I
> formatted my hard drive, leaving me with 5 years worth of windows updates
> to
> install. One would think that I could let windows update do its thing and
> that it would install the updates in the proper order. WRONG!! This
> leaves
> me in the position where I have installed every update and every day
> windows
> tells me that I have 1 particular update that needs installing. When I go
> to
> similar discussions like this one, they tell me that I have installed the
> updates in the wrong order. An example would be having update 2 installed
> before update 1 makes update 1 not install properly. This is why I am
> here.
> Instead of checking them all and letting windows install them in its own
> order (which does not work - I believe I have read hundreds of posts on
> this
> forum in which this is the problem), I thought I would install them 1 by 1
> in
> the porper order saving me lots of headaches later. I also read the post
> saying to look at the update numbers, and install them in order. Some of
> the
> updates are numbered with a 6 digit number, some are numbered with a Q and
> a
> 6 dgit number. Am I to install from low to high, Q's first, or Q's last??
> There HAS to be a schedule or a list somewhere where someone can simply
> tell
> me install this update 1st, then this update 2nd, then this update 3rd and
> so
> on. Windows does not do this properly by itself.
>
> Again thank you for your time!!!!!
>
> Dan