What Happened? I am almost pulling my hair out with what sounds like similar
problems. BTW, I am NOT seeing anything in Add/Remove relative to the
updates I am trying to achieve.

"CAOceanWoman" wrote:

> Thanks so much, Ben! I'll try it.
>
> "databaseben" wrote:
>
> > I'm no expert. But do they appear in your "Add / Remove" programs? This is
> > the place that shows if they have successfully downloaded and installed. The
> > downloads can be found somewhere on your harddisk and double clicking or
> > right clicking to them will install to. Also, if the new ms installer was
> > part of your download, this may be causing the other downloads to stall. I
> > think it needs to be the first download to be installed before the others
> > will.
> >
> > "child0752" wrote:
> >
> > > hope someone can help when i go to microsoft updates i have software and
> > > hardware updates i can download them but they will not install, i have tryed
> > > a few things that have been posted but still no joy.