Windows installer 3.1 has serious problems.
I am finally back, but cannot install that or any updates after that.

I would uninstall thise updates until they fix the issue.


"Koolbreeze" <Koolbreeze@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I recently had to use a system recover to roll my computer back to
> "day one (The way it was the first day I turned on my computer).
>
> I am trying to install updates on the windows update website. I have an
> hp
> pavilion 520w, running on windows XP Home.
>
> The website first looks to make sure I have current update software
> installed on my computer.
>
> It then says I need to install the following:
>
> Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and
> WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
> 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
> This software updates the Background Intelligent Transfer Service
> (BITS) to v2.0 and updates WinHTTP. These updates help
> ensure an optimal download experience with future versions of Automatic
> Updates, Windows Update, and other programs that rely on BITS to
> transfer files using idle network bandwidth.
>
>
> Total: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install).
>
> As you can see, it says it is already downloaded, and is supposedly
> ready
> to install, although the Total bytes downloaded shows to be zero.
>
> At this point is tells me to restart for the downloaded updates to take
> effect.
>
> When I restart, it tells me I need to download the above update
> software again, and seems to be stuck in a loop trying to download this
> one
> update. I can not get past it.
>
> I would ultimately like to install Service Pack 2, but I can't get past
> the first update I have tried to download since I did the
> System
> Recover.
>
> Thank you for you help.
>