I've worked on at least 50 systems with Windows Installer 3.1 installed
and they all update successfully. Just because your system has an
issuing installing updates does ***not*** indicate that their is a bug
or an issue in Windows Installer. MS will not be fixing something that
is not broken.
Look to the installed AV|Security Programs|Download Manager|PopUp
Stopper|Cookie Remover|Registry Cleaner/Fixer|Firewall|Router or, the
health of the OS for the cause of the issue.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
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Tom wrote:
> if u uninstall installer 3.1, you can't get updates until ms fixes the issue
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> "Koolbreeze" <Koolbreeze@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B060F424-9176-4636-8726-3AC083D6BA9B@microsoft.com...
>
>>Man..i tried that and it looked like it was going to go through, but when
>>I
>>went to the update website again, it is still doing the same thing. oh
>>well...thanks for the suggestion anyway man.
>>
>>"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Try manually downloading the BITS package and install it.
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>>Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP
>>>5.1 (KB842773)
>>>Note: This download is available to customers running genuine Microsoft
>>>Windows
>>>
>>>or look in the SoftwareDistribution folder under Windows and see if the
>>>download has actually
>>>occurred. If it has, you may be able to install it manually from there.
>>>Another user did this when
>>>the downloads failed to install.
>>>
>>>--
>>>===========================
>>>TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
>>>===========================
>>>
>>>
>>>"Koolbreeze" <Koolbreeze@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>news:2E413B1C-B78D-40C6-9735-7065D25495FE@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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