I answered this and some a -ole moderated it out.

I have none of those issues and spend lots of $ and time every week to make
sure I don't.
5 spyware proggies, firewall, virus protection and close monitoring my
proces, etc.
Just because you don't have problems doesn't meanm those of us that actually
use our machines to do some real work don't.


"MowGreen" <mowgreen@nowandzen.com> wrote in message
news:ek$H1ddDGHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> 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]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
> Tom wrote:
>> if u uninstall installer 3.1, you can't get updates until ms fixes the
>> issue
>>
>>
>> "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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>