Fresh install of windows xp will not update

I too had this problem but after installing IE 8 , worked for me like a charm. You could also try that and disable the security software temporarily if you have any. Follow this article. As of December , here's what was necessary to get a Windows SP2 system to clear all the issues with Windows Update.

Windows XP SP2 has dead components that need to be replaced and a root cert list that's mostly expired. Windows XP uses IE6 which is long dead and it's rotten stinking corpse no longer works well enough to upgrade. After applying all these, you might have to go muck with one of the fixit's out there for Windows Update issues, don't bother beforehand because you're attempting to fix the unfixable.

Is the date and time on the computer correct? I've had websites, Citrix products, etc. Most likely cause being the date set to like or something, throwing off all the certificates that websites or Windows Update may use.

I tried all of the earlier answers, and still got the same error, although the Fixit tool claimed to fix two of the three items couldn't fix the service. I then just went to Automatic Updates in Control Panel, turned it off and clicked Apply, then turned it back on. Resolved - although the 'checking for updates' stage is very, very slow. Sign up to join this community.

The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 9 years, 5 months ago. Active 1 year, 5 months ago. Viewed 29k times. I went to try to run Windows Update on it and was greeted with "The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view -- error number 0xA" I've encountered this kind of problem a lot of times.

What is it that causes this problem and how do I fix it? Edit: Well, now I've installed windowsupdateagentx86 and that got me to where I can now browse a list of needed updates, but when I go to install updates I get the same generic error message, but with error number 0x Improve this question. Earlz Earlz 4, 18 18 gold badges 57 57 silver badges 82 82 bronze badges. IE version? Since SP2 is no longer supported, the first thing to try would be installing SP3.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. In my case there were three areas that it fixed: Service registration is missing or corrupt - Reset service registration. Repair missing or corrupt files Problems installing recent updates - Repair Windows Update. Improve this answer. Jon Egerton Jon Egerton 1 1 gold badge 9 9 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. Dave M Dave M 13k 21 21 gold badges 35 35 silver badges 45 45 bronze badges.

Here are the steps on what order and how to install these updates. I say Reinstate Monica 24k 18 18 gold badges 90 90 silver badges bronze badges. MrFridey MrFridey 86 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Oh, god the looping! Probably try a different format mode, although I can't imagine that to be a problem. See this page about STOP errors and follow the link to the Microsoft article But I guess you get lots of different bluescreens and that might not match your case.

You should probably try to boot bare-bones with only the necessary components if you didn't do that already. No, cd rom is not on the same ide. I checked and the mobo recognizes the processer. I would bet on the cable or perhaps even the IDE controller, although that one probably won't break all of a sudden.

Since your hard drives shouldn't both be broken the cable is your best bet and you can easily change that. There isn't an error message about your IDE cable at boot-up, is there?

Now I get Stop 0x HOw do I do this?? Yeah, page fault yada yada. You probably get Unmountable Boot Volume at some time and then I'd really say your cables are bad.

But unless that happens the error messages indicate faulty memory or other hardware issues or just bad drivers. I guess. Click to expand Help Cant install my Windows Xp I recently bought a new mobo,cpu,mem the works ive built a few other pc's before without a single problem When i install my XP Pro OS the install will go thru until i reach the finalizing section then the computer will reboot and the install will start all over again..

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Guillermo Belli replied 6 minutes ago. Crytek apologizes for going after modder's Crysis photo mode, still gives him ultimatum dangh replied 7 minutes ago. Bottom line - problem resolved. I kept a copy of the batch file for future use and I was pretty familiar with all of the other steps required which normally work when Windows Update needs to be fixed.

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