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Sep 6, 2004, 06:31 PM
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Like a Fish
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Southern California
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windows update fails to load
i just re-installed winXP and i went to the windows update site, and it d/led v5 for me. I had v4 on my old install, and it's all different now. I installed some of the updates, and went to reboot. After i rebooted, i went back to the windows update site, but it said it couldn't start because i had something in services turned off. told me to go to "services.msc" and set the BITS service to "automatic" and make sure it has started. Well, i did exactly that, and the windows update site still won't load, and gives me the error still.
i just want to back to the old windows update v4   . |
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Sep 6, 2004, 06:57 PM
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ein Krieger
Join Date: Jan 2004
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do you have the windows update service turned on auto?
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Sep 6, 2004, 06:59 PM
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Styleless Wonder
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V5 is default for SP2. You will also need to turn on the Automatic Updates service to auto.
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Sep 6, 2004, 07:06 PM
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Like a Fish
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i can't us sp2 for two reasons
1. sp2 doesn't work w/prescotts (at least not yet)
2. illigitimate reasons  |
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Sep 6, 2004, 07:17 PM
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Like a Fish
Join Date: May 2003
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well, this seemed to have worked. i'm not liking v5 at all. v4 was alot easier to use than v5. i like to have automatic updates disabled so i don't have it constantly bugging me telling me to update my computer w/worthless updates
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Sep 6, 2004, 07:26 PM
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Styleless Wonder
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Originally Posted by Pac-Man
i can't us sp2 for two reasons
1. sp2 doesn't work w/prescotts (at least not yet)
2. illigitimate reasons |
As for the Prescott issue, there are a number of people using it with the Prescott and it's not a problem. And there is a fix if you get the proper BIOS update. More info about it here
If you're worrying about keys.. it's not a problem. MS wants everybody updated, trust me.
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well, this seemed to have worked. i'm not liking v5 at all. v4 was alot easier to use than v5. i like to have automatic updates disabled so i don't have it constantly bugging me telling me to update my computer w/worthless updates
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You can still turn off the nagging Auto update feature through Control Panel, but the service can still be running. V5 is alright. I like the new look. V4 will be taken out of service eventually. |
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Sep 6, 2004, 07:44 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gefle, Sweden
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In case you run a software firewall there is also the need to allow svchost.exe doing outbound tcp traffic (80,443) for v5 to work. Windows Update v5 has a nice interface, but to a tweaker it sure demands more of the otherwise useless things to be running. 
Edit: Those who are unfortunate enough to run into trouble when pairing SP2 with a Prescott CPU should be able to find a motherboard BIOS update that fixes it. Possibly an issue that only shows up when using early Prescott-capable motherboards with older BIOS'es.
Last edited by mkk; Sep 6, 2004 at 08:05 PM.
Reason: about that Prescott thingy
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Sep 6, 2004, 08:06 PM
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Like a Fish
Join Date: May 2003
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Originally Posted by No_Style
As for the Prescott issue, there are a number of people using it with the Prescott and it's not a problem. And there is a fix if you get the proper BIOS update. More info about it here
If you're worrying about keys.. it's not a problem. MS wants everybody updated, trust me.
You can still turn off the nagging Auto update feature through Control Panel, but the service can still be running. V5 is alright. I like the new look. V4 will be taken out of service eventually. |
how can i use sp2 then? everybody from work says that it don't work well w/prescotts, and if you don't got a key, then you can't use it. so i'm double powned  . |
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