Installing windows Xp updates

Question

In the bottom right hand corner on the screen (near the time) it says i have updates waiting to be installed. so i click on it and click install and after about 20 secs it tells me that a number of updates couldnt be installed. (all of them)

So i go to shut down my computer and click install updates then turn off. then it says installing 1 of 9... but it doesn't install them and it just turns off.

How can i get it to install the updates.

Answer 1

i think you can re-download it, and try install it. some time my computer also couldn't installed the updates.  

Answer 2

i am having the same problem. only one update is not getting through because that one is not required by my system, so i think need not to worry.

Answer 3

Go to the microsoft web site and do it from there it checks your computer for needed updates follow instructions and it should do the job