I did a repair install of XP and found the update problem fixed, but no dialup abilities.
Could not make a conectoid.
Looking through the services list I found
all the required services disabled. And Telephony was disabled. It is all working now.
HP pavilion 531W
XP Home
I installed SP1 from a network install file.
About 130 Megs. The same one I always use.
I did this because the windows update would download the file but would not start the install.
It did install SP1 and rebooted fine.
Any other update are having the same problem, they download and then itjust stops doing anything.
The install never starts.
Got ideas?
Thanks

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