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Windows wants to update everytime

by Kdogtrainer1 Jun 6, 2009 9:34PM PDT

For the last few days everytime I go to shut off my computer I get a message that windows has an important update. I did click on it to do the update and when I went to sign off the next time I again got the message so clicked to update again. It tells me that the update was done and my computer shuts off.

5 times yesterday I tried it and everytime I go to shut off the computer the message is there that Windows needs to update. Can anybody tell me why I keep getting this message when I already did the update?

I even disabled all parts of my Avast AntiVirus before I shut it down in case that was causing the problem. Did the Windows update, computer shuts down, started it up again, enabled my Avast AntiVirus and when I went to shut it off the message was there again. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Windows update repeats itself
by Kees Bakker Jun 6, 2009 9:39PM PDT

In IE, choose Tools>Windows update and check the installation history. The first page should contain quite a lot of the same failures. Please tell which update it is.
Then check c:\windows\kbxxx.log (xxx is the 6 digit number) and tell if it gives any reason for the failure.

Kees

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Windows update repeats itself
by Kdogtrainer1 Jun 6, 2009 10:04PM PDT

Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Saturday, June 06, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Saturday, June 06, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Saturday, June 06, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Saturday, June 06, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Friday, June 05, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Thursday, June 04, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Thursday, June 04, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Thursday, June 04, 2009 Automatic Updates
Windows XP Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0 Service Pack 2 (KB954430) Wednesday, June 03, 2009 Automatic Updates
They all have a green checkmark beside them.

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PS Windows update repeats itself
by Kdogtrainer1 Jun 6, 2009 10:15PM PDT

KB954430 doesn't show. It goes from KB954211 to KB954600. I went through the list and they go in numerical order and it is not there.

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microsoft update
by navaneethanp Jul 11, 2009 7:37PM PDT

Alwaya microsoft update KB954430 is repeating how to stop this activite please help me.

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Follow The Instructions Here..
by Grif Thomas Forum moderator Jul 12, 2009 2:06AM PDT
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Any Kodak (and other) software?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 6, 2009 10:14PM PDT
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Any Kodak (and other) software?
by Kdogtrainer1 Jun 6, 2009 11:15PM PDT

Thank you so much for your help. It worked. The people on here are absolutely fantastic. This is my first computer and I am in my 60's so am pretty computer illiterate. The help I have gotten from people on this forum is greatly appreciated.

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Glad we could help.
by Kees Bakker Jun 7, 2009 5:48AM PDT

But we could because you helped us to help you by giving a clear answer to our questions. Without that it would have been impossible.

Kees

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You got out and pushed.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 7, 2009 6:07AM PDT

Half the work (or all?) is you getting out and helping (yourself.)

Glad to see you may have cured it.
Bob

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Bob, I was getting ready to bang my head on the keyboard...
by Paul C Jun 7, 2009 9:53AM PDT

...for missing an important update. Then I remembered that I installed Vista Service Pack 2 and therefore am OK.

How easy it is to create a "problem" when no problem exists... Wink

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