Why are Microsoft critical updates always broken?

[ST4RCUTTER]

I always get this message after downloading:

"The following updates were not installed. To try again, click the Back button below.

Critical Updates Package"



Then after a few days it works...what gives with this sheyat? Having to ignore the pop up for 3 days is annoying as all get out.

 

[Vadatajs]

I've never had any problems with them. Except the new windows XP drivers for the hauppauge wintv pci, which didn't work (but they installed).

 

[TegSkywalker]

ST4RCUTTER, I got that EXACT error too when I went into the WindowsUpdate section for Windows 2000. I just ended up going to http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/default.asp and downloaded the update EXEs to my hard drive and running manually.

Yes it does suck and is time consuming, but I guess it will have to work for now

 

[corkyg]

I have had the same thing occur with a particular critical security update - it would download OK, but then fail about halfway during the installation phase. That happened on 3 systems . . . and it continued over a month. That file finally made it to the corporate download site, and I downloaded it as a file. I then installed in manually to all three systems with no problem.

The problem lies in M$'s auto-installer. I think if it finds your files and programs other than in its pre-conceived location, it balks. With multiple systems to update, I hate the auto update anyway, and just wish that they would let us download the file and go from there.

But then . . . that is not the M$ way . . . they lose control over us.

M$