Windows Update Mystery...

[Stonka2004]

I have multiple probelms at the moment but this is just one of them, i go into windows update and get all the updates, download and installthem, then reboot, but when i go back into windows update for more updates, the ones i just installed are there again, what happening here? :S

[Cactus]

Microsoft Updates requires that you have the latest version of "Windows Updates Control Package".

When doing updates,some are Stand-Alone downloads,which means they will download by themselves.You might need to reboot,then go back to MS Updates and finish the downloads.

All the updates might not be installed on the first visit.
Just keep going back and doing them until MS Update says there are none.

Here's a good site that explains MS Udates and how it works:

http://www.jmu.edu/computing/security/info/update.shtml

Cactus

[icecube]

Go to http://www.belarc.com and download their belarc advisor--its a free download. Among other neat things, it will tell you the status of your microsoft patches.

I did run accross one microsoft update that was never installed and kept on downloading for months until I realized it. come to find out, there were three different updates of the same patch--it had to do with what other bells and whistles were installed first.