Why not try using custom option then choose say 10 of the updates to install,test 
to see if the problem recurs , and so on until you identify the problem update

Cheers HC







On Monday, December 4, 2006 at 7:06 pm, im_not_tiger wrote:

>I have a question about Downloading 

>Windows Updates:


>

>After having just recently re-installed windows XP Home on my sons PC using the 
recovery 

>disks supplied with the PC (Acer Aspire G600P) I then had to install service pack 

>2 again using the disk obtained from Microsoft. Everything seemed to be working 
fine 

>for a few days and he had reinstallled most of his games and using them OK. Then 

>after a windows auto update which involved downloading around 64 updates, we can 

>now no longer install any new software, as we get an error message stating that 
the 

>software exe file has encountered a problem and has to shut down. If we restore 
back 

>to the point before the windows update we can then install the game. Does this mean 

>that one of the 64 updates is causing this problem? If anyone has any answers/ideas 

>I would greatly appreciate the help. Thanks 

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