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Edit: I found a patch that fixes it from this[^] article.
Is anyone else having trouble with Windows Update for XP? I just restored an old laptop from its factory image, and let it go all night looking for updates.
In the morning, the progress bar was still churning and there was no network activity, and it didn't find any updates. 
Is anyone else having trouble getting updates for their XP machines?
I'm looking to make sure my XP machines are all up to date before support is ended.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
modified 1-Dec-13 15:32pm.
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Also known as the Miley Smiley?
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I'm not superstitious, but make a dump run and take the 200 pounds of dead weight in blown glass and miscellaneous mishe metal off that old desktop before running the WU wizard.
Oh, and enable automatic software updates. If only for a couple of hours.
Be nice to the dump attendant also.
To reiterate, I'm not superstitious.
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Try downloading SP3 and installing it. If this does not work there should be a fix for Windows Update on MS site.
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2001 called, they want their operating system back.
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In all seriousness, WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU USING WINDOWS XP?!?!?!??!????!??!??!?
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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 I have many old, working computers that I don't want or need to upgrade. My everyday computer is Windows 8, so I'm not really USING XP.
Does it not make sense to make sure they have the latest updates before XP support is cut off?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I see (said the blind man). In that case, go with it!
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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Hi, you can always use WSUSUpdate
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It supports XP to 8.1, office 2003 and up. Quite handy.
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Check this[^] out, got more cannolis then me!
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QI showed some footage of 'em a couple odds seasons ago - incredible agility!
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Quality Information channel right? 
Had to google QI had never heard of it.
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It's one of those rare TV shows, that succeeds in being funny and horribly educational at the same time. 
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Yeah I got that from the google, don't think we get it here/ Don't know for sure haven't turned on the TV for 4-5 months other than to watch Netflix occasionally but they rarely have anything that interests me.
Is Obama still pres.? and Biden still embarrassing? 
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Mike Hankey wrote: Biden
Who? 
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Mike Hankey wrote: Vice President
Oh, that explains it.
"Does anybody here remember Hubert Humphrey? He used to be a senator." -- Tom Lehrer
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: "Does anybody here remember Hubert Humphrey? He used to be a senator." -- Tom Lehrer
Not until you mentioned him.
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You have a president who is in charge of vice? 
Does he organise the "parties" for the rest of the government?
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You would think so the way things are run on the hill!
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Must be irritating if they change their mind and want to go back to the side they started from. I imagine turning around would be a bitch!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Must be irritating if they change their mind and want to go back to the side they started from. I imagine turning around would be a bitch!
Yes it would and image seeing a good looking doe out in the middle and getting an urge?
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Doe?
I imagine it would be worse if she were headed your way.
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Mike Hankey wrote: Yes it would and image seeing a good looking doe dam out in the middle and getting an urge?
FTFY.
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