Problems Downloading , Service Pack 2

[BertiWooster]

1. Windows on my PC was not loading recently - I used the restore discs to reinstall .

2. I Downloaded AVG - Anti Virus - but it wont install because it says i need Windows Service pack 2

3. I Go through the process on Microsift site to download SP2 . Message says - '' The updates are being downloaded and installed ''
However there is no other indication that anything is hapenning .
After a long while message says '' a problem on your computer is preventing updates from being downloaded or installed ''

Any suggestions - please ?

( I used to get a '' Windows Security Centre '' screen automatically loading up whenever i went on line , which I dont get since the reinstall )

[VHG]

Do you want to tell us the version of Windows you are running or shall we guess?

As you want SP2 I assume it is Vista.

Download the standalone version of SP2 from here

http://tinyurl.com/oa3ae7

It takes a long time to download (it is huge) and a long time to install.

You could copy the downloaded SP2 file to CD or DVD in case you need it again.

[VHG]

Just remembered, you need to download SP1 FIRST before you can install SP2.

Download SP1 from here asnd install it, THEN install SP2.

http://tinyurl.com/32z6vj

Pain eh !

[VHG]

Note: Your Vista may already have SP1 on (if it is fairly recent).

In that case you can go straight to SP2.

If you have a "base" version of Vista I was told by a Microsoft guy you have to install fixes in this order

1) Base Vista install

2) Fix KB937287

3) Service Pack 1

4) Fix KB955430

5) Service Pack 2

[BertiWooster]

Sorry

Windows XP

I typed the question out stating it was XP and pressed submit - However it just would not accept the question on the site - ( have to keep pressing the go button numerous times on the http address bar for anything to work on the site - which is another problem i'm having since reinstall of Windows )

Retyped the question again after it ' dissapeared ' and forget to state XP the second time .

[ChuckFickens]

For XP you want service pack 3, not 2.

if the windows update won't work download it from here and install it.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.asp x?********=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D 4&displaylang=en

[ChuckFickens]

damm ab censoring links!

use this instead

http://tinyurl.com/4qvth5