Unable to apply old security patches to Vista Home Premium via the Automatic Updates

[John Dalton]

How to apply old security patches to Vista Home Premium, the Automatic
Updates fails. So is there any way the old security patches can be applied .

[MowGreen]

John Dalton wrote:

> How to apply old security patches to Vista Home Premium, the Automatic
> Updates fails. So is there any way the old security patches can be applied .
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Some of the older updates may have been superseded by more recent ones.
* Which Service Pack has been applied ? *
Some of the updates may already be present in the SP and there's no need
to install them now.

Were there any error codes showing for the failed updates ?

Suggest that you download, *save*, and run the Fixit from this page as
it will install the latest Windows Update Agent, reinstall BITS, reset
system Permissions to their Default settings, and clean out the
SoftwareDistribution subfolder, which contains the downloaded updates,
data for said updates, and updating components:

How do I reset Windows Update components?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058

When the download of MicrosoftFixit50202.msi completes, close *all* open
programs and browsers.
Now run it with the system connected to the internet and choose the
Aggressive mode.
Restart the system when it's done.

MowGreen
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Always state your full Windows version (e.g., Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2)
when posting in a forum or newsgroup. Please do so in your next reply. (You
posted from a WinXP computer that's not fully-patched either: Microsoft
Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512.)