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Updates Not Installed

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Security Update for Windows (KB835732)
Could not be installed because of an unknown error.


Thanks Bill. Thanks a lot!

Yeah linux updates soooo much easier...

apt-get upgrade <packagename>

and if it doesn't work, it'll definitely tell you why and more.. rather than just "An unknown error has occured."

mer merrrrrr

What a comedy of errors

To fix the above error, support.microsoft suggests repairing IE. I did this, it rebooted, and now I've been watching the following for the past 15 minutes:

Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.51.254: Destination host unreachable.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.51.254: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.51.254: Destination host unreachable.


coooooooome backkkkkkk!!

i love apt as well, but it's not perfect:

http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/wxinmfpl/debian.html

if you have a virus scanner running, have you disabled it? i've had things fail in the past because norton was on