The SP1 update for windows 2003 server failed.  We are trying to reinstall
sp1 again but we are receiving the the error message "Failed to install
catalog files when applying Windows 2003 sp1"
Is someone could suggest a way to force the installation?

I am sending this to several newsgroups, because I am not sure which is the
most appropriate one.  I apologize for the multiple postings.
I am trying to download security updates for Windows 2000 Professional, and
I am unable to get the downloads to work.  In fact, I am unable to ...

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Running Win2K Pro SP 4.  For the last month or so, Update has been behaving
unpredictably.  I'll see the Icon in my system tray saying that updates are
available.  I used to click on Download now and the updater icon remained in

We have a computer running Windows 2000 Server SP4. Windows Update worked
correctly on it several months ago but now it needs some critical updates
again and we can't download them. We can go to the Windows Update web site in
IE 6.0; it scans the computer and finds 36 critical ...

I just installed Windows Software Update Services on our Windows 2000
server.
Attempting to open the admin web page returns the following (see below).
I have double-checked the security on the web site and the folder, as

I am sending this to several newsgroups, because I am not sure which is the
most appropriate one.  I apologize for the multiple postings.
I am trying to download security updates for Windows 2000 Professional, and
I am unable to get the downloads to work.

Greetings All:
Has anyone noticed that a majority of the updates released today by
Microsoft refer to Knowledge Base articles that don't exist???
I tried looking up several of the articles refered to by KB number via SUS

I seem to be having a problem installing SP4 on my Win 2000 server.
I have downloaded the network install and after the "Inspecting" and
backup of files, I get a copy error. The install can not find the file
c:\winnt\servicepackfiles\i386\cmd.exe. I looked in that folder and

I have configured WSUS to work out of our production SQL database, and it
seems to be connecting fine...
However, I had an issue when trying to approve updates so they would
download automatically.  Seems as though the updates were wanting to store

I am trying to upgrade from Win98SE to Win2k. I selected the recommended
"upgrade" rather than the new (clean) installation.
During the "Perforing Final Tasks" it get stuck at the "Upgrades program
and system settings". It gets part of the way through and then reboots

After upgrading to SP4, running all the Windows Updates (over 45 critical),
the START button continually blinks.  Very annoying.  User does not want to
"hide" the bar.

   Most of our clients are running WinXP PRO with SP1, due to corparate
security policy, users are lot allow to be local admin of client PC (unless
necessary). We are planning to implement SUS to solve windows update
problem. However overhead that in order to run SUS in to XP ...