Windows Update

From: William Sanders (williamrsanders_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 02:12:47 -0700

Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to
find the Cryptographic service. Make sure it's running as
a first step.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>I have been experiencing problems with my computer which
>has Windows XP installed.
>It crashes or freezes on a regular basis and everything
to
>do with the Internet fails to work.
>By some freak I was able to Restore the computer to a
date
>in July so now have access to the internet and e-mail.
>When I contacted PC World in an attrempt to find out
what
>the problem is they suggested that I load any Windows
>Updates that were outstanding as they thought that the
>problems might be related to the current Blaster Worm.
>I have successfully downloaded and installed most of the
>critical downloads but am unable to install MS03-026
>(823980) which I gather is very important. It downloads
OK
>but will not install.
>I have received a message whic says "setup could not
>verify the integrity of the file update.inf. Make sure
the
>cryptographic service is running on this computer"
>I have no idea what this means.
>A similar problem applies to Windows XP Service Pack 1
>(Express) - this downloads but after about two and a
half
>hours the installation fails.
>If anyone has any ideas on how to install these I would
be
>most grateful.
>
>Trevor Johnson
>.
>

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