vista updates - Wirral-Wikiwirral

my computer is refusing to take its windows and macafee updates,have followed instructions in the help pages but the problem still occurs,have tried turning fire wall off still no updates.it some times tells me they cant be found ,but sometimes it finds them but wont install ....HELP

2 things.

Is it a brand new machine?
And what is the name of the update that failes.

I had a resent issue with a new dell laptop on vista basic
in the end we had to do a factory restore.

More info about the problems and the machine

its a dell inspiron 530 240gb ,vista home premium,and it wont install any updates if it finds them ,the same applies to macafee updates

its now saying that it cannot search for updates

Welcome to Windows Vista

lol tell me about it

When you do your updates select custom (vista)
Forget mcaffeeee for now.

And see what if anything is in the list.

Or visit microsoft updates and run it from there,
this way you will see what has been updated and which if
any failed and the KB number which is important.

If its narrowed down to something like Net*****SP2
its the issues i had.

Its vista or the image your dell came with the wrong
updates.

Is it a Christmas DELL or older ?

october 06

tried everything possibe but still no up dates.so ive decided its under garuntee so a phone call on monday and dell/microsoft can sort it out.thanks for your help so far.its now finding the updates but not installing and one of the updates is for windows defender and that error message is telling me that my prossesor is not compatible and to contact vendor..arrrrgh i give up

a solution has been found.missing registry key(god knows how)but all tickety boo now ,but for how long?

glad to hear it... weird how that happened but its not so uncommon.