Re: Where do Windows Update dowloaded files hide?

William P.N. Smith wrote:
I've got a WinXP Home that consistently refuses to install the highly
useful and valuable "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation" software
that it needs to proceed with MicroSoft Update.

It claims tha the WGA has already been downloaded, and I suspect it's
got a corrupted download, where are those files hiding so I can delete
them and force it to download it again?

M$ is being particularly unhelpful, the KB number for WGA has been
withdrawn, so I can't even download tt separately... Sigh.

Thanks for any hints (or pointers to more appropriate newsgroups)!


I'd do a Windows repair and see if that helps but first you might want to go to IE options and see if the WGA add-on can simply be turned off (Tools>Options>Programs>Add-ons>WGA>disable)

Alice
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