After my PC has been scanned by the Windows Updatesite ,it sghows 3 criticial updates needed ,actually four ,however one is for I.E.ver6, and I want to stay with 5.5 .Well I go ahead and install the other criticial updates ,it completes ,when I check the history it shows the updates as installed sucesssfullly ,yet when I run the scan again ,the same criticial updates come up, again ,one of them a small one ,is listed in my history about five times and each time its says sucessfull under status?
Any suggestions ,Thanks Nick
P.S. Bel-Arc advisor does not show these updates ?

Which updates specifically are not installing properly?

Are they listed in add/remove programs? If so, uninstall each and reboot, then go back to Windows Update and try to install again.

IE 6 is more secure than 5.5, especially since 5.5 is no longer supported and will not be updated by Windows Update to 5.5SP2.

You might want to consider upgrading to IE 6 and see if that isnt part of the issue

Some of the updates may be for IE6 or outlook 6.

If so they will keep returning being that IE6 is not installed.

I think it's a big mistake sticking with IE 5.5...care to explain your reason(s) for not upgrading to IE 6?

I hung on to IE55 SP2 for ages (as it was giving me no hassle) but eventually moved to IE6 SP1 on security grounds.

It was as good as gold - and that was on W98SE.

Over the years I've learned to monitor computing.net forums before making IE changes. Often the first or second service pack works wonders. IE55 was a total nightmare (on W98SE anyway) but IE55 SP2 was fine.

DerekW