Error Installing AutoUpdates WinXP SP2

Are you using a pirated copy of Windows?

If not, open Internet Options, hit the Security tab, and add to your Trusted Sites list all the URL's used by Windows Update, up to the .com. You might also need to allow Trusted Sites more access to run ActiveX, and make similar changes in the Privacy tab.

If you have a known Legal copy of Windows XP then the most likely problem is Hardware related. First download a HDD checking utility from the web site of the HDD maker that supplied the HDD in your computer and test the Drive. If it passes then you are most likely experiencing a Memory problem where the RAM has either gone bad or is experiencing Timing problems with the M'Board. This most often happens when it is overclocked to a faster rate that it was made for.

If both of those pass the testing process you will then be looking at a CPU or M'Board the CPU only being a likely culprit if it has been overclocked to perform faster than it was designer to perform and the M'Board if the computer lives in a Hot place or where it is very Humid.

Also if you only have 128 Meg of RAM and an on-board video you are suffering from not enough RAM which will prevent the bigger installs to actually be applied things like the >Net Service Pack and some of the latter patches are very common for doing this on an underpowered computer. If it is the latter just increasing the available RAM will cure the problem but you will have to use the same speed RAM as what is already in the computer and preferably the same brand as well so there are no incompatibility issues that arise.

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Typically you should get an error code 0x800xxxx on the upper right hand corner and go to MS Knowledge Base http://tinyurl.com/68cdb to see if there?s a solution.

If not,
1. Do System Restore
2. Reinstall IE
3. Reinstall Windows (Repair installation or in-place upgrade) over the current one.
4. If all above fail, back up your data and clean install Windows.