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patwkelly

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On my laptop - legal xp sp2 pro - I went to windows update - it indicated that i needed the WGA tool , it down loaded, but when it tried to install, it comes back in about 5 secs ansd says it fails. I can't see any error info anywhere. I have dropped all adware and fire walls

any ideas

BTW - I have sucessfully don thios to my other 3 pc's with no issues
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added note : i was abble to bet the tool loaded by a suggestin from his board, but now all installs fail - down load ok but update installs fail with no errors
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On a web page click tools, manage add ons, change to add ons which have been used by internet explorer, see if genuine advantage is there, if so, click it to highlight then click update active X
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