Windows Update Problem

My brother, known to everyone as Dod, was having a problem with Windows Update on his laptop. It runs under Windows XP. Foolishly I said I would try to help, and I took the laptop home. I then started a marathon session of research into the problem, following some very helpful instructions, and countless numbers of downloading updates and rebooting.

Eventually the problem was fixed. Sometimes there is no other way than to slog through these things.