Windows 7 update won't install

[Invader3K]

Hey guys...I'm having a computer issue of my own. My Windows 7 desktop PC keeps trying and failing to install a Windows update. It downloads, the computer resets, but the install always fails. Not sure what to do at this point. Any ideas?

[endaround]

Try restoring to an earlier point and updating from there

[1992casey]

endaround's thought echoes my first inclination. Along with that, it may make sense to download the update from Microsoft's website and install it separate from the update mechanism.

[RightFieldCoder]

How does it fail? Does an error pop up?

[Invader3K]

How does it fail? Does an error pop up?

Once Windows is loaded up, it gives me an error "balloon" in the lower right corner that just says something like "Windows updates failed to install. Click here."

I'll have to try the restore option later. Not sure why the update would repeatedly fail, though.

[DKM4Boston]

If you click the 'Start' button, click Windows Updates, click Update History, you should find an error code if you double-click on the update that keeps failing. Google that Error Code and I'm sure you'd find some resolutions from people who had the same error. That's what I usually do when I have trouble with an update.