Update for Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB917149)
Security Update for PowerPoint 2003 (KB916518)        
Security Update for Word 2003 (KB917334)
these three updates arrived this week from  microsoft
i tried installing and it wont install any of them
it says updates succesfully installed
then in the box it tells me they failed
so then comes the fun it dowloads every 10 minutes and tries again
and ails and fails  i have tried the site but to no avail
anyone help   that smilie wasnt put there by me
now maybe thats the problem
ill look see

Strange things happen with Windows Update.
Until about a month ago, I was using Win2000. If I went directly to the Windows Update site, your problem would happen to me. The updates would download, install and then I would see at the summary page that the update had failed :(

I finally discovered by chance that there was a link in the control panel under Automatic Updates that said "download updates from the Windows Update site".
If I clicked on that link, then the updates would be installed and work :)

Why this was so, I never discovered. It must have been some sort of registry quirk.
So far, this problem has not shown up in WinXP.

   I have only had problems with one update so far.  When I had that problem, I went to the Update website (there was a link on the Update dialogs, I think) which had forums and found a solution to the problem.
   So you might look in those forums and if your problem is not listed, you should be able to post your problem.  It sounded like the Microsoft programmers answer the forums.

it is winxp i got never had problems before thank you both for  your advice  i was wondering if the smiley was the problem its  a ) on the down load