windows xp windows update is broken
m$ have broken windoz update for clean (re)installs of windoz xp
this is because windoz xp (and windoz xp sp2) come with internet explorer 6 which is no longer supported by *.windows.com sites including update.windows.com
so after a clean windows xp (re)install you must now
- get ie8 installer and install it
- get wxp sp3 and install it
then windows update should work