I cannot successfully install macbookpro updates

Hi there,
I am running on 10.6.8 currently, and have had no problem in the past downloading updates for my mac through the Software Update until now. I currently have 14 items to download (itunes, imovie, quicktime, etc.), and when I click Install Now, it tells me I must restart my computer when the items are finished installing. However, as soon as I click install, the computer goes to the defult purple screen and it asks me to login and put in my password. other options are to restart, or turn off. i have tried all three, and they all do the same thing - nothing. my computer will restart and reopen the desk top but no changes will be made, and all 14 items are still there waiting to download. my internet is an airport and it is working properly. Please help, how can I get Software Update to work properly?
Thank you.
PS:
- I have checked there is no proxy preventing downloads.

Run software update, write down what applications and version it says you need. Go to Apple support, in the search window type in one of the updates name and version, when it takes you that page download it, set your browser to download to the desktop (this make it a little easier). Do these one at a time, after the download do the install, after a successful install you can trash the installer. Yes this a pain, but I always do manual installs, as it seems to be more reliable. If you are connecting wireless there could be something interfering and causing a corruption, you might want to connect to your router via ethernet, this has happened to me before, hence doing it this way eliminates those issues. I hope this helps you.
You might want to do a permissions repair, this could be causing a problem. Go to utilities>disk utility, highlight your user disk (usually Macintosh HD, or whatever you may have named it, then click Repair Permissions.

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