When I click on the "Start" button, then "Windows Update",
I get an error meaage telling me that I m not using a
windows product to update, evne though it I got XP loaded
on my computer from DELL. The automatic updates work, I
jsut can't get to section to do a computer scan to
download the updates/patches that I want.

Try the following:
Delete or rename the catroot2 folder. NOTE: That's catroot2, DO NOT DELETE
or RENAME the CATROOT folder. This folder is a subfolder of the System32
subfolder of Windows.

Then reboot the system and try Windows Update again.

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"Smoot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I click on the "Start" button, then "Windows Update",
> I get an error meaage telling me that I m not using a
> windows product to update, evne though it I got XP loaded
> on my computer from DELL. The automatic updates work, I
> jsut can't get to section to do a computer scan to
> download the updates/patches that I want.