Automatic updates no longer works

[Lee M]

A few days ago I visited the Windows Update site and there were 9
updates waiting to be installed. I decided to leave it up to the
automatic updates feature to install them.
The problem is that the automatic updates feature doesn't seem to be
working and days later nothing has downloaded.
I have the update settings on the recommended option to automatically
download and install.
Is this normal for the update process to take so long to start working?
or is there a problem with my PC?

thanks

Lee

 

[José Gallardo]

Your accout is limited? Which firewall do you use?

 

[Lee M]

Your accout is limited? Which firewall do you use?

I am logged in with an administrator account and I use
the Windows XP SP2 Firewall.

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

If you visit the Windows Update newsgroup, you'll see that this problem is
widespread, and there is no true resolution, yet.

None of the 30 WinXP computers in our office worked on the automatic update,
yet Win2K did.

Tom
|A few days ago I visited the Windows Update site and there were 9
| updates waiting to be installed. I decided to leave it up to the
| automatic updates feature to install them.
| The problem is that the automatic updates feature doesn't seem to be
| working and days later nothing has downloaded.
| I have the update settings on the recommended option to automatically
| download and install.
| Is this normal for the update process to take so long to start working?
| or is there a problem with my PC?
|
| thanks
|
| Lee

 

[Alex Nichol]

A few days ago I visited the Windows Update site and there were 9
updates waiting to be installed. I decided to leave it up to the
automatic updates feature to install them.
The problem is that the automatic updates feature doesn't seem to be
working and days later nothing has downloaded.
I have the update settings on the recommended option to automatically
download and install.

If you tell it not to do so right now it seems inclined to forget. Go
to Internet Explorer - Tools - Windows Update, click the Critical
Updates link, leave them selected and take Install