Windows updating

[Humpty Dumpty]

I haven't updated my Laptop (HP Compaq Presario 700) for at least two years,
maybe three.
When I access Windows Update, it stalls at the message:
"Checking if Windows has the latest updated software..."
The window also says something about downloading an active X control, but I
am not offered the option to download it. No error message, nothing.
I tried to download some update from the download page, but it takes me
again to the same stalling window.
What can I do?
Peter

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You may like to check with the Windows Update News Group:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsupdate or
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups

 

[Plato]

I haven't updated my Laptop (HP Compaq Presario 700) for at least two years,
maybe three.

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#4