Microsoft Updates - Downloading 0%, then disappears

[Guest]

I am responsible for three computers (all XP SP2) at our house. One of them I
manually download the updates, the other two are set to download the updates
and allow us to choose when to install them.

The two automatic updates are slightly diffferent, one has Windows Updates,
and one, due to having Office products on it, has Microsoft Updates.

The Windows Update machine successfully downloaded all of the updates from
last week. It did that on Sunday.

The other machine, with Microsoft Updates, has been left on a lot
(overnight, even), but still has not recevied the updates. I did notice that
sometimes the Security Center icon will show up in the tray, and when I hover
above it, it says Downloading, 0%. After a minute or so, it disappears. What
is going on? The Microsoft Update worked fine last month (but there was only
the Malicious Software Removal Tool....) Are the servers still busy from all
the updates (it's been a week now...), or do I have a problem?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You may like to post to the Windows Update News Group:

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

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Will Denny
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Please reply to the News Groups

 

[kurttrail]

I am responsible for three computers (all XP SP2) at our house. One
of them I manually download the updates, the other two are set to
download the updates and allow us to choose when to install them.

The two automatic updates are slightly diffferent, one has Windows
Updates, and one, due to having Office products on it, has Microsoft
Updates.

The Windows Update machine successfully downloaded all of the updates
from last week. It did that on Sunday.

The other machine, with Microsoft Updates, has been left on a lot
(overnight, even), but still has not recevied the updates. I did
notice that sometimes the Security Center icon will show up in the
tray, and when I hover above it, it says Downloading, 0%. After a
minute or so, it disappears. What is going on? The Microsoft Update
worked fine last month (but there was only the Malicious Software
Removal Tool....) Are the servers still busy from all the updates
(it's been a week now...), or do I have a problem?

Yes, you are relying on unnecessary code to keep you OS up to date with
security patches.

All Windows, Microsoft, and Automatic Updates do is add another layer of
code that can screw up the patching process. Learn about Common Sense
Computing.

http://microscum.com/comsense

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