Vista Sp1 Update

[peter]

Hi
I Have Vista SP1 installed for about 8 weeks now ..and have had no problems
till 2 days ago.
The Vista Update just opens a window but nothing really happens..it never
shows what has updated..and what is available for updates.
The Little timer just goes round and round..I have let it sit for 4 hours
and the same..nothing changed.
It cannot be closed except thru task manager which then opens the look for a
solution box....never finds one...then proceeds to reset Windows
Explorer...Aero shuts down...Screen hiccups for 1/10 of a second...Aero
comes back....
The same thing happens with Defender when I try to manually update...it says
its searching but even after 3 hours its still searching.
I have shut off the ZA Pro Firewall..but that changed nothing..
anybody got any ideas about what is going on and what I could do to
troubleshoot/solve this problem??
pk

 

[solon fox]

Hi
I Have Vista SP1 installed for about 8 weeks now ..and have had no problems
till 2 days ago.
The Vista Update just opens a window but nothing really happens..it never
shows what has updated..and what is available for updates.
The Little timer just goes round and round..I have let it sit for 4 hours
and the same..nothing changed.
It cannot be closed except thru task manager which then opens the look fora
solution box....never finds one...then proceeds to reset Windows
Explorer...Aero shuts down...Screen hiccups for 1/10 of a second...Aero
comes back....
The same thing happens with Defender when I try to manually update...it says
its searching but even after 3 hours its still searching.
I have shut off the ZA Pro Firewall..but that changed nothing..
anybody got any ideas about what is going on and what I could do to
troubleshoot/solve this problem??
pk

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I once had a similar problem that in the end turned out to be a
problem with the ZA firewall. Turning the ZA firewall off wasn't
enough for some reason - it seems there is some residual behavior.
What did work was going into ZA and resetting everything to the
default settings.

Still, before looking at the firewall, I would try doing a system
restore, hopefully back to the last time you knew that everything was
working.

-solon fox