To: Yellowbeard
In a reply from Yellowbeard on 10:20 about Re: Windows Update....doe
Y> > G> > Clean install of W2K SP4 with IE6 SP1 installed. I click on Windows
Y> > Update
Y> > G> > and all that happens is the "Searching for Updates" bar comes up and
Y> > just
Y> > G> > sits there, nothing else happens at all. No message, nothing. How do
Y> > I fix
Y> > G> > this?
Y> > G> > Thanks
Y> > G> Update - it's just taken 35 MINUTES to decide it needs to download new
Y> > G> versions of Windows installer and BITS. Done that, restarted, and now
Y> > it's
Y> > G> doing the same thing - just sitting there with the coloured bar moving
Y> > G> across the box - total time so far - 45 minutes.......
Y> > hmmm, now I know it not just me, I have the same thing
Y> >
Y> I have recently encountered this after a reinstall. I did get a screen
Y> somewhere along the
Y> way that I need a newer version of IE. Win2k comes with 5. I put 6 on and
Y> it works much better.
hmmm, I have a save copy of ie6 (only need 1 files), I just haven't have the
time to take my win. 2000 back on the net - on dial-up.
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