XP wont update, PC Hangs! Help

[Becky]

HELP!!!!!! Somehow, my computer wont let me
automatically update my windows. Even when I go to
Microsofts website, it will hang on the screen that
says "searching for updates". Ive tried going into the
control panel to set the auto update option but the
computer will hang as soon as I click advanced options. I
dont know how to fix this and Microsoft wont help! Can
anyone help me?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

HELP!!!!!! Somehow, my computer wont let me
automatically update my windows. Even when I go to
Microsofts website, it will hang on the screen that
says "searching for updates". Ive tried going into the
control panel to set the auto update option but the
computer will hang as soon as I click advanced options. I
dont know how to fix this and Microsoft wont help! Can
anyone help me?

Hi

Fyi, microsoft.public.windowsupdate is a better newsgroup for
Windows Update questions.


You could try the steps in this post to try to get WU to work:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]


If nothing there worked, try the steps in this post:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Osk#[email protected]


If that didn't work either, and you have Windows XP SP2 installed,
check that the WuWebControlClass is enabled in Internet Explorer:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=AA8E65B9-430F-4B8B-AD52-5D25B6030479@microsoft.com