Ability to do windows update removed from computer?

I have a computer, hooked to a network, that I have done
several automatic updates with in the past. Now it won't
do them; the automatic updates tab is actually missing
from the System Properties area under control panel. It
is literally not there. If I try to go straight to the
update site it will take me there, but will never get to
the scanning stage. It says done relatively quickly, with
no report as to what updates are available. I have made
sure it views this is a trusted site, still no
difference. Any ideas?

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>I have a computer, hooked to a network, that I have done
> several automatic updates with in the past. Now it won't
> do them; the automatic updates tab is actually missing
> from the System Properties area under control panel. It
> is literally not there.

Can you Run... control wuaucpl.cpl


> If I try to go straight to the
> update site it will take me there, but will never get to
> the scanning stage. It says done relatively quickly, with
> no report as to what updates are available. I have made
> sure it views this is a trusted site, still no
> difference. Any ideas?
>

Look for clues in the the logs.


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Was this ever resolved? I'm seeing the same problem.

--
Michael Gordon
MVP
"Robert Aldwinckle" <> wrote in message
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> <> wrote in message
> news:3aa101c48f8b$4a82aac0$...
>>I have a computer, hooked to a network, that I have done
>> several automatic updates with in the past. Now it won't
>> do them; the automatic updates tab is actually missing
>> from the System Properties area under control panel. It
>> is literally not there.
>
> Can you Run... control wuaucpl.cpl
>
>
>> If I try to go straight to the
>> update site it will take me there, but will never get to
>> the scanning stage. It says done relatively quickly, with
>> no report as to what updates are available. I have made
>> sure it views this is a trusted site, still no
>> difference. Any ideas?
>>
>
> Look for clues in the the logs.
>
>
> ---
>
>
>

"Michael Gordon, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Was this ever resolved? I'm seeing the same problem.

Dunno. Two vague symptom descriptions got two vague suggestions. No feedback one way or the other doesn't
strike me as surprising.

I would have followed up on a yes to suggestion one with the
further suggestion to use RegMon to find out the difference
between:
control sysdm.cpl
and
control wuaucpl.cpl
regarding wuau (e.g. use cpl as a input filter and wuau as the highlight
criterion)

FWIW I have just done that and found it is

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5F327514-6C5E-4d60-8F16-D07FA08A78ED}

Description: Auto Update Property Sheet Extension

I don't know how that CLSID would be initialized,
probably by reinstalling the whole service, as Torgeir documents
occasionally (IIRC search for posts by him which contain au.inf).
It sure looks like au.inf should do something like that but I can't
see exactly how.

BTW I suppose I should mention that I had to install XPsp2RTM
on top of XPsp2RC2 because there was no uninstall for some reason.
E.g., that CLSID I gave as an example might not be the one a true
XPsp2RTM would show.


HTH

Robert
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>
> --
> Michael Gordon
> MVP
> "Robert Aldwinckle" <> wrote in message news:...
>> <> wrote in message
>> news:3aa101c48f8b$4a82aac0$...
>>>I have a computer, hooked to a network, that I have done
>>> several automatic updates with in the past. Now it won't
>>> do them; the automatic updates tab is actually missing
>>> from the System Properties area under control panel. It
>>> is literally not there.
>>
>> Can you Run... control wuaucpl.cpl
>>
>>
>>> If I try to go straight to the
>>> update site it will take me there, but will never get to
>>> the scanning stage. It says done relatively quickly, with
>>> no report as to what updates are available. I have made
>>> sure it views this is a trusted site, still no
>>> difference. Any ideas?
>>>
>>
>> Look for clues in the the logs.
>>
>>
>> ---
>>
>>
>>
>
>