I found a fix for this yesterday. Please see the following post...
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-56dcd25f5311
"Walker" wrote:
> I have the same problem. This has existed for a long time. Why do they not
> fix it?
>
> "Artik" wrote:
>
> > When I go to windows update and use "custom" mode, I get several groups, like
> > "software updates (8)", "hardware updates(1)" in the left field, but when I
> > try to enter these categories, the only thing it does is loading the main
> > update page in the right frame, therefore making a potentionally endless
> > cascade of these wrong frames. Ofcourse, nothing downloads. The link
> > specified under each category is the same ..../v6 as the main page.