Attn: Robin Walker

Hi Robin,

On May 6, 2006 I posted a question entitled "Windows Automatic Update" and
your reply was : "This is normal, and not a cause for concern. The
Automatic Update agent in your PC has been instructed not to download by the
update server, because the server is already busy enough. Your PC will try
again tomorrow. This
can continue for many days until the pressure on the servers has eased off
enough for your PC's request to be permitted".

I looked at the Windows/Microsoft Update site today and I reviewed my update
history. I noticed that my Windows Defender definitions were updated via
automatic updates as of today 05/10/06. My question is why didn't the other
updates (Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580),Windows Malicious Software
Removal Tool - May 2006 (KB890830) and Windows Genuine Advantage
Notification (KB905474) automatically download?

Darrell <> wrote:

> I looked at the Windows/Microsoft Update site today and I reviewed my
> update history. I noticed that my Windows Defender definitions were
> updated via automatic updates as of today 05/10/06. My question is
> why didn't the other updates (Security Update for Windows XP
> (KB913580),Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2006
> (KB890830) and Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474)
> automatically download?

Look in C:\WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log for the reason.

See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910340/en-us
"Updates are not downloaded or the "Automatic Updates" icon does not display
the status of downloads when you enable the Automatic Updates service"

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

There are 3 updates found, but once again due to regulation updates are not
allowed to download. This has been ongoing for 3 plus weeks now. Other than
manually downloading these updates is there anything else I can do to force
the automatic download? Thanks for all your help.

Here are the last 40 or so lines of the Windowsupdate.log file.

2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Report * OS Version = 5.1.2600.2.0.65792
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Report * Computer Brand = Sony Corporation
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Report * Computer Model = PCV-RX490TV(UC)
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Report * Bios Revision = ASUS P4T-M ACPI BIOS
Revision 1005
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Report * Bios Name = Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Report * Bios Release Date =
2002-06-25T00:00:00
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Report * Locale ID = 1033
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Agent *********
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates
[CallerId = ]
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 Agent *************
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: Downloading
regulation Odf ***********
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 DnldMgr * ServiceId =
{7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D}
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1344 550 DnldMgr * URL =
http://rs.update.microsoft.com/odf/v6odf.xml
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1384 ef0 COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId = <NULL>]
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1384 ef0 COMAPI - Updates found = 3
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1384 ef0 COMAPI ---------
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1384 ef0 COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Search [ClientId =
<NULL>]
2006-05-10 07:44:35 1384 ef0 COMAPI -------------
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Odf parameters...
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Refresh interval: 5
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Accept rate high: 10000
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Accept rate normal: 2267
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Accept rate low: 0
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job
[UpdateId = {C9148CD8-B394-4365-ACAA-D65C88DAABBC}.100] ***********
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download
due to regulation.
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job
[UpdateId = {A0D01D5D-F278-4B29-A18D-B9BC158FDD62}.106] ***********
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download
due to regulation.
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job
[UpdateId = {080ECF53-21C8-4BCF-B220-C0B626CDFA8D}.100] ***********
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download
due to regulation.
2006-05-10 07:44:38 1344 550 AU AU checked download status and it changed:
Downloading is paused
2006-05-10 07:44:38 3504 db8 AUClnt AU client got new directive =
'Shutdown', serviceId = {7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D}, return =
0x00000000
2006-05-10 07:44:40 1344 550 Report REPORT EVENT:
{9E8BA148-B7E2-42A4-8BDD-C76A6A96C1E3} 2006-05-10
07:44:35-0500 1 147 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0 Success Software Synchronization Agent has finished detecting items.

"Robin Walker" wrote:

> Darrell <> wrote:
>
> > I looked at the Windows/Microsoft Update site today and I reviewed my
> > update history. I noticed that my Windows Defender definitions were
> > updated via automatic updates as of today 05/10/06. My question is
> > why didn't the other updates (Security Update for Windows XP
> > (KB913580),Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2006
> > (KB890830) and Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474)
> > automatically download?
>
> Look in C:\WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log for the reason.
>
> See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910340/en-us
> "Updates are not downloaded or the "Automatic Updates" icon does not display
> the status of downloads when you enable the Automatic Updates service"
>
> --
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>
>
>
>

Hi Darrell, just manually download the updates and forget about it. Hopefully
automatic WU works next time round.
Kaylene


"Darrell" wrote:

> There are 3 updates found, but once again due to regulation updates are not
> allowed to download. This has been ongoing for 3 plus weeks now. Other than
> manually downloading these updates is there anything else I can do to force
> the automatic download? Thanks for all your help.
>
>

Hi Kaylene,

I will manually download the 1 missing update, Windows Genuine Advantage
Notification (KB905474).

I find it strange though, that the updates that were just released this week
have now been downloaded and installed, but not the aforementioned update.
It seems to conflict with the Knowledge Base article that the issue of
failure to download is due to the servers being busy...unless the missing
update comes from a different server.

"TaurArian" wrote:

> Hi Darrell, just manually download the updates and forget about it. Hopefully
> automatic WU works next time round.
> Kaylene
>
>
> "Darrell" wrote:
>
> > There are 3 updates found, but once again due to regulation updates are not
> > allowed to download. This has been ongoing for 3 plus weeks now. Other than
> > manually downloading these updates is there anything else I can do to force
> > the automatic download? Thanks for all your help.
> >
> >