Auto update fails manual works.

When I do my windows updates some months the when notified about the updates
I tell it to download when I am done with the machine for the night. Many
times it downloads just find and then I install. However other times when I
tell it to download it starts the download gets just a couple of % done then
the shield goes away. From that point I got to the update site start the
download manually when it gets about 60 to 70% finished the shield will
finally pop up again showing it is downloading, however since I started it
from the website in the history it does show downloaded from the windows
site.

Anyone know what causes this? Seems like this auto update had to be done
manual about once out of every 3 or 4 months.

Thanks
Vince

Vince <> wrote:

> When I do my windows updates some months the when notified about the
> updates I tell it to download when I am done with the machine for the
> night. Many times it downloads just find and then I install. However
> other times when I tell it to download it starts the download gets
> just a couple of % done then the shield goes away.

This is by design. If the udate server(s) at Microsoft are too busy, they
tell Automatic Update clients to stop downloading and try again later. When
this happens to you, the yellow shield disappears.

Just let this happen and don't worry about it. Your PC will automatically
try the download again in the background the next day.

If the Automatic Update download hasn't completed in about a week, then that
is the time to intervene and go to the web site.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

Ok thanks for this information.

Vince
"Robin Walker [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> Vince <> wrote:
>
>> When I do my windows updates some months the when notified about the
>> updates I tell it to download when I am done with the machine for the
>> night. Many times it downloads just find and then I install. However
>> other times when I tell it to download it starts the download gets
>> just a couple of % done then the shield goes away.
>
> This is by design. If the udate server(s) at Microsoft are too busy, they
> tell Automatic Update clients to stop downloading and try again later.
> When this happens to you, the yellow shield disappears.
>
> Just let this happen and don't worry about it. Your PC will automatically
> try the download again in the background the next day.
>
> If the Automatic Update download hasn't completed in about a week, then
> that is the time to intervene and go to the web site.
>
> --
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>
>