Automatic Update Stalled

It appears that the Automatic Update Service has stalled at 6% and hasn't
been able to recover. I am able to connect to the Windows Update website,
and "Express Install" indicates that there are several updates to install.
But If I attempt to install them manually, they fail. I've re-started the
computer several times, but this doesn't seem to affect the automatic
update's progress. Any thoughts on this?

I have exactly the same problem, I think my problem started when I tried to
download SP2. It got interrupted half way through, and has not been able to
work since.

"efassett" wrote:

> It appears that the Automatic Update Service has stalled at 6% and hasn't
> been able to recover. I am able to connect to the Windows Update website,
> and "Express Install" indicates that there are several updates to install.
> But If I attempt to install them manually, they fail. I've re-started the
> computer several times, but this doesn't seem to affect the automatic
> update's progress. Any thoughts on this?

I have just found a solution that has solved my problem! If you go to this
page
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...cleid=11&ln=en
and follow the instructions on deleting the datastore directory contents, it
fixes the problem!

"goldeneye" wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem, I think my problem started when I tried to
> download SP2. It got interrupted half way through, and has not been able to
> work since.
>
> "efassett" wrote:
>
> > It appears that the Automatic Update Service has stalled at 6% and hasn't
> > been able to recover. I am able to connect to the Windows Update website,
> > and "Express Install" indicates that there are several updates to install.
> > But If I attempt to install them manually, they fail. I've re-started the
> > computer several times, but this doesn't seem to affect the automatic
> > update's progress. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks a bunch for the help. It worked!

"goldeneye" wrote:

> I have just found a solution that has solved my problem! If you go to this
> page:
> http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...cleid=11&ln=en
> and follow the instructions on deleting the datastore directory contents, it
> fixes the problem!
>
> "goldeneye" wrote:
>
> > I have exactly the same problem, I think my problem started when I tried to
> > download SP2. It got interrupted half way through, and has not been able to
> > work since.
> >
> > "efassett" wrote:
> >
> > > It appears that the Automatic Update Service has stalled at 6% and hasn't
> > > been able to recover. I am able to connect to the Windows Update website,
> > > and "Express Install" indicates that there are several updates to install.
> > > But If I attempt to install them manually, they fail. I've re-started the
> > > computer several times, but this doesn't seem to affect the automatic
> > > update's progress. Any thoughts on this?