Can I cancel a download of Windows update?

Help!

I have automatic updates set to notify me when an update is available. It
used to be that it would tell me then I could choose which ones I wanted to
update. Now I clicked on it and it started downloading the SP2 update.
With my slow and expensive dialup connection it will take 750 hours and cost
me $750. There used to be an option to pause when I held the cursor on the
little icon at the bottom right of my screen, but now that is gone.

Is there any way to cancel the download? I will install it from a CD.

Thanks,

David



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Stop the Automatic Updates Service.

Click Start, Choose Run.

In the Run box, type services.msc.

Click OK.

Right-click the Automatic Updates service.

Select Properties.

Under Service status, click Stop.

Click OK



Suggest that you also clean out the temporary download folder:
Click Start, select run
Type in: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\
Delete the contents of both the DataStore, EventCache and Download folders.



You will lose your WUv5 History listing - but that's not important.


Once you have installed SP2 from the CD


Start the Automatic Updates Service

Click Start, Choose Run.

In the Run box, type services.msc.

Click OK.

Right-click the Automatic Updates service.

Select Properties.

Under Service status, click Start.

Click OK.



You may be interested in these links:-
Temporarily Disabling Delivery of Windows XP Service Pack 2 through Windows Update
and Automatic Updates
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../sp2aumng.mspx
or
http://tinyurl.com/5al4x

Toolkit to Temporarily Block Delivery of Windows XP SP2 to a PC Through Automatic
Updates and Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
or
http://tinyurl.com/4an3w

Service Pack 2 information
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm

List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811113

How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2.
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm

Are You Ready for WinXP SP2?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...r=windowsxpsp2

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx
What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2






"David Martin" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Help!
>
> I have automatic updates set to notify me when an update is available. It
> used to be that it would tell me then I could choose which ones I wanted to
> update. Now I clicked on it and it started downloading the SP2 update.
> With my slow and expensive dialup connection it will take 750 hours and cost
> me $750. There used to be an option to pause when I held the cursor on the
> little icon at the bottom right of my screen, but now that is gone.
>
> Is there any way to cancel the download? I will install it from a CD.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
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>
>

Thank you -- a perfect response to a flawed question. I apologize for my
late night failure of arithmetic. I should have said the download will take
750 minutes, not hours! But it was still annoying that I could find no way
to stop the download. And to top it all off, because the download was
taking so much of my very limited bandwidth, it was hard to send and
received messages.

But your response solved the problem.

David
"Taurarian" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Stop the Automatic Updates Service.
>
> Click Start, Choose Run.
>
> In the Run box, type services.msc.
>
> Click OK.
>
> Right-click the Automatic Updates service.
>
> Select Properties.
>
> Under Service status, click Stop.
>
> Click OK
>
>
>
> Suggest that you also clean out the temporary download folder:
> Click Start, select run
> Type in: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\
> Delete the contents of both the DataStore, EventCache and Download
folders.
>
>
>
> You will lose your WUv5 History listing - but that's not important.
>
>
> Once you have installed SP2 from the CD
>
>
> Start the Automatic Updates Service
>
> Click Start, Choose Run.
>
> In the Run box, type services.msc.
>
> Click OK.
>
> Right-click the Automatic Updates service.
>
> Select Properties.
>
> Under Service status, click Start.
>
> Click OK.
>
>
>
> You may be interested in these links:-
> Temporarily Disabling Delivery of Windows XP Service Pack 2 through
Windows Update
> and Automatic Updates
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../sp2aumng.mspx
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/5al4x
>
> Toolkit to Temporarily Block Delivery of Windows XP SP2 to a PC Through
Automatic
> Updates and Windows
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...BBA-EA5D-4425-
89C1-C1CB1CCD463C&displaylang=en
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/4an3w
>
> Service Pack 2 information
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
>
> List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811113
>
> How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2.
> http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm
>
> Are You Ready for WinXP SP2?
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...r=windowsxpsp2
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx
> What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "David Martin" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > Help!
> >
> > I have automatic updates set to notify me when an update is available.
It
> > used to be that it would tell me then I could choose which ones I wanted
to
> > update. Now I clicked on it and it started downloading the SP2 update.
> > With my slow and expensive dialup connection it will take 750 hours and
cost
> > me $750. There used to be an option to pause when I held the cursor on
the
> > little icon at the bottom right of my screen, but now that is gone.
> >
> > Is there any way to cancel the download? I will install it from a CD.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.679 / Virus Database: 441 - Release Date: 5/7/2004
> >
> >
>


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