How cancel download in background?

(System runs on XP Home)

For the past few days, every time I connect to the internet an
icon (the Microsoft logo on a globe) pops up in the notification
area (systray) that says "Downloading updates . .%" when you hover
the mouse over it. The percentage increases ever so slowly (41%
in two days), which makes me suspect the download is SP2.

Since I ordered SP2 on CD a week ago, I am trying to cancel this
background download but can't figure out how. Neither
right-clicking or left-clicking on the icon brings up anything.
On the Windows Update page I couldn't find anything on how to
cancel the download in progress.

Any ideas or pointers will be appreciated.

Thanks,
George

P.S. Pls. reply in ng; e-mail address is invalid.

For those coming across this thread in a future Google search,
here is how I solved the problem:

Right-click My Computer / Manage / In left pane: Services and
Applications / Services / In right pane: double-click
Automatic Updates / Startup type: Disabled.

George


"George" <null@null.51> wrote in message
news:%...
> (System runs on XP Home)
>
> For the past few days, every time I connect to the internet an
> icon (the Microsoft logo on a globe) pops up in the notification
> area (systray) that says "Downloading updates . .%" when you
hover
> the mouse over it. The percentage increases ever so slowly (41%
> in two days), which makes me suspect the download is SP2.
>
> Since I ordered SP2 on CD a week ago, I am trying to cancel this
> background download but can't figure out how. Neither
> right-clicking or left-clicking on the icon brings up anything.
> On the Windows Update page I couldn't find anything on how to
> cancel the download in progress.
>
> Any ideas or pointers will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
> P.S. Pls. reply in ng; e-mail address is invalid.
>

1. 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

2. Now you'll need to clean out the Download folder for WU5 by deleting the Contents
of the DataStore and Download folders.
Click Start, Choose Run.
In the Run box, type %windir%\SoftwareDistribution.
Click OK.
Delete the contents of both the DataStore, (and perhaps the EventCache) and Download
folders.

You will lose your WUv5 History - not important

Once you have updated to SP2 via CD - turn automatic updates back on.

"George" <null@null.51> wrote in message
news:%...
> (System runs on XP Home)
>
> For the past few days, every time I connect to the internet an
> icon (the Microsoft logo on a globe) pops up in the notification
> area (systray) that says "Downloading updates . .%" when you hover
> the mouse over it. The percentage increases ever so slowly (41%
> in two days), which makes me suspect the download is SP2.
>
> Since I ordered SP2 on CD a week ago, I am trying to cancel this
> background download but can't figure out how. Neither
> right-clicking or left-clicking on the icon brings up anything.
> On the Windows Update page I couldn't find anything on how to
> cancel the download in progress.
>
> Any ideas or pointers will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
> P.S. Pls. reply in ng; e-mail address is invalid.
>

Thanks, Taurarian, for pointing me to services.msc. As you can
see by my second message in this thread, a few minutes before your
message I got there by the long route, and the problem is fixed.

Thanks again for responding.

George

"Taurarian" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> 1. 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
>
> 2. Now you'll need to clean out the Download folder for WU5 by
deleting the Contents
> of the DataStore and Download folders.
> Click Start, Choose Run.
> In the Run box, type %windir%\SoftwareDistribution.
> Click OK.
> Delete the contents of both the DataStore, (and perhaps the
EventCache) and Download
> folders.
>
> You will lose your WUv5 History - not important
>
> Once you have updated to SP2 via CD - turn automatic updates
back on.
>
> "George" <null@null.51> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > (System runs on XP Home)
> >
> > For the past few days, every time I connect to the internet an
> > icon (the Microsoft logo on a globe) pops up in the
notification
> > area (systray) that says "Downloading updates . .%" when you
hover
> > the mouse over it. The percentage increases ever so slowly
(41%
> > in two days), which makes me suspect the download is SP2.
> >
> > Since I ordered SP2 on CD a week ago, I am trying to cancel
this
> > background download but can't figure out how. Neither
> > right-clicking or left-clicking on the icon brings up
anything.
> > On the Windows Update page I couldn't find anything on how to
> > cancel the download in progress.
> >
> > Any ideas or pointers will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George
> >
> > P.S. Pls. reply in ng; e-mail address is invalid.
> >
>