how do I stop the download in progress

I did a reinstall on a friends PC (XP Home w/ SP1). When I fired up Windows
Update, it first downloaded a newer version, then it began downloading other
things. My friend only has a dialup connection. I noticed that the
download was taking forever, so I assumed it must be SP2. I got SP2 from a
CD and installed it. Two issues:

1. Anytime I reconnect to the internet, the download continues from where it
last left off. Is there anyway I can kill this? (I'm thinking that Windows
Update doesn't deal with the fact that I installed SP2 in the middle of the
download. I hope if I kill the download that it won't try to download it
again.)

2. I'm used to seeing a list of what Windows Update wants to download, and
being able to chose what it actually will download. I no longer see this
list. Is there any way I can get this functionality back?

Thanks!

"J" <> wrote in message
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>I did a reinstall on a friends PC (XP Home w/ SP1). When I fired up Windows Update, it first downloaded a newer version, then it
>began downloading other things. My friend only has a dialup connection. I noticed that the download was taking forever, so I
>assumed it must be SP2. I got SP2 from a CD and installed it. Two issues:
>
> 1. Anytime I reconnect to the internet, the download continues from where it last left off. Is there anyway I can kill this? (I'm
> thinking that Windows Update doesn't deal with the fact that I installed SP2 in the middle of the download. I hope if I kill the
> download that it won't try to download it again.)


bitsadmin would do this. In the XP Support Tools or from

<title>KB838079 - Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools</title>

If you can't figure out the syntax from the help I think that someone
from MSFT has already posted more explicit instructions in this
newsgroup. Use bitsadmin and MSFT as search terms to find it.


>
> 2. I'm used to seeing a list of what Windows Update wants to download, and being able to chose what it actually will download. I
> no longer see this list. Is there any way I can get this functionality back?

You're probably doing an Express install? Try using the Custom link
instead then uncheck whatever you don't want to download.


>
> Thanks!
>
>


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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