Downloading upgrades:0% stuck

I have my auto updates set to let me decide when to
download. After seeing the thing for ever I finally
decided to download and then decide when I would
install. But it never started and says "downloading
upgrades:0% and has been that way for 3 days. I have
cable high speed internect connection. How do I cancel
this. Right clicking or double clicking on it does
nothing. It does not show up under "ctrl,alt,del".

Nancy wrote:

> I have my auto updates set to let me decide when to
> download. After seeing the thing for ever I finally
> decided to download and then decide when I would
> install. But it never started and says "downloading
> upgrades:0% and has been that way for 3 days. I have
> cable high speed internect connection. How do I cancel
> this. Right clicking or double clicking on it does
> nothing. It does not show up under "ctrl,alt,del".
Hi

The steps below may help, or they may not...


In Control Panel/Automatic Updates, turn AU off if it is on, do a
reboot, and then turn AU on again and see if that helps.

If that doesn't help (or AU was off), try this:

Clean out the Download folder (WU5's temporary download folder)
located here:

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)

You can use the procedure described here:

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...cleid=11&ln=en

You might need to delete the DataStore folder mentioned in the link
above, as well as the EventCache folder.

Note that a side effect of deleting the DataStore folder is that you
lose your WU v5 History listing (not critical).


If the problem repeat itself still, try the steps here as well:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...tngp13.phx.gbl


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I can't be of any help. Sorry. Mine is stuck on 39%, also for 3 days. And
when I try to download form the Windows update site my computer freezes. Hope
some one can help us!!

"Nancy" wrote:

> I have my auto updates set to let me decide when to
> download. After seeing the thing for ever I finally
> decided to download and then decide when I would
> install. But it never started and says "downloading
> upgrades:0% and has been that way for 3 days. I have
> cable high speed internect connection. How do I cancel
> this. Right clicking or double clicking on it does
> nothing. It does not show up under "ctrl,alt,del".
>

Nancy, this is likely because the rate at which SP2 is being released is
being controlled in order to avoid overwhelming Internet infrastructure.
Could you please send me the %windir%\windowsupdate.log file from your
computer?

Thanks.

Derek

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"Nancy" <> wrote in message
news:16e401c4a3ec$7f5b0f60$...
> I have my auto updates set to let me decide when to
> download. After seeing the thing for ever I finally
> decided to download and then decide when I would
> install. But it never started and says "downloading
> upgrades:0% and has been that way for 3 days. I have
> cable high speed internect connection. How do I cancel
> this. Right clicking or double clicking on it does
> nothing. It does not show up under "ctrl,alt,del".