I have a fix. It's actually right below this article in the newsgroup
entitled "Windows Update Frustration" Though we don't appear to get the
error message, it would appear that many of these problems could be related
to an improper registration of the Win Update service. I went through the
service shutdown, re-registering and service startup as outlined, and it
immediately began to work again.
"cycledoc" wrote:
> Same problem, its ironic that the updates that are supposed to be the cure,
> are disabled and the new problem.
> cycledoc
>
> "Scorpio" wrote:
>
> > Hi amahanna
> >
> > Many thanks for your reply, its nice to know I am not alone. Like you I am
> > not willing yet to spend money on finding out why this happens right now,
> > just hope Microsoft come up with a free solution.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > "amahanna" wrote:
> >
> > > If I understand your problem, it gets to the "Checking for version of
> > > updates....", finishes refreshing that screen and just stops. No errors, and
> > > the page is done loading without being redirected, correct?
> > >
> > > I'm having the exact same problem, but I don't feel like spending cash on a
> > > service call. I think Microsoft is having more problems with SP2 than they
> > > realize. I had another computer that wouldn't finish loading updates after
> > > installing SP2. I ended up reformatting the whole system and starting from
> > > scratch. It works fine now, but that's kind of a high price to pay for the
> > > "Added security" of SP2.
> > >
> > > "Scorpio" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > Since installing Service Pack 2 I have been unable to install automatic
> > > > updates. I have a little yellow icon on the taskbar which says ' click here
> > > > to install updates' but when I do it just closes and nothing happens. It
> > > > then appears again. Anyone shed any light on this?
> > > >
> > > > It all worked perfectly well before I installed SP2
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks.
> > > > --
> > > > October
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