lookfing for updates never finishes

I have several questions really...

I fresh install my PC and go to updates site, and v5 client gets installed.
Now when it tries to scan for updates, it just keeps going forever. I can't
close the IE window either. What causes this?

Also, If I then set this PC to use my SUS server for updates, the client
claims to have nothing to download. But then when I point MBSA at the same
machine (telling MBSA to compair to my SUS server approved items list) it
tells me there are 19 to download. Can I trust SUS and MBSA?
I have been trying various solutions I have found on the 'net but with no
luck. Has anyone actually got Auto Updates to work reliably? I am losing
all confidence in these products really quickly

Dear Steve: I had a much similar problem, and resolved it here, with a
reply to a post suggesting to reset the .dll (dynamic link library) files.
The suggestion was to go to start, then run, and type in the following,
pressing "ok" after each entry: net.exe stop wuauserv regsvr32 /s
wuapi.dll regsvr32 /s wups.dll regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll net.exe start
wuauserv This did the trick for me, my v5 update screen stopped
freezing after this fix. I hope it helps.

"Steve-B" wrote:

> I have several questions really...
>
> I fresh install my PC and go to updates site, and v5 client gets installed.
> Now when it tries to scan for updates, it just keeps going forever. I can't
> close the IE window either. What causes this?
>
> Also, If I then set this PC to use my SUS server for updates, the client
> claims to have nothing to download. But then when I point MBSA at the same
> machine (telling MBSA to compair to my SUS server approved items list) it
> tells me there are 19 to download. Can I trust SUS and MBSA?
> I have been trying various solutions I have found on the 'net but with no
> luck. Has anyone actually got Auto Updates to work reliably? I am losing
> all confidence in these products really quickly
>