May have fix for xp updates, hangs on looking for updates

googled this at WebJunction.org, a Bill & Melinda Gates foundation site.
start/windows update. IN Left pane, admin options. in right pane, windows
update catalog. yes for update software. Left pane, windows update. right
pane, scan for updates.
you can select updates and install in regular format. i then rebooted
machine and went to windows update, and it worked
without further problems.
this worked on 3 machine for me.

"cnei1950"

Thank you for providing this solution to our newsgroup. This method is
still possible, but is manual and not for everyone. Certainly if you need
to go around the mechanism of discovering the number and type of updates,
this is a workaround.


Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]


"cnei1950" <> wrote in message
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> googled this at WebJunction.org, a Bill & Melinda Gates foundation site.
> start/windows update. IN Left pane, admin options. in right pane, windows
> update catalog. yes for update software. Left pane, windows update. right
> pane, scan for updates.
> you can select updates and install in regular format. i then rebooted
> machine and went to windows update, and it worked
> without further problems.
> this worked on 3 machine for me.
>