NO SUCCESS W/ WINDOWS UPDATES FOR 3WKS

As of 3 wks ago, I've had no success with updating my Windows XP Pro;
whenever I try to update manually it gives this error code (Error: Agent
failed detecting with reason: 0x80004005)-
Automatic updates have been set up, but no updates have been installed for 3
wks.
Any help with this will be more than appreciated. thanks

I have the same problem, I went to Microsoft Download center
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/S...displaylang=en and at the top
in search, I chose all download. Next to it I put in the file code KB******
to be download from the Windows Update website, (custom).

"The Dood" wrote:

> I have the same problem. No one at MS has been of much use. I have sent them
> a 100mb of file but they need to analyze the problem. Sounds like another
> hole that need to be filled. Some type of ie attack. The funny part is
> mozilla works fine but you can’t use it to update windows, as it isn’t ie.
> LMAO Are you able to download anything? I have been locked out of downloading
> anything with ie. How about you? Has anyone found this problem and maybe a
> work around?
>
> "truthseeker" wrote:
>
> > As of 3 wks ago, I've had no success with updating my Windows XP Pro;
> > whenever I try to update manually it gives this error code (Error: Agent
> > failed detecting with reason: 0x80004005)-
> > Automatic updates have been set up, but no updates have been installed for 3
> > wks.
> > Any help with this will be more than appreciated. thanks

I've had no problem downloading anything on ie, except for Windows Updates,
thanks for your response, atleast I know I'm not alone in this-

"The Dood" wrote:

> I have the same problem. No one at MS has been of much use. I have sent them
> a 100mb of file but they need to analyze the problem. Sounds like another
> hole that need to be filled. Some type of ie attack. The funny part is
> mozilla works fine but you can’t use it to update windows, as it isn’t ie.
> LMAO Are you able to download anything? I have been locked out of downloading
> anything with ie. How about you? Has anyone found this problem and maybe a
> work around?
>
> "truthseeker" wrote:
>
> > As of 3 wks ago, I've had no success with updating my Windows XP Pro;
> > whenever I try to update manually it gives this error code (Error: Agent
> > failed detecting with reason: 0x80004005)-
> > Automatic updates have been set up, but no updates have been installed for 3
> > wks.
> > Any help with this will be more than appreciated. thanks

same here, this is the screen i
get:[img=http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5307/untitledqt0.jpg]