No Update Notifications!

I set my Automatic Updates to "Notifiy me but don't automatically download or
install them." I did this around August 2006.

The last time I was notified to install updates was sometime mid-September.
There have been no notifications since then. On Windows Update, there are
quite a number of updates for me to obtain. But I was never notified of any
of them!

I don't hide inactive icons. What happened and how can I fix this?

I am using Windows XP Service Pack 2.

What is the status of your Automatic Updates Service in SERVICES.MSC?
What is the status of your BITS Service in SERVICES.MSC (Background
Intelligent....)

Any errors in Event Viewer log (EVENTVWR.MSC)?

"Terrence" <> wrote in message
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>I set my Automatic Updates to "Notifiy me but don't automatically download
>or
> install them." I did this around August 2006.
>
> The last time I was notified to install updates was sometime
> mid-September.
> There have been no notifications since then. On Windows Update, there are
> quite a number of updates for me to obtain. But I was never notified of
> any
> of them!
>
> I don't hide inactive icons. What happened and how can I fix this?
>
> I am using Windows XP Service Pack 2.

Thanks for your reply, NewScience. Automatic Updates is set to automatic and
Background Intelligent Transfer Service is set to manual.

There are no error messages in the Event log for "Windows Update Agent" or
"NtServicePack."

The most recent entry contains:
---
Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for
installation. To install the updates, an administrator should log on to this
computer and Windows will prompt with further instructions:
- MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978)
---

This one repeats for many days. I recall I approved the download before. But
it never seems to install (no notifications and they don't install with a
"patch shutdown").

Overall, my Automatic Updates is clearly broken. Is there a way to remove
and reinstall it?

"NewScience" wrote:

> What is the status of your Automatic Updates Service in SERVICES.MSC?
> What is the status of your BITS Service in SERVICES.MSC (Background
> Intelligent....)
>
> Any errors in Event Viewer log (EVENTVWR.MSC)?
>
> "Terrence" <> wrote in message
> news76E3B7A-2927-4EC8-BA9F-...
> >I set my Automatic Updates to "Notifiy me but don't automatically download
> >or
> > install them." I did this around August 2006.
> >
> > The last time I was notified to install updates was sometime
> > mid-September.
> > There have been no notifications since then. On Windows Update, there are
> > quite a number of updates for me to obtain. But I was never notified of
> > any
> > of them!
> >
> > I don't hide inactive icons. What happened and how can I fix this?
> >
> > I am using Windows XP Service Pack 2.
>
>
>

I mean that I obtained MSXML hotfix through Windows Update, and I thought it
installed successfully.

"Terrence" wrote:

> Thanks for your reply, NewScience. Automatic Updates is set to automatic and
> Background Intelligent Transfer Service is set to manual.
>
> There are no error messages in the Event log for "Windows Update Agent" or
> "NtServicePack."
>
> The most recent entry contains:
> ---
> Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for
> installation. To install the updates, an administrator should log on to this
> computer and Windows will prompt with further instructions:
> - MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978)
> ---
>
> This one repeats for many days. I recall I approved the download before. But
> it never seems to install (no notifications and they don't install with a
> "patch shutdown").
>
> Overall, my Automatic Updates is clearly broken. Is there a way to remove
> and reinstall it?
>

Reinstall MSXML 4.00 sp2

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...629c/msxml.msi

2. When the File Download window appears, please click the Save button, and
follow the directions to save it to the Desktop.
3. After downloading this file, please double-click the "msxml.msi" file on
the Desktop. Then the installation will be performed automatically.
4. If you receive three options "Modify", "Repair", and "Remove", please
click "Remove" and follow the instructions to remove MSXML 4.0 Service Pack
2.

5. After removing it, please double-click "msxml.msi" file again, click
"Install Now" button, and then follow the instructions.

After reinstalling MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2, please move on to step 2 to
install the update KB927978.

Step 2: Reinstall MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978)
============================================
1. Please download the update from the following link:

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...927978-enu.exe

2. When the File Download window appears, please click the Save button, and
follow the directions to save it to the Desktop.
3. After downloading this file, please double-click the
"msxml4-KB927978-enu.exe" file on the Desktop. Then the installation will be
performed automatically.

4. After finishing the above steps, please check the result on the Windows
Update website again.
------------------------------------------
Above copied from an MS support mail, see if it helps

All downloads are kept in:

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder. Look under the sub-folders
and you should see the MSXML4 download. There should be a update folder
associated with it. From that folder, you can run update.exe, and it should
install.

"Terrence" <> wrote in message
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>I mean that I obtained MSXML hotfix through Windows Update, and I thought
>it
> installed successfully.
>
> "Terrence" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply, NewScience. Automatic Updates is set to automatic
>> and
>> Background Intelligent Transfer Service is set to manual.
>>
>> There are no error messages in the Event log for "Windows Update Agent"
>> or
>> "NtServicePack."
>>
>> The most recent entry contains:
>> ---
>> Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for
>> installation. To install the updates, an administrator should log on to
>> this
>> computer and Windows will prompt with further instructions:
>> - MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978)
>> ---
>>
>> This one repeats for many days. I recall I approved the download before.
>> But
>> it never seems to install (no notifications and they don't install with a
>> "patch shutdown").
>>
>> Overall, my Automatic Updates is clearly broken. Is there a way to remove
>> and reinstall it?
>>
>

The downloaded/install attempts should have created a folder on your C:
Drive (if that is the only partition you have). It is a long folder name of
letters and numbers. In that folder is a msxml4.log file.
Look in there and see what it reported as far as errors.

"Terrence" <> wrote in message
news:1F417B86-C3D7-4CA0-A7B7-...
>I mean that I obtained MSXML hotfix through Windows Update, and I thought
>it
> installed successfully.
>
> "Terrence" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply, NewScience. Automatic Updates is set to automatic
>> and
>> Background Intelligent Transfer Service is set to manual.
>>
>> There are no error messages in the Event log for "Windows Update Agent"
>> or
>> "NtServicePack."
>>
>> The most recent entry contains:
>> ---
>> Installation Ready: The following updates are downloaded and ready for
>> installation. To install the updates, an administrator should log on to
>> this
>> computer and Windows will prompt with further instructions:
>> - MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security Update (KB927978)
>> ---
>>
>> This one repeats for many days. I recall I approved the download before.
>> But
>> it never seems to install (no notifications and they don't install with a
>> "patch shutdown").
>>
>> Overall, my Automatic Updates is clearly broken. Is there a way to remove
>> and reinstall it?
>>
>