(Julian) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> datest <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> > Hello,
> > I'm new to automatic updates, having avoided it like the plague,
> > but since installing XP SP2, I've left it running, set to
> > "notify me, but don't automatically download"
> >
> > Today it activated for the first time, and told me about
> > 834707, which I selected for download.
> >
> > After a little while the ! icon disappeared and hasn't been seen
> > since. I never was offered the option to install.
> >
> > please advise. I'd like to have a crack at getting automatic updates
> > to work before I disable it and revert back to manual windows updates
> > (which always worked for me).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
>
> Same happened to me, on two machines. Now Windows Update manually
> tells me there are no critical updates I need. The write-up for 834707
> seems to suggest that it isn't needed if you have SP2. Perhaps it was
> a false alarm? It would be nice to have better feedback though, so
> that we don't all waste time worrying about a problem that may not
> exist.
>
> Julian
Curiously, this morning the Windows Update icon appeared again and
told me that it was downloading an update. It transpired it was the
update I'd told it to download a couple of days ago. Perhaps the
server was busy and it decided to try again later, or perhaps there
was some other reason. More information would be nice.
Anyway, I managed to grab the update file from the download folder so
now I've updated all three of my XP systems.
Julian Moss
Tech-Pro Limited
http://www.tech-pro.net/
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