yes its downloading.. I know this is bad.. but vista has no good indicator
of the progress of the downloading of updates....
I would suggest you install a network monitoring program
like the free "netmeter" (google it) to see if you have network activity
"Oxylot" <> wrote in message
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> I have a totally legitimate copy (activated, of course) of
> Vista-Ultimate. Actually, I'm helping someone else. My problem,
> in a nutshell is that the silly OS will not do auto update.
> Neither will defender.
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> There is an AV (Avast).
> Updates to Avast function normally via ADSL.
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> Win updates, at the moment, is set to automatic in
> a forlorn attempt to get at least something working.
> I can see things trying to access a site but nothing
> actually happens except a pretty green activity panel block.
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> Now, even though I am not a great fan of Vista ... where do I look?
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