Restarting Computer after an update

I am running Win XP and I constantly get a message pop up indicating an
Automatic Update... "Updating your computer is almost complete. You must
restart your computer for the updates to take effect.
Do you want to restasrt your computer now"? When I do restart. the message
pops up again as the restart has no effect on this message. I did just
recently install service pack 2 for windows xp, Any help or suggestion would
be appreciated.

bwave wrote:

> I am running Win XP and I constantly get a message pop up indicating an
> Automatic Update... "Updating your computer is almost complete. You must
> restart your computer for the updates to take effect.
> Do you want to restasrt your computer now"? When I do restart. the message
> pops up again as the restart has no effect on this message. I did just
> recently install service pack 2 for windows xp, Any help or suggestion would
> be appreciated.
Hi

Rename (or just delete) the SoftwareDistribution folder and
see if it helps.

You can use the procedure described here:

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...cleid=21&ln=en

Note that a side effect of renaming or deleting the SoftwareDistribution
folder is that you lose your WU v5 History listing (not critical).

(later on, you can just delete the renamed SoftwareDistribution
folder)


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Thx for your response, but after trying this, I still have not fixed my
problem. My computer seems to work correctly, yet I still get the message to
restart your computer for the updates to take effect.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> bwave wrote:
>
> > I am running Win XP and I constantly get a message pop up indicating an
> > Automatic Update... "Updating your computer is almost complete. You must
> > restart your computer for the updates to take effect.
> > Do you want to restasrt your computer now"? When I do restart. the message
> > pops up again as the restart has no effect on this message. I did just
> > recently install service pack 2 for windows xp, Any help or suggestion would
> > be appreciated.
> Hi
>
> Rename (or just delete) the SoftwareDistribution folder and
> see if it helps.
>
> You can use the procedure described here:
>
> http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...cleid=21&ln=en
>
> Note that a side effect of renaming or deleting the SoftwareDistribution
> folder is that you lose your WU v5 History listing (not critical).
>
> (later on, you can just delete the renamed SoftwareDistribution
> folder)
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>