sp2 update not happening

Hi guys

I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download about
2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or what?

Should I wait a while or try to download it again?

Many thanks

Phil

It's a large file, are you on dial up?

"Phil" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi guys
>
> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download about
> 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or what?
>
> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Phil
>
>

Phil wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download
> about 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or
> what?
>
> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Phil
Hello Phil,
Some of it depends on your internet connection speed: dialup will be slow.
Some of it depends on what other user apps & startup programs are up & running.
(Hopefully you closed all your apps. eg, do not browse the net, view email. I'd exit everything, with the exception of software firewall, if you have one.)


If you are knowledgeable, bring up Task Manager, and see how may Processes are running.
Also, if you look at the System Notification area (or aka Systray), right-click the network icon, and select Status---you can see how many bits or packets are moving (sent / received).

If you see no internet traffic, and, you do not see update.exe or wu*----.exe as a running process, then it may have halted.
Though I expect that if MS turned on the SP2 via Automatic Updates , that the "spigot" is deliberately slow.
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

No, broadband.

3 hours later, still nothing.

In article <>, Kaylene aka
Taurarian <> writes
>It's a large file, are you on dial up?
>
>"Phil" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Hi guys
>>
>> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download about
>> 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or what?
>>
>> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>

In article <>, Maurice N ~ MVP
<> writes
>Phil wrote:
>> Hi guys
>>
>> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download
>> about 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or
>> what?
>>
>> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Phil
>Hello Phil,
>Some of it depends on your internet connection speed: dialup will be slow.
>Some of it depends on what other user apps & startup programs are up & running.
>(Hopefully you closed all your apps. eg, do not browse the net, view
>email. I'd exit everything, with the exception of software firewall,
>if you have one.)
>
>
>If you are knowledgeable, bring up Task Manager, and see how may
>Processes are running.
>Also, if you look at the System Notification area (or aka Systray),
>right-click the network icon, and select Status---you can see how many
>bits or packets are moving (sent / received).
>
>If you see no internet traffic, and, you do not see update.exe or
>wu*----.exe as a running process, then it may have halted.
>Though I expect that if MS turned on the SP2 via Automatic Updates ,
>that the "spigot" is deliberately slow.

I'm on broadband. Checked Task Manager - nothing like that is or was
running. I have noticed sometimes in the past that even smaller updates
seem to take a short while to get started, but this one is taking the
mickey a bit.

Phil wrote:
> In article <>, Maurice N ~ MVP
> <> writes
>> Phil wrote:
>>> Hi guys
>>>
>>> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download
>>> about 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or
>>> what?
>>>
>>> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Phil
>> Hello Phil,
>> Some of it depends on your internet connection speed: dialup will
>> be slow. Some of it depends on what other user apps & startup
>> programs are up & running. (Hopefully you closed all your apps.
>> eg, do not browse the net, view email. I'd exit everything, with
>> the exception of software firewall, if you have one.)
>>
>>
>> If you are knowledgeable, bring up Task Manager, and see how may
>> Processes are running.
>> Also, if you look at the System Notification area (or aka Systray),
>> right-click the network icon, and select Status---you can see how
>> many bits or packets are moving (sent / received).
>>
>> If you see no internet traffic, and, you do not see update.exe or
>> wu*----.exe as a running process, then it may have halted.
>> Though I expect that if MS turned on the SP2 via Automatic Updates ,
>> that the "spigot" is deliberately slow.
>
> I'm on broadband. Checked Task Manager - nothing like that is or was
> running. I have noticed sometimes in the past that even smaller
> updates seem to take a short while to get started, but this one is
> taking the mickey a bit.

Take a good look at the last entries (for today) in your log file for Windows Updates.
in Windows directory
Windows Update.log

If this is on V5 of W U, no space in the filename.

Advice: see the SP2 forum at Aumha.org
http://forum.aumha.org
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
-----

If you feel like it you can download the full SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
You can burn the file to CD and save if ever you need it.

It will be available on CD in the near future
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...s/default.mspx



"Phil" <> wrote in message
news:...
> No, broadband.
>
> 3 hours later, still nothing.
>
> In article <>, Kaylene aka
> Taurarian <> writes
> >It's a large file, are you on dial up?
> >
> >"Phil" <> wrote in message
> >news:...
> >> Hi guys
> >>
> >> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download about
> >> 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or what?
> >>
> >> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >>
> >
>

I received the update last night around 7pm. I have a broadband connection
but expected it to take a while . I clicked installed and came back this
morning to find that nothing has happened. I expected to find a message to
reboot the computer, but found nothing. I went to the windows update site to
check my download history and see that it does not appear in my history. So
you are not alone.

Christie

"Phil" wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download about
> 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or what?
>
> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Phil
>
>
>

I had the exact same problem. I checked my installation history. Nothing
happened. There was no download. Looks like a typical Microsoft bug... The
problem is that I have not been able to manually download because of how they
are distributing the update...

"Phil" wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download about
> 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or what?
>
> Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Phil
>
>
>

Yeah I have the same situation as you phil... I wonder what it is... Usually
I get a little icon at the bottom of my toolbar that says how much it has
downloaded for the update... But it aint working now... Just dies after I
tell it to download.

This have never hapned to me before

Anyone got any ideas?

"Christie" wrote:

> I received the update last night around 7pm. I have a broadband connection
> but expected it to take a while . I clicked installed and came back this
> morning to find that nothing has happened. I expected to find a message to
> reboot the computer, but found nothing. I went to the windows update site to
> check my download history and see that it does not appear in my history. So
> you are not alone.
>
> Christie
>
> "Phil" wrote:
>
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I was offered the sp2 update this morning. Having clicked Download about
> > 2 hours ago, nothing seems to have happened. Is this normal or what?
> >
> > Should I wait a while or try to download it again?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >