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Wild Bill
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      09-17-2004
When bringing up "Windows Updates" it's suppose to scan for updates
automatically but all it does is sit there. Is there a way to have it rescan
my system or to reinstall Windows update to scan for version of Windows?

Thanks everybody...
 
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Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)
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      09-17-2004
Wild Bill wrote:

> When bringing up "Windows Updates" it's suppose to scan for updates
> automatically but all it does is sit there. Is there a way to have it rescan
> my system or to reinstall Windows update to scan for version of Windows?
>
> Thanks everybody...

Hi

You could try the steps in this post to try to get WU to work:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...TNGP14.phx.gbl


If nothing there worked, try the steps in this post:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...tngp13.phx.gbl


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Wild Bill
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      09-17-2004
Thanks Torgeir. I'll give them a look and drop back by here to give you an
update.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> Wild Bill wrote:
>
> > When bringing up "Windows Updates" it's suppose to scan for updates
> > automatically but all it does is sit there. Is there a way to have it rescan
> > my system or to reinstall Windows update to scan for version of Windows?
> >
> > Thanks everybody...

> Hi
>
> You could try the steps in this post to try to get WU to work:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...TNGP14.phx.gbl
>
>
> If nothing there worked, try the steps in this post:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...tngp13.phx.gbl
>
>
> --
> 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
>

 
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