V5 offers no updates

I've got an out of the box machine with XP Home
I select Windows Update from Tools in IE and get directed to
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co....aspx?ln=en-us
The page loads with the message

"Checking for the latest version of the Windows Update software...

Depending on your connection speed, this might take a minute. During this
time, you may receive one or more security warnings. Review each security
warning to ensure that the content is signed by Microsoft, and then click
Install or Yes to install the software."

but nothing ever happens. IE says the page has loaded, the "install updates"
link is greyed out, as is the "Restore hidden updates"

I'm sure I'm not up to date. Anyone got any ideas....?

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JC

JC wrote:

> I've got an out of the box machine with XP Home
> I select Windows Update from Tools in IE and get directed to
> http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.co....aspx?ln=en-us
> The page loads with the message
>
> "Checking for the latest version of the Windows Update software...
>
> Depending on your connection speed, this might take a minute. During this
> time, you may receive one or more security warnings. Review each security
> warning to ensure that the content is signed by Microsoft, and then click
> Install or Yes to install the software."
>
> but nothing ever happens. IE says the page has loaded, the "install updates"
> link is greyed out, as is the "Restore hidden updates"
>
> I'm sure I'm not up to date. Anyone got any ideas....?
>
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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