Computer Man Since 1967 wrote:
> It's been so long - 3 days - that I forgot what, or if, I started
> an update download. It's at 45% and my computer is running at 100%
> CPU usage when nothing is running. When I restart windows, it
> sometimes wants to install updates and shut down and sometimes not.
> I can't stop it. Microsoft wants 60 bucks to tell me what to do. I
> can't get rid of the download. It was up to 49% around noon and
> when I checked it at 6pm it's at 45%?? My computer is running other
> jobs & stuff at about 10% normal speed. If I power off computer and
> come back later, it's back downloading. I started with computers in
> 1967 as a programmer and this has got me stumped! HELP PLEASE!!
In technology - it is not how long you have been in it really - but how well
you keep up. ;-)
Something you forgot to mention - especially given all your 'years of
experience'...
What Operating System are you running?
If Windows XP - try this:
Get Dial-a-Fix:
http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix
Use its options to fix:
- Windows Installer
- Windows Update
- All the Registration Center options.
Turn off the "Empty System32\Catroot 2"
Do NOT do "Flush SoftwareDistribution".
Then click "GO" and wait until it is done... Reboot will be needed.
- Download/Install Windows Update v3.
http://download.windowsupdate.com/Wi...gent30-x86.exe
(You *may* need to install it using the command line switch "/wuforce"
right after the reboot - immediately after logging in.)
- Download/Install the 927891 patch.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...9-404327772E5A
- Reboot.
- Visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and scan for/install updates.
- Come back and let us know how things went!
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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