Windows Update fails to download and install updates

I have a computer with XP Pro, SP2 that has not successfully downloaded or
installed updates for several months. The actual download for each update
fails to download. The failure is instantaneous, as if the port is blocked.
No firewall is active, as far as I can tell. I have run a repair of the OS,
installed IE7 Beta 2 and manualy installed installer 3.1. No change.
Routine downloads from MS downloads come down just fine.
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Dave Post

Had same problem a couple of weeks back, turned out to be some sort of
conflict with my HP printer software.
If you have an HP printer uninstall all HP programms, run Windows update,
then reload H/P plus all the updates for H/P.
Good Luck
"Grumpygranpa" wrote:

> I have a computer with XP Pro, SP2 that has not successfully downloaded or
> installed updates for several months. The actual download for each update
> fails to download. The failure is instantaneous, as if the port is blocked.
> No firewall is active, as far as I can tell. I have run a repair of the OS,
> installed IE7 Beta 2 and manualy installed installer 3.1. No change.
> Routine downloads from MS downloads come down just fine.
> --
> Dave Post