Windows Update is looking for available updates... forever

On my wireless laptop when I select the Express Install from the Windows
Update page I get the message Windows Update is looking for available
updates... but it never goes away. I have a DSL connection and on one of my
other machines on the network it only takes about 1 minute for it to find the
XP SP2 update that is required. Last week I tried to download the Windows XP
Service Pack 2 on my laptop but it failed. Could this be why its not working
now?? I looked in my windows update file and found this:

2004-08-28 15:08:46-0500 1136 798 WU client succeeds
CClientCallRecorder::BeginFindUpdates from WindowsUpdate with call id
{C30FDE99-1BD5-46DC-9A61-F6643A523F6B}
2004-08-28 15:08:46-0500 1136 48c WU client executing call
{C30FDE99-1BD5-46DC-9A61-F6643A523F6B} of type Search Call
2004-08-28 15:08:47-0500 3712 d44 Trying to make out of proc datastore active
2004-08-28 15:08:48-0500 3712 d44 Out of proc datastore is now active
2004-08-28 15:08:48-0500 1136 48c PT: Using serverID
{9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
2004-08-28 15:08:48-0500 1136 48c PT: Using server URL
https://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...ce/client.asmx
2004-08-28 15:08:50-0500 1136 48c Add header for accept-encoding: xpress
succeeded
2004-08-28 15:08:51-0500 1136 48c DetectCompressionType returning type 1,
hr=0x0
2004-08-28 15:08:51-0500 1136 48c Add header for accept-encoding: xpress
succeeded
2004-08-28 15:08:52-0500 1136 48c DetectCompressionType returning type 1,
hr=0x0
2004-08-28 15:08:52-0500 1136 48c PT: Using serverID
{9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
2004-08-28 15:08:52-0500 1136 48c PT: Using server URL
https://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...ce/client.asmx
2004-08-28 15:08:52-0500 1136 48c Add header for accept-encoding: xpress
succeeded
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c DetectCompressionType returning type 1,
hr=0x0
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c update
{0F96FD55-558F-48FC-B0C0-25A5EF794B7E}.100 is pruned out due to potential
supersedence
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c WU client add update
{76BAACDD-634F-487D-AC52-33CD061B49E7}.100 to search result
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c update
{8FDC9B52-44B3-414A-8640-CEFBCB29E708}.100 is pruned out due to potential
supersedence
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c update
{E53654A0-CBE7-48AC-88C1-466F9DAABC0D}.100 is pruned out due to potential
supersedence
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c update
{7FADA317-AB6C-4A4B-BE69-251596F70E8D}.100 is pruned out due to potential
supersedence
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c update
{FF6F05E7-3F3F-415B-80FB-789BB3AB84D3}.100 is pruned out due to potential
supersedence
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c update
{F6776633-813D-495F-B209-EC50D86BB94C}.100 is pruned out due to potential
supersedence
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c WU client add update
{AC94DB3B-E1A8-4E92-9FD0-E86F355E6A44}.100 to search result
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c update
{CCE570E9-D524-4E82-87B5-BDA38D19B5EC}.102 is pruned out due to potential
supersedence
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c WU client add update
{7477AF62-8F9B-4F32-9DAF-7AB452E52396}.107 to search result
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c WU client found 3 updates and 10
categories in search
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c WU client finished Searching for update
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c WU client calls back to search call
WindowsUpdate with code Call complete and error 0
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 1136 48c WU client completed and deleted call
{C30FDE99-1BD5-46DC-9A61-F6643A523F6B}
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 3632 7ac Update is missing metadata (00000B00),
hr=8024001D
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 3632 7ac Bad update
76baacdd-634f-487d-ac52-33cd061b49e7 returned by the service.
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 3632 970 Category is missing metadata (00000B04),
hr=8024001D
2004-08-28 15:08:53-0500 3632 970 Bad category
ebfc1fc5-71a4-4f7b-9aca-3b9a503104a0 returned by the service.
2004-08-28 15:08:58-0500 1136 48c REPORT EVENT:
{BA73CFB5-D02F-4743-BBAF-31690C89B86B} 31 2004-08-28
15:08:53-0500 1 147 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0 WindowsUpdate Success Software Synchronization Agent has finished detecting items.
2004-08-28 15:10:58-0500 1136 798 ISusInternal API failed
CClientCallRecorder:isconnectCall with error 0x8024000c
2004-08-28 15:10:58-0500 3632 970 ISusInternal:isconnectCall failed,
hr=8024000C

Hi,

I used to have nearly the problem, and I solved it using Suggestion #2 of
the message sent by kizzy below:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...soft.com#link3

Everything works fine now

The only problem, is that you may have trouble deleting the folder, since
WinXP may claim that other programs are using it.
I solved it booting from linux, and erasing things from there, but probably
a "safe mode" boot (or a recovery console) would work too.

Give it a try if you can, and let us know if it works.

Good luck,

-zephyr



"Rene" <> wrote in message
news:6B6611E0-771D-406B-AAE3-...
> On my wireless laptop when I select the Express Install from the Windows
> Update page I get the message Windows Update is looking for available
> updates... but it never goes away. I have a DSL connection and on one of
> my
> other machines on the network it only takes about 1 minute for it to find
> the
> XP SP2 update that is required. Last week I tried to download the Windows
> XP
> Service Pack 2 on my laptop but it failed. Could this be why its not
> working
> now?? I looked in my windows update file and found this:
>