Windows Update menu item has disappeared

Running XP Pro, SP1.

For a long time now I have religiously kept XP up to date by clicking on
Start > Windows Update and installing whatever updates were relevant.
Then followed a gap of about 6 weeks when the machine was not in use.

I have started using the machine again and decided today to resume
updating Windows, but discovered that the Windows Update menu item has
disappeared from the Start menu. I have no idea how/why this has
happened. How do I restore Windows Update to the menu?

--
Ian

Create a new shortcut by right clicking on the desktop and selecting "new shortcut":
Location of the item: %SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe
Select Next
Now type a name for the shortcut: Windows Update
Select Finish

Now you can drag the Shortcut to your Start Menu
Right click on the Start Button and select Open all Users
After making the necessary adjustments to the size of the windows so you can see the
new icon on the desktop, drag the new shortcut to Windows Update into the Start Menu.


"news" <> wrote in message newsWVVX0Q+...
> Running XP Pro, SP1.
>
> For a long time now I have religiously kept XP up to date by clicking on Start >
> Windows Update and installing whatever updates were relevant. Then followed a gap
> of about 6 weeks when the machine was not in use.
>
> I have started using the machine again and decided today to resume updating
> Windows, but discovered that the Windows Update menu item has disappeared from the
> Start menu. I have no idea how/why this has happened. How do I restore Windows
> Update to the menu?
>
> --
> Ian

In message <Og$>, Taurarian
<> writes
>Create a new shortcut by right clicking on the desktop and selecting
>"new shortcut":
>Location of the item: %SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe
>Select Next
>Now type a name for the shortcut: Windows Update
>Select Finish
[Snip]

Just what I needed to know. Thank you Taurarian.

--
Ian

You're welcome, have a good weekend.

"news" <> wrote in message news:...
> In message <Og$>, Taurarian
> <> writes
>>Create a new shortcut by right clicking on the desktop and selecting
>>"new shortcut":
>>Location of the item: %SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe
>>Select Next
>>Now type a name for the shortcut: Windows Update
>>Select Finish
> [Snip]
>
> Just what I needed to know. Thank you Taurarian.
>
> --
> Ian