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Windows Update will not download and install any updates.

 
 
ShoshoniLAD
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      06-01-2008
Windows Update will not download and install any updates. Also, when I went
through check list to find problem when I open WindowsUpdate in C/Programs it
is EMPTY???
 
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Shenan Stanley
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      06-01-2008
ShoshoniLAD wrote:
> Windows Update will not download and install any updates. Also,
> when I went through check list to find problem when I open
> WindowsUpdate in C/Programs it is EMPTY???


Two things to try (ignore any article titles - do any suggested methods...)

1) http://www.codeplex.com/aureset
2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

Try the application download from 1, reboot and visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and do a custom scan for updates. If it
asks you to install anything before you ever get to see a buitton that says
"custom" on it - do so. When you do your custom scan, do not get Optional
Hardware Updates.

If 1) does not fix things, try methods (1) and (2) from 2)... Reboot after
each one and then reboot and visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and
do a custom scan for updates. If it asks you to install anything before you
ever get to see a buitton that says "custom" on it - do so. When you do
your custom scan, do not get Optional Hardware Updates.

Come back and let everyone here know the results.

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PA Bear [MS MVP]
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      06-02-2008
Windows version? Have you just reinstalled Windows? Is Automatic Updates
enabled? Has Windows Update ever worked?
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ShoshoniLAD wrote:
> Windows Update will not download and install any updates. Also, when I
> went
> through check list to find problem when I open WindowsUpdate in C/Programs
> it is EMPTY???


 
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