Windows Update Progress bar just keeps scrolling

I will run windows update, actually its microsoft update, and the
progress bar just keeps scrolling looking for updates. I left the
offive one day and came back the next and it was still scrolling. I
have tried re-registering the dll's and stop and started the service.
There is no error code it just keeps going.

Thanks.

Please tell me you have a solution to this problem, it is exactly what I am
getting on a win2k server and it is doing my head in.

Cheers

"tshontikidis" wrote:

> I will run windows update, actually its microsoft update, and the
> progress bar just keeps scrolling looking for updates. I left the
> offive one day and came back the next and it was still scrolling. I
> have tried re-registering the dll's and stop and started the service.
> There is no error code it just keeps going.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

There is an post earlier in the list at 1107 from powerhammer2. In case you
don't have it, I will copy it in here.

Ooookaaaayyyy, so everybody has a problem with the Windows Updates that
won't
download and install. I found the trick to this. Here's the trick: Down in
your task bar near the clock are all of your icons. Right click on each one
of the one at a time and a menu will pop up, select "Close" or "Exit" until
you see no more of these icons except the speaker icon. Those icons are
programs that runs in the back ground. Make sure that they are all closed
out, then try logging into Windows Updates again. They should download and
install normally like they should be. This is most common with Windows 2000
Professional with Service Pack 4 installed. Any of you having the same or
similar problems with other Windows versions, please read the instructions
above and hopefully it will work for you. Good luck and I hope it works a
miracle for you.
FYI: I have been a computer tech for a long time and I have been successful
in solving such strange behaviours in computers.
Alan
"fletchiom" <> wrote in message
news:6A174988-96D5-4CE7-8DA7-...
> Please tell me you have a solution to this problem, it is exactly what I
am
> getting on a win2k server and it is doing my head in.
>
> Cheers
>
> "tshontikidis" wrote:
>
> > I will run windows update, actually its microsoft update, and the
> > progress bar just keeps scrolling looking for updates. I left the
> > offive one day and came back the next and it was still scrolling. I
> > have tried re-registering the dll's and stop and started the service.
> > There is no error code it just keeps going.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >