Are you running an administrator account? If you're not you should be.
Check to see if the Automatic Updates service is still running:
Click Start · Control Panel, then select Performance and Maintenance and
click System. Select the Automatic Updates tab and make sure that Automatic
is selected and then click OK.
Now check to see if Automatic Updates is service is running:
Click Start · Run and type "services.msc" without the quotes and press
enter. The Services window should pop-up. Under the name column find
Automatic Updates. If it does not appear there skip over the remainder of
this paragraph, if it is double-click on it; the properties dialog should
open up. Make sure it says "Automatic" in the Startup type box and the
Service status says "Started".
Register the DLL files:
Click Start · Run and type "cmd" without the quotes and press enter. Type in
the following and press return after each line:
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wuapi.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wucltui.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wups.dll
Enter "exit" and press enter.
Check and see if it's working tomorrow, if it continues not to work please
attach your WindowsUpdate.log file. To gather your WindowsUpdate.log file
select Start · Run, and then type "%windir%" and press enter. The
WindowsUpdate.log file will be located in this folder.
--
Ben B. [US]
"Tuttle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My PC was on all yesterday. I turned it off last night. I turned it on
> around 8AM this morning. 10AM came and went again, and the updates are
> still
> not installed.
>
> Is there something I should check?
>
> "Ben B. [US]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> It will always be downloading new updates as they are available any time
> of
>> day but if you have not installed the updates by 10AM and your computer
> has
>> downloaded them they will be installed then. Your updates will most
>> likely
>> be installed tomorrow at 10AM assuming your computer is on throughout the
>> day today.
>>
>> --
>> Ben B. [US]
>>
>> "Tuttle" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>> > WinXP Pro, SP-2
>> >
>> > In the Security Center Control Panel, Automatic Updates are "ON", and I
>> > set
>> > it to "Every day" at "10:00 AM". However, 10:00 AM came and went but it
>> > did
>> > not automatically download the new high priority updates.
>> >
>> > I've tried changing the scheduled update time in the Security Center
>> > Control
>> > Panel, and I've also tried changing it via the "Pick a time to install
>> > updates" link on the Windows Update site. However, there are several
> "high
>> > priority updates" right now on the update site that have not been
>> > installed,
>> > yet Automatic Updates does not install them at the scheduled time.
>> >
>> > What do I need to do?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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