"John (UK)" wrote:
> After formatting my hard drive and reinstalling Windows XP from my OEM CD,
> I had the problem that Windows 'Automatic Update' feature doesn't work. I have been into the control panel to ensure that it is turned on, but nothing seems to be happening. There is no icon on the task bar when i connect to the internet.
>
> The 'Automatic Update' feature worked ok previous to the format and reinstallation of Windows and I can update manually from the Windows website. My XP firewall is switched on.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get it to work again?
>
> Many thanks,
> John
I've just had a look at my Windows Update log which has the following details:
2004-08-01 15:00:04 14:00:04 Success IUCTL Starting
2004-08-01 15:00:04 14:00:04 Success IUCTL Shutting down
2004-08-01 16:29:21 15:29:21 Success IUCTL Starting
2004-08-01 16:29:45 15:29:45 Success IUCTL Downloaded iuident.cab from
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v4/ to C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4
2004-08-01 16:29:45 15:29:45 Success IUCTL IUEngine on Server is newer version (5.4.3790.14)
2004-08-01 16:30:52 15:30:52 Success IUENGINE Starting
2004-08-01 16:30:52 15:30:52 Success IUENGINE IUEngine update completed
2004-08-01 16:30:52 15:30:52 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2004-08-01 16:30:52 15:30:52 Success IUCTL Checking to see if new version of Windows Update software available
2004-08-01 16:30:52 15:30:52 Success IUENGINE Starting
2004-08-01 16:30:55 15:30:55 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-08-01 16:31:10 15:31:10 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...etmanifest.asp
2004-08-01 16:31:10 15:31:10 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-08-01 16:31:21 15:31:21 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...etmanifest.asp
2004-08-01 16:31:21 15:31:21 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-08-01 16:31:51 15:31:51 Error IUENGINE Already tried all proxies. Will not retry. (Error 0x8000000A: The data necessary to complete this operation is not yet available.)
2004-08-01 16:31:51 15:31:51 Error IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...etmanifest.asp (Error 0x8000000A: The data necessary to complete this operation is not yet available.)
2004-08-01 16:31:51 15:31:51 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2004-08-01 16:31:51 15:31:51 Success IUCTL Shutting down
2004-08-01 21:31:50 20:31:50 Success IUCTL Starting
2004-08-01 21:31:51 20:31:51 Success IUCTL Downloaded iuident.cab from
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v4/ to C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4
2004-08-01 21:31:51 20:31:51 Success IUCTL Checking to see if new version of Windows Update software available
2004-08-01 21:31:51 20:31:51 Success IUENGINE Starting
2004-08-01 21:31:52 20:31:52 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-08-01 21:31:56 20:31:56 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...etmanifest.asp
2004-08-01 21:31:56 20:31:56 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-08-01 21:32:00 20:32:00 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...etmanifest.asp
2004-08-01 21:32:00 20:32:00 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-08-01 21:32:30 20:32:30 Error IUENGINE Already tried all proxies. Will not retry. (Error 0x80004005: Unspecified error)
2004-08-01 21:32:30 20:32:30 Error IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.c...etmanifest.asp (Error 0x80004005: Unspecified error)
2004-08-01 21:32:30 20:32:30 Success IUENGINE Shutting down
2004-08-01 21:32:30 20:32:30 Success IUCTL Shutting down
Does the above mean anything to anyone? The Automatic Updates are still not working.
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