Please help on not getting updates

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From: Sweet_Eliza (SweetEliza_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:39:02 -0800

For some reason I can not get this thing to get the windows updates. it gets
to the page where it says this may take a few minutes and that is it. Any
suggestions on what the heck I need to do?? Please help???????