Re: Auto Updates

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From: smg (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:13:48 -0700

I have dial-up ISP service. On 8/10/2004, my computer
started downloading increments of SP2. It is now
10/5/2004, and I received increment number 69 this
morning. I believe it is getting near the final stages
before declaring the update ready for installation. This
belief is based on the fact that on 9/23/2004, it
downloaded the "update Windows Service Pack Setup" and
the "update Setup Information" was modified 10/5/2004.
Also, the folder contains 77.0 MB of data. What puzzles
me, however, is why it persists in downloading all these
increments, when I installed SP2 from the CD on 9/3/2004.
If you care to check your computer, look in
C:>Windows>SoftwareDistribution>... .
Hope this sheds some light on your situation.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello
>Have a question....
>I am running a fresh install fully updated and
configured
>Win XP Pro SP1 on one of our Dell C840 laptops.
>I have Auto Updates enabled.
>However I have noticed that the icon in the system tray
>claims it is "downloading" updates....
>The problem is...is that it never shows any progress
other
>than 0% (zero%)...no matter how long I wait..
>So...I went out to Windows Update manually and got all
>updates except for SP2 went through the standard reboots
>and still the icon shows the same....?
>I went online to the Technet Online Concierge Chat and
the
>techs there are stumped?
>For now I have disabled auto updates and the icon
finally
>went away but as soon as I enable it again it comes back.
>Any thoughts?
>Thanks
>
>.
>

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