Re: Automatic Updates Query

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:20:02 +0200

Dave Ranson wrote:

>>Hi
>>
>>Only "failure" I see is 8024A000, and a search for that one doesn't
>>come up with anything, so I would think that it is not critical.
>>
>>I start to think that your Automatic Updates might work fine.
>>
>>Note that unless .Net Framework is installed on the SP2 computer, no
>>critical updates is relevant for SP2 so far, this could explain
>>why you are not offered any updates.
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I suspect it is not working like it should as I noticed this Windows
> Update.log was not updating like it normally does, every day or so. I
> knew SP2 was available to download but it (Automatic Updates) did not
> alert me to the fact; consequently, I did it manually.
>
> I guess I'll find out for sure when other downloads are available?
>
> Would it be worth deleting those two logs in the hope they are both
> re-created?
Hi

You can safely delete %windir%\WindowsUpdate.log, it will be recreated
when something is to be logged again.

Also, please take a look in the file
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log for a history
listing (note that the text goes pretty far out to the right).

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)

Do you have any activity in that log file? 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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