Re: Automatic update Windows XP fails

Gerrit wrote:
Hi,

At home I have two computers running Windows XP SP2 (one home edition
and one Media Center Edition).

On both computers Automatic update is activated, but the automatic
update functions fails at both computers.

For a few seconds the shield of the update-function appears but no
update are downloaded and installed. When manually visiting the
Windows update site for both computers there are essential updates
listed. Manually downloading these essential updates is possible and
successful.
I checked the status of the background intelligent transfer service
(BITS, in my Dutch versions "Intelligente
achtergrondoverdrachtservice" that is mentioned often related to this
problem. On the home edition machine it was started and the start-up
type was automatic. On the MCE machine it was started but the
start-up type was set to manual. I switched it to automatic. But the
automatic update still does not work. After a few reboots the
start-up type of BITS on the MCE machine was back to manual.

What can I do to get my computers update the Windows XP automatically
in stead of frequently visiting the Windows update site and
activating the updates manually?

Yesterday I nannually downloaded all the essential updates that wer
listed exept for one. Today, after I booted my computer the update I
left yesterday was downloaded and installed automatically. So it seems
to be working fine now.
But I still wonder why the automatic upadete process did not succed
before.

In antoher Dutch newsgroup I read about an update time that is
configured for the automatic update function in the security center. In
my case that time was set to 3:00 h, but it it always shut down at that
time. My machine received the automatic update today at about 08:15
(after booting the first time this day). So it seems that the time in
the security center has no effect. Can anyone explain how this works?

--
regards,
Gerrit


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