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Old 01-05-2006, 05:02 PM
Lawrence Garvin [MVP]
 
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Default Re: Downloaded files don't install

Post the %windir%\WindowsUpdate.log that documents this behavior.


"Scott" <holdencaufield@anonymous.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:13:36 -0600, "Lawrence Garvin [MVP]"
> <onsitechsolutions@news.postalias> wrote:
>
>>If you've changed that -- configured AU /not/ to automatically install
>>updates, e.g. your note that you have configured it to "Download and wait
>>for
>>installation", then.. yep... you need to /install/ the updates yourself!

> Sorry to keep jumping into this thread. As I indicated earlier, I
> have my Windows Update configured as you indicate above. I first see
> the Windows Update Agent notification icon contained in the
> notification area of the taskbar, and the balloon letting me know that
> there are updates. I click on that icon, look at the available
> downloads, select them, and start the download (the progress meter
> shows the download.) Then, after a while, I remember to check the
> status, only to find that there is no longer an icon in the
> notification area of the taskbar. The updates are not installed; I am
> not notified that they have been downloaded and are ready for
> installation. If I manually go to the Windows Update site, it
> indicates that the updates are not installed. I select them here,
> download them, and then click to install.
>
> For me, the "Download and wait for installation" process does not
> work. Any ideas why?
>
> Scott



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