Thanks for the repley Michael. The only reason I dont think that
authentication is the problem is because auto updates appear to be working
fine on our Windows XP machines; this could be because they are newer
installs than our old windows 2000 installs.

"Michael Jennings" wrote:

> I found this on page 54 of the white paper:
> "Automatic Updates will not be able to contact the Microsoft Windows Update
> servers on the Internet through a proxy server that requires authentication."
>
> I found this on page 79 (the appendix):
>
> EventID=106
> Severity=Error
> SymbolicName=MSG_MISSING_WWWROOT
>
> If authentication is your problem, you might need to set up a SUS server
>
> The white paper is available for download at this link:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv...eployment.mspx
>
> "Lude" <Lude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4881C229-2A25-4AD5-8F6E-A559BFD11B70@microsoft.com...
> >I just realized that his was in event log of 2 of the problem computers:
> >
> > Event ID 16, Source: Automatic Updates
> >
> > Unable to connect: Windows is unable to connect to the Automatic Updates
> > service and therefore cannot download and install updates according to the
> > set schedule. Windows will continue to try to establish a connection.
> >
> > For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> > http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Lude" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I work for a company with about 150 Windows 2000 computers needing Automatic
> >> Updates. We have have the AU turned on via group policy and they are
> >> scheduled to download and install everyday at 12pm. The problem is that they
> >> aren't downloading at all. The AU icon never appears at anytime. We have
> >> a proxy server which I thought was the problem but I've specified the proxy
> >> server with the proxycfg.exe command. I checked the WindowsUpdate.log on 2
> >> of the computers; on one of them the most recent entry is from the year 2002
> >> and the other ones most recent entry is 2004. The AU service is running and
> >> I've restarted it. Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
>
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