Lude.. I've reviewed the thread with Michael, and I think he's right on the
money as to the cause of your problem.

But here's a simple way to determine this issue unequivocably...

Download the Client Diagnostic Tool from here
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...tic%20Tool.EXE

run the tool and post the results back here.

Also, to be complete, run this command and post the WUPolicy.REG file back
here, also.
'REG /EXPORT HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUp date
WUPolicy.REG'


"Lude" <Lude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:675C30E3-7E7E-47CF-AD64-029475E8E4B8@microsoft.com...
> 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!