I don't have this problem. My machine doesn't have a touchpad
and I don't see process mentioned below. The task manager shows
the CPU is 98% idle.

Today I tried manually downloading the update. In this case, too,
the installation hangs. It hangs almost at the beginning while
"Checking for necessary space."

Would appreciate any other suggestions to help get around this.

Anoop

DG wrote:
> There appears to be a problem with the Synpatics touchpad driver on many
> laptops. My install hangs with high CPU use ~70% by the SynTPenh.exe
> driver. Others have noted the same behavior. Here's how I got the update
> to work.
>
> Download the update directly from the microsoft site here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms05-050.mspx
>
> I ran the update, had it stall as usual, then went to task manager, verifed
> that the above mentioned driver was using up lots of CPU time, then ended
> the process. The update then continued to proceed on its own without a
> hitch.
>
> A followup check of windows update verifies that the install went correctly
> and requires no more updates.
>
>
> <ghanwani@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1129959569.054274.164670@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > MS Update has failed to install the following Win 2K update
> > 2 times - Security Update for DirectX 9 for Windows 2000
> > (KB904706).
> >
> > The error code that I get is 0x800706BE. It downloads and
> > initializes the updates fine, but when it starts installing,
> > it freezes halfway through the process and ultimately gives up.
> > This has happened on two separate occasions.
> >
> > FWIW, I'm running Windows 2000 SP4 and all of the critical
> > updates. I also have Norton Antivirus 2005. I've never had a
> > problem with the updates before.
> >
> > Would appreciate any help with dealing with this issue.