"dfrog" <dfrog@lineone.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> Am running XP Home - SP2 - with all updates installed, I think! (most recent
> one being KB910437 on 13th Dec 05)
> I have Win Update set to :- Notify but don't download or install. (I'm one
> who likes to run like this and am vigilant)
> In Services. Auto Update is set to 'Automatic' and is started.
>
> The icon I have on my desktop which points to
> '%SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe' has worked until now. When I select it
> now, I get the timer showing for a split second then nothing happens. Same
> if I choose links via control panel to go to M/S update site.


What if anything changes in %windir%\WindowsUpdate.log
when you do this?

To supplement that diagnostic you might like to try running FileMon
with the following filter: SoftwareDistribution;update;CatRoot
Notice that the update portion of the filter will capture writes
to the WU log and you can actually use them (via timestamp
and record length) to correlate with the text in the WU log.
A similar technique can be used with RegMon to integrate
registry accesses into the diagnosis. In both cases using
their Clock Time and Show Milleseconds option makes
this analysis easier.

Since you have a case which works you can additionally
create two otherwise identical traces and compare them
for differences without even necessarily understanding
what each is saying separately.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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>
> I have put another icon on desktop which points to
> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu....aspx?ln=en-us and which
> works just fine, but I'd rather know what is amiss with "the proper one".
>
> I have used Ewido recently which identified 11 suspect files which are
> removed but none of them seem to refer to this issue
>
> I have trawled for help on this but haven't found what I am sure is there
> somewhere, and so, would appreciate some guidance.
>
> dfrog
>
>