"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
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> "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?


ROBERT,
nothing at all happens in WindowsUpdate.log when I select this icon or any
of the links to Windows Update.

but WindowsUpdate.log shows what I think are the right things when I use the
other desktop Icon that I had added, in fact this later attempt has just
shown me KB912919 to download.
I'm on new ground at this stage and am going to persue the next bit of your
helpful message (gulp)
Thanks for your help
dfrog



> 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
> ---
>
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
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