I have (that I know of right now) 2 Windows XP and 2 Windows 2000 workstations that are having this particular problem.
Windows Automatic Updates on all 4 WS are set to : dowload updates, but let me choose when to install them (however i am not able to change that setting – it is grayed out– tho not the main problem here) The problem is: 1) they have not performed the updates (on one 2000 WS the updates have not been updated since Jan 31, 2005 (yes 2005), one of the XP WS’s has not been update since June 2005, the other XP WS has not been updated since Oct 2005.) when I go to Windows Update web page and click on express to search for updates, the green bar goes back and forth like it is searching, however, it will go on like that for over 20 minutes. I have stopped it and started it several times, i have rebooted they WS’s, the XP WS’s have SP2 and the 2000 WS’s have SP4. 3 of the WS’s are Dell systems and one is a no name. I have 2 other WS’s that I just did updates on – one is an XP and the other is 2000 and had no problems, both of those are Dell systems. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
Thanks,