win update

[Mark16001]

Software update incomplete. update scans then stops I've tried almost everything and still no updates

[Trent Steel]

Have had that happen before to me, windows update did not work for a few days, but when I tried it the next week it worked just fine. If there is no desperate need for the update you may want to just wait a few days then try again.

[Statica]

I've seen computers with Automatically Deterct LAN settings having issues with completing update check. (If you are on a LAN - cable, DSL.. whatever), try going to TOOLS > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings button > and uncheck Automatically Detect LAN settings.

[cliff]

When you activate Windows XP, Microsoft stores the data in the Windows Product Activation database files wpa.dbl and Wpa.bak in the folder %systemroot%\system32. If you change the motherboard or make significant hardware changes, XP will require you to reactive. But if you plan to reinstall XP on the same hardware, you can back up the activation status and then restore it after you reinstall and avoid the activation process. You can backup the Windows Product Activation database files to diskette. They are very small. A directory listing from my XP Pro workstation:


C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir wp*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 8447-0571

Directory of C:\WINDOWS\system32

10/24/2001 08:28 PM 12,584 wpa.bak
01/14/2002 09:05 AM 12,642 wpa.dbl

After you reinstall XP, to restore the Windows Product Activation database files:
Start XP to Minimal Safe mode
Change directory to the \%systemroot%\system32 folder
Rename the newly created wpa.dbl to wpa.nonactivated and wpa.bak, if it exists, to wpabak.nonactivated.
Copy your backed up wpa.dbl and wpb.bak files to the system32 folder
Reboot
This should work if you want to avoid activating XP after a reinstall or restore on the same or very similar hardware. It will not work if the hardware is significantly different from that in place when the Windows Product Activation database files were created. This is not a hack to avoid activating installations.

[cliff]

Please disregard the information that I posted, it has no relation to this topic, this was meant for another user.

On this topic I had this problem before and what I did was use the control panel add/remove programs and use the repair option for IE, if this does not work try removing IE and re-installing ... hope this helps ! ... by the way are you connecting with high speed or dial up?