Windows Update service behaving erratically

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NayJo - 16 Jun 2005 14:28 GMT

All:

Running Win2K Pro SP 4. For the last month or so, Update has been behaving
unpredictably. I'll see the Icon in my system tray saying that updates are
available. I used to click on Download now and the updater icon remained in
system tray and mouseover showed a tool tip with progress (in %) so far.

Now I click Download now and see no indication that download is proceeding.
I use dialup internet where I connect and disconnect several times a day.
Occasionally the update icon will reappear in the system tray and mouseover
will show that a download is proceeding but I open a few browser windows etc
and the update icon disappears again. I have no idea where I am in the
download process.

Apologies if this behavior was described somewhere else but I have looked
and I can't seem to find it. I believe this started happening around the
time I installed SP4 but I have also installed OneNote in this timeframe.

Any suggestions?

TIA

J

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Sky King - 17 Jun 2005 14:16 GMT

Hi;

Are you using a 3rd party pop-up blocker? Some have reported a similar
issue due to the pop-up blocker in Zone Alarm, or to having some other
3rd party pop-up blocker installed.

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NayJo - 17 Jun 2005 21:10 GMT

> Hi;
>
> Are you using a 3rd party pop-up blocker? Some have reported a similar
> issue due to the pop-up blocker in Zone Alarm, or to having some other
> 3rd party pop-up blocker installed.

Nope. All I use is an AV program.

J

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