squidfoot
December 6th 03, 02:19 PM
what are you running? background stuff, ram available,
etc. might just be bad dial up. no offense, we've all
been there. hopefully you can get to cable or dsl
sometime. also, if you know someone with a faster modem,
get them to download things like sp1 etc. and install it
while your watching TV.
g
>-----Original Message-----
>I have set Windows Automatic Updates to 'automatically
>download the updates and install them on schedule' but
>nothing seems to be happening. Have been checking for a
>couple of weeks now but no joy. Have tried to download
>manually too but my dial-up connection drops almost
every
>time before completion. Have installed a download
>manager but this doesn't seem to work with these
>updates. Have completely run out of ideas now. Can
>anyone help please? Mant thanks. Sandy.
>.
>
etc. might just be bad dial up. no offense, we've all
been there. hopefully you can get to cable or dsl
sometime. also, if you know someone with a faster modem,
get them to download things like sp1 etc. and install it
while your watching TV.
g
>-----Original Message-----
>I have set Windows Automatic Updates to 'automatically
>download the updates and install them on schedule' but
>nothing seems to be happening. Have been checking for a
>couple of weeks now but no joy. Have tried to download
>manually too but my dial-up connection drops almost
every
>time before completion. Have installed a download
>manager but this doesn't seem to work with these
>updates. Have completely run out of ideas now. Can
>anyone help please? Mant thanks. Sandy.
>.
>