didn't automatic update, now can't

If you keep read other posts you will see that these
latest updates are causing problems think twice about
downloading them
>-----Original Message-----
>I have auto update selected on Win XP Pro. The notice
>appeared yesterday that new updates were downloaded and
>ready to install. I forgot about it and shut the system
>down. Now I'd like to install them, but don't know how
to
>activate whatever was downloaded. I tried manually
>running Windows Update, but encountered an error on the
>download page when it started scanning my system. This
>happened before too, but the auto update has always
>worked fine. How can I activate the download?
>Thank you.
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