didn't automatic update, now can't

I apologize for the dickwad. I didn't read this message
first. Thank you for your answer.

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>>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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> Try deleting the catroot2 folder in windows this is a
>catalog folder, the updates you downloaded are more
likely
>their,reboot and then do a download manually.This folder
>will be recreated by windows. This happened to me before.
>Reference Microsoft article 822798
>Sorry I called you a moron! However this is a valid m/s
>article
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