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SP2 auto-update failed
I received an auto-update notification that SP2 was ready to download on
Monday afternoon. The computer runs XP Home Edition. I clicked OK to start the download and the update tray icon disappeared from the taskbar. Tues afternoon and still waiting for the update. I have a cable internet connection. What do I do now? |
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SP2 auto-update failed
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:08:21 -0700, "jacmac101"
wrote: I received an auto-update notification that SP2 was ready to download on Monday afternoon. The computer runs XP Home Edition. I clicked OK to start the download and the update tray icon disappeared from the taskbar. Tues afternoon and still waiting for the update. I have a cable internet connection. What do I do now? Same here Dave |
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SP2 auto-update failed
I was working on putting together a friend's machine, and
had the same thing happen. From what I saw, it will eventually download, you just have to wait for it. Eventually after a while the SP2 installation screen popped up. If you want to try and force the download at a specific time, do the following. Go to http://www.windowsupdate.com, and make sure the latest Windows Update software is installed. If it is, you should see on the right side of the page a little square that says "Automatic Updates Turned On (or off). Make sure it ways On then click the link that says "Pick a time to install updates". It will launch a seperate application window. It should says something like "Install new updates: Every ____Day/Day of Week at ____Time Am/Pm. Click "More Options" and set the select the "Automatic" choice. Choose a time that is coming up soon (if it's 7:45, choose 8:00). Wait a while (say 2-24 hours) and hopefully it will download SP2 and install it. It needs a long time to download, as I think I read it can be between 25-250MB. Not quite sure on the actual size though, it's dependant on whether the machine already had some critical/recommended updates installed on it. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- I received an auto-update notification that SP2 was ready to download on Monday afternoon. The computer runs XP Home Edition. I clicked OK to start the download and the update tray icon disappeared from the taskbar. Tues afternoon and still waiting for the update. I have a cable internet connection. What do I do now? . |
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