Emie, there are a heap of possible reasons for a Windows Update not doing it's thing, and a google will find a lot of them.  But the first and simplest thing to try is to make sure the computer date is correct.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Emie 
  Subject: [PCSOFT] Windows Update Inoperational


  Working on a WinXP Home System with SP1a.  When trying to access Windows
  Update it goes to the Update screen without any problem.  Clicking on the
  'Scan For Update' however, only gets a system hang and several attempts
  proved unsuccessful.  A check on 'Windows Task Manager' (Ctrl-Alt-Del) gave
  me a status "Micro$oft Windows Update Not Responding."  Had no choice but to
  go to support.micro$oft.com website to manually & selectively download the
  necessary Critical and Security Updates.  A search on the M$'s knowledge
  Base webpage relating to this problem didn't produce any result (or could
  have I missed it?).

  Has anyone on the List experienced this problem before?

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