I JUUST GOT IN TODAY MYSELF.
I ALSO HAVE WINDOWS XP
MY RAIDO IS A ALINCO
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: OT Problem With Windows Update
> There was another folder in windows 2000, it might be more logical in XP,
> but there was another one as well in 2000 that I had to mess with. I do
> have
> SP3 now, I didn't, I just got it yesterday and I'm having no problems but
> I
> have IE 7
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 2:13 AM
> Subject: Re: OT Problem With Windows Update
>
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I tried the Microsoft Help/online Help utility. It provided some very
>> interesting information, however, when it got to the folder which you
>> referred to namely c:\program files\Windows Update, it told me to tweak
>> and
>> delete various items in that folder--namely issues to do with a
>> sub-folder
>> called V4. The problem is I see nothing in that folder--not even with
>> hidden and system files turned on. So I am at a loss to figure out what
>> is
>> going on.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: OT Problem With Windows Update
>>
>>
>> I didn't know there was an SP3, but if so, I have it. Anyway, I would
>> find
>> the folder where all the updates are and update info is stored and delete
>> it
>> and try again. I had someone take a computer to me with windows 2000 with
>> that same problem and I forget what the folder was, but I had to delete
>> that
>> folder and it reinstalled all the updates and stuff and worked fine after
>> that. I wish I could remember the name of the folder but if you look on
>> google, I'm sure you can find it and it may be different in XP anyway. If
>> you can't figure it out, let me know and I'll see if I still have that
>> info
>> over here.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:22 PM
>> Subject: OT Problem With Windows Update
>>
>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> Normally, I don't like posting off topic messages to specific lists, but
>>> since this is not a controversial political issue nor are the rules on
>>> this
>>> list so strict and since I am becoming concerned about my particular
>>> issue--other technical lists not providing answers to me for several
>>> days
>>> now, I thought I would ask people on this list.
>>>
>>> I am not sure if it is related to Service Pack 3 which I installed for
>>> Windows XP a couple of weeks ago, or if it is something else unrelated,
>>> but
>>> for at least several days, my windows automatic update is not working.
>>> When
>>> I click start menu/Windows update, Internet Explorer launches, starts
>>> reading the page and the last thing I hear is "checking to see if you
>>> have
>>> the latest version of software needed for Windows Update." After this
>>> is
>>> read, Internet Explorer hangs and nothing works. Using JAWS, I can use
>>> the
>>> JAWS cursor and actually click on the check for critical updates icon,
>>> but
>>> a
>>> few seconds afterward, I get the message "Internet Explorer not
>>> responding."
>>> I then have to use the Windows Task Manager to kill the browser.
>>>
>>> Has anyone experienced this issue at any time recently (either with or
>>> without upgrading to XP SP3) and if so would anyone have any
>>> recommendations
>>> as to how to fix the issue?
>>>
>>> I am still running Internet Explorer 6.0. Someone told me to try 7.0,
>>> but
>>> without Windows Update working properly, I am not sure how this can be
>>> done.
>>> One other person told me they are running XP SP3 and have no problems
>>> updating.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>>
>>> The Scourge Of Authoritarianism Is Intellectualism
>>>
>>
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