Hi Sharon, Check this if the updates are failing.  Go to
Start-Run-services.msc-background intellegent service.  Make sure this
service is started. George

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Peter Ekkerman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Sharon,
>
> You may have just been unlucky and hit a time of overload on the Microsoft
> server,but after 6 times I'm beginning to doubt that.
> You could check WindowsUpdate.log for the failures
> It's located at C:\WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log
> Check the file size first - if it's large,like 1MB or so,don't open it
> with NotePad (usually advised) - it will just hang.
> Notepad has a lot of trouble opening large files.
> Use eg EditPad Lite - it handles it no trouble.
> http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
> (R-click the log and select OpenWith > from the list select Editpad )
> Even MetaPad handles it better than Notepad
> It's very small - no install http://www.welcome.to/metapad/
> Open Metapad -navigate to C:\WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log
> (Set it to show "All File types".)
>
> Then check the log for errors -collect them and post them here.
>
> Peter E.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Automatic Updates
> From: Sharon Kiellach <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: 01-Jun-2008 9:22:46 PM
>
> Over the past two or three weeks, my Windows automatic updates has shown
> me these updates listed below.  Each time I attempt to download them, I
> get an error message that each has failed to download.  This has
> happened at least 6 times.  Does anyone have any ideas about how I can
> get this accomplished or what the problem is?
> Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
> Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
> Security Update for Microsoft Office Word 2003 (KB950241)
> Security Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 (KB950213)
> Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB950380)
> Security Update for Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 (KB950625)
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
> Sharon Kiellach
>
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