Auto update, taskbar

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Dennis Allen

Hi. When I connect to the Internet, the little download windows update
gold shield icon appears in my taskbar. But only for a few moments. It
then disappears and my connection icon stops showing activity. Even if
I disconnect/reconnect my isp, the icon won't reappear until I reboot my
machine.

The mouse cursor shows the download icon at 11% completed. Why does the
download stop? How should I complete the windows update?
 
Does the error log show you anything?
Do you see the Windows update Automatic Update process in the process list
after the golden icon has disppeared?
Do a netstat -nob to see if your PC is still connected to MS website for
patch downloads.

Do you have enough space on your disk for the download of the patch?
Check the status of the Automatic Updates Service on your computer. Is it
running afte rthe icon disppears?

- V
 
Appreciate the reply.

Vikram Thakur said:
Does the error log show you anything?
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Where do I look for the error log?
Do you see the Windows update Automatic Update process in the process
list
after the golden icon has disppeared?
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I've looked in the [ctrl]-[alt]-[del] windows task manager, under
processes. I see a msimn.exe at the top, administrative. No cpu
activity.
Do a netstat -nob to see if your PC is still connected to MS website
for
patch downloads.
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It says msimn.exe state is ESTABLISHED.
Do you have enough space on your disk for the download of the patch?
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93Gig free.
Check the status of the Automatic Updates Service on your computer. Is
it
running afte rthe icon disppears?
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Where do I check that?
 
Late last night, the auto update finally worked. What a trial!

At 37%, it stopped downloading. When I tried to reboot, my machine
tried to install what it had. Kept bouncing between screens [installing
update 1 of 1] and [do not turn off computer]. After a half hour, I
turned off my machine. Upon reboot, however, the auto update completed
it's downloads. Had 5 sets of updates. So far so good.

This isn't the first time that gold shield icon started downloading then
gave up. Question. Does it check for network traffic? If too heavy,
tries another time?
 
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