From: "Geo." 

Only other thing I can suggest is set the windows update site in your
"trusted" zone in internet explorer. Maybe it's one of your IE
settings preventing it from working.

Geo.

"Douglas Smith"  wrote in message
news:MPG.1a997da534464299989713{at}news.barkto.com...
> This happens on my laptop with no firewall as well as my main XP system.
> Tried it in safe mode with Netowrking also with no success.
>
> It works on another laptop and my Windows 2000 server.
>
>  - Dogu.
>
>
> In article , georger{at}nls.net says...
> > If you are running a firewall, try turning it off and see if that's the
> > difference.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Douglas Smith"  wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1a98b658af502c4e989711{at}news.barkto.com...
> > > When I try to run Windows Update on my main PC, it just sits there
with
> > > "Checking for the latest version of the Windows Update
software...".
No
> > > further messages are given.  Any suggestions on how to correct this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >  - Doug.
> > >
> >
> >
> >

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