Windows update not working

[Tim Maryak]

So i'm sitting here on my windows xp machine and notice it running sluggish, all the while my mouse is switching from a normal mouse to a hourglass thing every few seconds. I see windows is trying to finish an update(in my icons on the bottom right windows update says Downloading updates: 96% complete. Anways, it has been like that for 2 days now, and when I restart it just starts doing the same crap.

I tried to go to the windows update page and when i tried to download the updates off that page, that download would also get locked up. I can't seem to ctrl-alt-delete and end the update either. Any help???

[Tim Maryak]

Originally Posted by Tim Maryak

So i'm sitting here on my windows xp machine and notice it running sluggish, all the while my mouse is switching from a normal mouse to a hourglass thing every few seconds. I see windows is trying to finish an update(in my icons on the bottom right windows update says Downloading updates: 96% complete. Anways, it has been like that for 2 days now, and when I restart it just starts doing the same crap.

I tried to go to the windows update page and when i tried to download the updates off that page, that download would also get locked up. I can't seem to ctrl-alt-delete and end the update either. Any help???

maybe these pictures will help...

[Overclocked Doc]

Try turning off "automatic update" in control panel. Then go back to Microsoft for the manual download.