"Chris Bethel" wrote:
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> try turning off your firewalls during update. ive noticed sometimes firewalls can interfere with ms windows update.
>
> include:
>
> windows firewall
> norton firewall
> mcafee firewall
> zonealarms firewall
> sygate firewall
>
> even your hardware firewall. dont forget to turn them back on, too.[/color]

Well, it doesn't seem like a firewall issue - as I said originally, I can't
even start windows update - it's not like it starts & then fails, it won't
even launch at all.