Turn off auto update did not help.
Instead I turned Auto update off via Services.msc.
Afterthat I renamed SoftwareDistrubutions (in C:Windows) to
SoftwareDistrubutions.old. Then I started Auto update again.
Problem was hereby solved.
Thanks for the reaction.
Wim43

"Unknown" wrote:

> Turn off auto update and try it. Then turn auto update back on.
> "wim43" <wim43@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:02B5BED2-632D-4A0B-8404-A1C5E8F8454D@microsoft.com...
> > When I shut the computer down, the usual things happen. But the last
> > screen
> > tells me that the computer will shut down automatically. 10 seconds later
> > it
> > tells me that
> > it is upgrading 2 or 3 programs. After that the first message appear
> > again.
> > I use Windows XP Pro (SP2).
> > Anyone any idea what goes wrong?
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