Why hasn't my XP Home been updated by "Automatic Updates"?
When I go to MS Update Home, it shows that Automatic Updates is turned ON.
However, when I looked at my "update history" today, I find that XP hasn't
been updated since December 15.
"Defender" has been updated weekly through Automatic Updates.
So, I clicked the "Express" Get-High-Priority-Updates and had 10 updates
installed. I was a bit shocked to think I was patched and up-to-date these
past two months when it seems my machine was really quite vulnerable.
When I select "Everyday at 1 PM" as the time to install updates, it
disregards my input and reverts back to 3 AM. I don't let my machine run
24/7.
Does anybody have a suggestion as to a setting that I may have wrong?
or..............?
thanks, Jim

How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server
Update Services installation issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906602

1. See the "Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having" section of
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527

2. You cannot install some updates or programs
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;822798

3a. Check Windowsupdate.log (%windir%\Windowsupdate.log) for errors
associated with the download/install.

How to read the Windowsupdate.log file:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902093

3b. Compare errors to those listed here:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive...date_codes.htm and/or go to
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > click on Help and Support link in left
pane > Solve problems on your own.

4. Windows Update Checklist:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm

5. Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/mi*croso....windowsupdate

Archive of Windows Update newsgroup:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....windowsupdate
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Jimquist wrote:
> Why hasn't my XP Home been updated by "Automatic Updates"?
> When I go to MS Update Home, it shows that Automatic Updates is turned ON.
> However, when I looked at my "update history" today, I find that XP hasn't
> been updated since December 15.
> "Defender" has been updated weekly through Automatic Updates.
> So, I clicked the "Express" Get-High-Priority-Updates and had 10 updates
> installed. I was a bit shocked to think I was patched and up-to-date
> these
> past two months when it seems my machine was really quite vulnerable.
> When I select "Everyday at 1 PM" as the time to install updates, it
> disregards my input and reverts back to 3 AM. I don't let my machine run
> 24/7.
> Does anybody have a suggestion as to a setting that I may have wrong?
> or..............?
> thanks, Jim

Thanks PABear,
The problem may have been that the time to "check for updates" somehow got
changed to 3 AM when my 'puter is seldom on. It appears that the computer
must be on and on-line at the time selected for updating. I've managed to
get the "check for updates" time changed to a daytime hour when the machine
is always turned on. Guess I'll know next Update Tuesday whether this
solves my problem.
Thanks again, Jim

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
news:ubur5ZKUHHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server
> Update Services installation issues:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906602
>
> 1. See the "Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having" section
> of http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
>
> 2. You cannot install some updates or programs
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;822798
>
> 3a. Check Windowsupdate.log (%windir%\Windowsupdate.log) for errors
> associated with the download/install.
>
> How to read the Windowsupdate.log file:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902093
>
> 3b. Compare errors to those listed here:
> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive...date_codes.htm and/or go to
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > click on Help and Support link in
> left pane > Solve problems on your own.
>
> 4. Windows Update Checklist:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm
>
> 5. Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/mi*croso....windowsupdate
>
> Archive of Windows Update newsgroup:
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....windowsupdate
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
> Jimquist wrote:
>> Why hasn't my XP Home been updated by "Automatic Updates"?
>> When I go to MS Update Home, it shows that Automatic Updates is turned
>> ON.
>> However, when I looked at my "update history" today, I find that XP
>> hasn't
>> been updated since December 15.
>> "Defender" has been updated weekly through Automatic Updates.
>> So, I clicked the "Express" Get-High-Priority-Updates and had 10 updates
>> installed. I was a bit shocked to think I was patched and up-to-date
>> these
>> past two months when it seems my machine was really quite vulnerable.
>> When I select "Everyday at 1 PM" as the time to install updates, it
>> disregards my input and reverts back to 3 AM. I don't let my machine run
>> 24/7.
>> Does anybody have a suggestion as to a setting that I may have wrong?
>> or..............?
>> thanks, Jim
>

Having 3:00 AM selected shouldn't be a problem: AU would automatically
check-in the next time the machine's started and connected to the internet.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Jimquist wrote:
> Thanks PABear,
> The problem may have been that the time to "check for updates" somehow got
> changed to 3 AM when my 'puter is seldom on. It appears that the
> computer
> must be on and on-line at the time selected for updating. I've managed to
> get the "check for updates" time changed to a daytime hour when the
> machine
> is always turned on. Guess I'll know next Update Tuesday whether this
> solves my problem.
> Thanks again, Jim
>
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
> news:ubur5ZKUHHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server
>> Update Services installation issues:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906602
>>
>> 1. See the "Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having" section
>> of http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
>>
>> 2. You cannot install some updates or programs
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;822798
>>
>> 3a. Check Windowsupdate.log (%windir%\Windowsupdate.log) for errors
>> associated with the download/install.
>>
>> How to read the Windowsupdate.log file:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902093
>>
>> 3b. Compare errors to those listed here:
>> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive...date_codes.htm and/or go
>> to
>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > click on Help and Support link in
>> left pane > Solve problems on your own.
>>
>> 4. Windows Update Checklist:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm
>>
>> 5. Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/mi*croso....windowsupdate
>>
>> Archive of Windows Update newsgroup:
>> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....windowsupdate
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>>
>> Jimquist wrote:
>>> Why hasn't my XP Home been updated by "Automatic Updates"?
>>> When I go to MS Update Home, it shows that Automatic Updates is turned
>>> ON.
>>> However, when I looked at my "update history" today, I find that XP
>>> hasn't
>>> been updated since December 15.
>>> "Defender" has been updated weekly through Automatic Updates.
>>> So, I clicked the "Express" Get-High-Priority-Updates and had 10 updates
>>> installed. I was a bit shocked to think I was patched and up-to-date
>>> these
>>> past two months when it seems my machine was really quite vulnerable.
>>> When I select "Everyday at 1 PM" as the time to install updates, it
>>> disregards my input and reverts back to 3 AM. I don't let my machine
>>> run
>>> 24/7.
>>> Does anybody have a suggestion as to a setting that I may have wrong?
>>> or..............?
>>> thanks, Jim