dslman

Check the windows update log. Only entries in there are automatic update
checks.

I even tried the things that Rajesh suggested. Please see my reply to him.

Thanks so much for your help and I'm still open for suggestions.
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Thanks, dslman


"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Initiate a manual visit to Windows Update. If the system still cannot
> access it, open the WindowsUpdate.log and post the last 40 or so lines
> of it into your reply, please.
>
> Start > Run > type in [or copy&paste]
>
> %windir%\windowsupdate.log
>
> Click OK or press Enter
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
>
> dslman wrote:
>
> > I tried all on the winhelponline .com article. Did not improve. Still can't
> > get to the update site. I show mozilla/4.0 (compatible; msie 6.0) in the
> > java script. I do not have the firewall on and even when I did, I was able
> > to get to the Windows Update site with out any problems in the past. Still
> > seems like there is something being passed to the update site that makes the
> > site think I am NOT an XP user.
> >
> > I did receive auto update notification today and was able to download and
> > install everything that way, but I would like to go out to the update site
> > and check for other than critical updates.
> >
> > Any suggestions and/or additional help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks for the replies so far.
>