Very strange. Windows Update Service

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Anytime I go to the system properties to the Automatic Updates page,
it says the Windows Update Service is Unavailable.
If I close it and go immediately back, then I get all the status
information and settings.

Very weird. What could be causing this?

PS I don't think Auto Update is actually working properly.


---Atreju---

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:58:24 -0500, Sharon F <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org>
wrote:

>On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 15:19:06 GMT, Atreju wrote:
>
>> Anytime I go to the system properties to the Automatic Updates page,
>> it says the Windows Update Service is Unavailable.
>> If I close it and go immediately back, then I get all the status
>> information and settings.
>>
>> Very weird. What could be causing this?
>>
>> PS I don't think Auto Update is actually working properly.
>>
>>
>> ---Atreju---
>
>Thoughts...
>1) Site may be busy due to all the hubbub about XP service pack 2.
>2) Make sure that you have Automatic Update and the Time Synchronization
>services enabled.
>
>I ran into similar problems with the AutoUpdate site when using a slow time
>server and Windows had not been able to successfully synchronize time for
>quite a while. I entered a different time server in Control Panel>
>Date/Time> Internet Time and the problem was rectified.

Why is Time Synchronization necessary?


---Atreju---

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?)

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:14:24 GMT, Atreju wrote:

> Why is Time Synchronization necessary?

No idea although I suspect that it's tied in to the activation checks.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User