unable to install updates in xp

hello all,

for the past several months i have been unable to download any updates from microsoft. I am running xp, and I have 8 updates that need to be installed. No further updates will install until i get these out of the way, and every time i try to do the install they fail. Also, when i am shutting down my computer they are failing. I looked in the msupdate log and found the following. I also tried dis-abling my anti-virus software, and firewall and the updates still failed. Here is what i see in the log:
I have tried all of the microsoft recommendations and i still cant download the updates. This is the strangest thing. I have cleaned out the wutemp file - I have renamed the system32/catroot2 folder, etc. ect.
DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {603ADD6E-037E-47CF-A8F4-143A798D799D}.103] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {C0D832F6-C8F4-4DEC-952D-255DB5E19221}.100] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {B47EFE0A-DAD1-4E87-9049-A1796CDD90D8}.102] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {B4B694E3-F89E-48AD-AFF8-2EF1B7FD1D8E}.100] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {AA86A20C-0B46-4AA2-AA71-09806AA37A1C}.100] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {BFE0DE23-241E-43BF-86C9-EB3B0C5EC4B3}.103] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {2644F769-79EC-4A3D-90B4-F30759BA1D57}.103] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {E9726A59-2D9B-4C46-B08D-4B756E2B2E90}.100] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr *********** DnldMgr: New download job [UpdateId = {F6A7CD4A-52E4-4140-B391-B7BFA58D7901}.100] ***********
2006-11-15 15:40:09 1200 5bc DnldMgr * Update is not allowed to download due to regulation.

 

Hi, gartie. Welcome to Windows BBS!

I am not familiar with your issue but I Googled "Update is not allowed to download due to regulation " and came up with about 167 results.

Here are links to a couple articles that might be helpful/informative.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: Updates are not downloaded or the “Automatic Updates” icon does not display the status of downloads when you enable the Automatic Updates service

Ed Bott's Blog: Are Microsoft’s update servers broken?

 

thanks

Hi Mailman,

thanks for the reply. I found out what the problem was. Somhow my automatic updates within services.msc got disabled. Once i changed it i was able to download all of my updates.

thanks,

gary

 

Hi, gartie.

I'm glad you're back up and running your Automatic Updates service again.

Thanks for your follow-up. It could prove helpful for someone else that runs across this thread with a similar problem.


BTW, for those people who have a similar problem and might run across this thread, gartie is referring to Windows "Services" acccessible as follows:

• Click Start > Run...
• Type [FONT= "Courier New"][SIZE= "3"]services.msc[/SIZE][/FONT] in the "Open:" field.
• Click the OK button.

Caution: Do not perform "Services" modifications unless you know what you're doing. You can make your computer unstable or perhaps even unbootable.