re: Question about 'Downloading Windows Updates' Friday, August 7, 2009 at 6:03 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Charlie Hadden (1307 messages posted) May I ask some additional information. It looks like you are trying to download what is know as the 'Stand Alone' update and not use automatic updating. This means you are manually downloading from one of the KBxxxxxx pages or a collective page and manually installing it at your convenience. Is that correct? Vista started using a service in it called BITS that prevents this problem but it only works 'From the normal Update process'. If you are using the normal update process and still having problems I am including a link to a page that helps you troubleshoot the BITS Service. http://www.vistax64.com/vista-performance-maintenance/183730-re-vista-updates-dont-work-bits-error.html So a quick recap: 1. You might be manually D/Ling and have a bad connection. or 2. You are using the regular Update system and the BITS Service is not working correctly. These are going to be the most common problems. Written in response to: Question about 'Downloading Windows Updates' (rafee: Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 5:22 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Downloading Windows Updates' (rafee: Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 5:22 pm) re: Question about 'Downloading Windows Updates' (Charlie Hadden: Fri, Aug 7, 2009, 6:03 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum