Thanks for your promp reply! None of the critical updates were greyed out in my list that I recall. I will check again tomorrow and make sure. Real life got in the way and I didn't get much computer time today. Sammi ----- Original Message ----- From: witch To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows updates question I am sure others may disagree as we all have our own opinions ;) I would just download the critical updates that windows has to offer. Are any of them the ones that are greyed out in your list? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:37 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Windows updates question >I have had this new XP Home-SP2 pc for about a week. When I checked for > updates, it said there were 24 (!) updates. I was just at the Microsoft > web > site checking again. I looked at what was already installed. There were > lots > with the green icon which was good, there were none that failed (red > icon), > but there were many with a gray icon which says cancelled. > > Hmm. I don't remember canceling any, but should I install all these that > appear to pertain to XP? We have had many days of sporadic internet > connect > problems due to weather, we lose Cable TV and Cable Modem service a lot at > this time of the year. I was thinking that maybe during the download and > installation of some of these, we lost connectivity. Would that account > for > the 'cancelled' updates? > > Again, heartfelt TIA's > > Sammi -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/