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/