ah, a french system then…
go to START/administrator tools/services and see if Automatic Updates service is set to automatic. i’d forget about trying to download updates manually, but if you already have maybe things are messed up and ur system is confused. was this a “fresh” install that u are working with, ie. a new machine?
go to control panel/add&remove; programs and tell us what u have along the lines of Windows XP Hotfix or Windows XP Service Pack….
we will wait to hear from ya!
jigs