Microsoft Updates

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Anyone else having difficulty accessing Microsoft updates directly from Microsoft website?

Yesterday got notice that this service wasn't running (Toshiba laptop -- Windows Vista), after a search for high priority updates. Same today. I'm concerned because I haven't used this computer for several months. I did not have it set for automatic download and installation of updates. I had no difficulty updating Java, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flashplayer, or upgrading Firefox.

On the Dell laptop (Windows XP), the search for high priority updates took so long yesterday that I gave up. Tried again today and none were indicated. Nothing unusual.

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