Vista - Notification area - 'downloading' icon

I have noticed that in my notification area that is always an icon present
for 'downloading', regardless of whether I have any applications open. I am
not, to my knowledge, downloading anything, so I am unsure as to why this
icon is always present. Any ideas?

Check what it says when you hover the mouse over it & right click it. It
might be updating or it might give you a clue to what program is "phoning
home."

"Lee2509" wrote:

> I have noticed that in my notification area that is always an icon present
> for 'downloading', regardless of whether I have any applications open. I am
> not, to my knowledge, downloading anything, so I am unsure as to why this
> icon is always present. Any ideas?

Thanks - unfortunately, a right click does not bring up any options, and
hovering over it simply brings up the word 'downloading'. Any other
ideas/suggestions as to how I can find out what is happening?

"Mary" wrote:

> Check what it says when you hover the mouse over it & right click it. It
> might be updating or it might give you a clue to what program is "phoning
> home."
>
> "Lee2509" wrote:
>
> > I have noticed that in my notification area that is always an icon present
> > for 'downloading', regardless of whether I have any applications open. I am
> > not, to my knowledge, downloading anything, so I am unsure as to why this
> > icon is always present. Any ideas?

In message <A1FE8B9D-F6A5-412D-8024-581F9CCC1795@microsoft.com> Lee2509
<Lee2509@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks - unfortunately, a right click does not bring up any options, and
>hovering over it simply brings up the word 'downloading'. Any other
>ideas/suggestions as to how I can find out what is happening?

Run "services.msc" and try stopping the "Windows Update" service -- Gut
feeling, it might be an update which has stalled.
--
Insert something clever here.

"DevilsPGD" wrote:

> In message <A1FE8B9D-F6A5-412D-8024-581F9CCC1795@microsoft.com> Lee2509
> <Lee2509@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks - unfortunately, a right click does not bring up any options, and
> >hovering over it simply brings up the word 'downloading'. Any other
> >ideas/suggestions as to how I can find out what is happening?
>
> Run "services.msc" and try stopping the "Windows Update" service -- Gut
> feeling, it might be an update which has stalled.
> --
> Insert something clever here.
>

I've had my new Vista computer up and running every day now for almost a week
with antivirus and firewall running and no programs added to the hard drive
besides Google Earth. Every day that red circle spins (even when I'm OFF
line!) and I can NOT find what is being downloaded. Why is this the only tray
icon that produces nothing when clicked? Don't hundreds of thousands on new
Vista owners have this problem too? IF that's true, why did it take an hour
of searching for me to even find this PARTIAL answer to a very widespread
problem? The answer's not in any help file I can find. Put it out there for
everyone to see! So can ya tell me, what is trying to download on my
unconnected computer? How can I SEE what it is? Thanks.

"DevilsPGD" wrote:

> In message <A1FE8B9D-F6A5-412D-8024-581F9CCC1795@microsoft.com> Lee2509
> <Lee2509@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks - unfortunately, a right click does not bring up any options, and
> >hovering over it simply brings up the word 'downloading'. Any other
> >ideas/suggestions as to how I can find out what is happening?
>
> Run "services.msc" and try stopping the "Windows Update" service -- Gut
> feeling, it might be an update which has stalled.
> --
> Insert something clever here.
>