i just upgraded to vista from xp on a hp a230n pc now it wont download any
updates when i go to the update windows it just says windows could not
search for updates .

and when i try to down load the drivers for the audio device it says the
same thing
i know my connection works i can get on any web page

thank you

During the installation Vista should have checked for any available update
if you were connected to the Internet so by running WinUpdate from within
Vista probably won't find any new ones.

"clairetub" <clairetub@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71FCA097-602A-4088-AEA3-4C21CFECFBA3@microsoft.com...
>i just upgraded to vista from xp on a hp a230n pc now it wont download any
> updates when i go to the update windows it just says windows could not
> search for updates .
>
> and when i try to down load the drivers for the audio device it says the
> same thing
> i know my connection works i can get on any web page
>
> thank you

I was experiencing this problem when using GPO to Windows Update through SUS Server. After I disabled this GPO setting I was able to download.

GPO it´s from Group Policy Object. If you Windows Vista is part of a Active Directory (AD) forest, you you probally have a GPO forcing your Vista to request all updates from a SUS/WSUS server on your network. To disable it you will need do this on AD, if you have credentials for it, if not you will need to request this to AD administrator of you network.

clairetub <clairetub@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> i just upgraded to vista from xp on a hp a230n pc now it wont download any
> updates when i go to the update windows it just says windows could not
> search for updates .
>
> and when i try to down load the drivers for the audio device it says the
> same thing
> i know my connection works i can get on any web page

get a mac next time, and you will never experience rudimentary problems
like that.

Mark Thompson wrote:
> clairetub <clairetub@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> i just upgraded to vista from xp on a hp a230n pc now it wont download any
>> updates when i go to the update windows it just says windows could not
>> search for updates .
>>
>> and when i try to down load the drivers for the audio device it says the
>> same thing
>> i know my connection works i can get on any web page
>
> get a mac next time, and you will never experience rudimentary problems
> like that.

Yeah, because absolutely NO one had any trouble upgrading from OS 9 to
OS X, did they? What a clueless troll you are!