Could someone please tell me if Microsoft or anyone has ever come up with a
SIMPLE repair or fix for the infinite loop so many folks has gotton over the
years when attempting to run the windows update program? The green bar just
continues to run left to right and nothing ever comes up.

This has happenned to me at least 4 times over the years and I always forget
what I did to fix the problem in the past.

Windows XP Home Edition SP2

Thanks very much for any replys