Windows Update not showing up properly

[Guest Vlad]

I just received a new Dell and it came with Windows Vista installed.

Everything was fine through initial setup, but during the middle of the day,

a security alert popped up in my tray telling me my automatic updates were

off. So, I went to turn them on, and it wouldn't do it automatically, so I

had to do it manually, when I went into the control panel to access automatic

updates, I found that automatic updates and the whole Windows Update didn't

work. I open the window and nothing is in there except the green shield

icon. It looks like a bug, but I don't know.

 

Does anybody know what the problem may be?