Software Update never pulls anything down, and Network Pane is blank(!)

Hey all. I'm kind of concerned that my software update hasn't pulled anything for a while. When I do it manually, the blue bar moves about 5% of the way and just will hang forever.
I was curious if there was something going on in the Network tab that might be affecting its ability to connect - I'm on the internet with it all the time - but then there was nothing in the Network tab as well!
I dumped the preferences files, and repaired the permissions, but it still won't work. Any other suggestions?

Hi Auto and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...
Have you checked the drive for available drive space lately? If not, select your MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop, press Command + I on your keyboard. That will prompt your Get Info window. Click the General tab so it faces down and look where it says: Capacity and Available. Rule of thumb, never allow the available drive space to fall below 15%, 20% is better.
If that's not the issue, try deleting this file: com.apple.softwareupdate.plist
/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file to the trash, empty the Trash and reboot.
Now, go to System Preferences/Software Update and see if it works.
Carolyn

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