Software Update stalling/Hanging

For around the last week SU has been starting including asking me allow it but then stops about a third of the way across the progress bar. There doesn't seem to be anything I can do with this and I have tried repairing permissions.
Please can anyone guide me on this?
Graham

Try to move these file in your desktop and restar :
youraccount/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist
youraccount/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.SoftwareUpdateXXX.plist
youraccount/Library/Caches/com.appleSoftwareUpdate
HD/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist

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