Update Retriever wont search for updates.

The first time I installed Update Retriever everything just worked. Since then, Im guessing a new version has consistently failed. Im fetching an older version in hope that it works, but from what Im seeing, a lot of other usrs are having the same problem and no solution in sight.
Since then I have repeatedly tried but failed to make Update Retriever work as advertised. It will install and ask for a restart, but once it starts, it starts up in the "import updates" console, with the "Get new updates" console greyed out. This is on several different machines and different OS's. Permissions should be in order. Registry settings dont really show me what is wrong, right away.
According to the help file, it should ask me where to save the repository at first start, but it doesnt. If I open "modify settings" it will let me set the right path, but then when I continue, it dumps me straight into "import updates" again. If I import updates it will ignore them (not find them).
PS. Im not running this on Lenovo/IBM hardware. Hope that doesnt hurt.
Message Edited by YourOldBuddy on 12-27-2007 06:38 AM

Passing along a message from a lurker:
"The deal with TVUR is that the "get new updates" bit will be greyed out until valid machine types are populated, otherwise it doesn't know what to look for."
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