Is there a way to have a single UpdateProgress control associated with mupltiple UpdatePanel controls? something like this:
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
.....
</ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
<asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel2" runat="server">
<ContentTemplate>
.....
</ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>
<asp:UpdateProgress ID="UpdateProgress3" runat="server" AssociatedUpdatePanelID="UpdatePanel1, UpdatePanel2">.....
Remove the AssociatedUpdatePanelID from the tag and it will work as you want.