can't access Windows update Dana 12/30/2008 5:24:01 PM I can't seem to connect to Windows Update. My computer is set to "on" for automatic updates, but if I try to go to the website through a browser I get the page that says Internet Explorer can't display page. I've tried from several different links in several different websites and I get the same result every time. I run Windows XP home with service pack 2(I think). Any help anyone can provide is greatly appreciated.

Re: can't access Windows update Leonard Grey <l.grey[ at ]invalid.invalid> 12/30/2008 5:37:17 PM To find out what service pack you have (you need SP 2 to use Windows Update): Control Panel > System --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Dana wrote: [Quoted Text] > I can't seem to connect to Windows Update. My computer is set to "on" for > automatic updates, but if I try to go to the website through a browser I get > the page that says Internet Explorer can't display page. I've tried from > several different links in several different websites and I get the same > result every time. I run Windows XP home with service pack 2(I think). Any > help anyone can provide is greatly appreciated.

RE: can't access Windows update nass 12/30/2008 5:53:01 PM "Dana" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I can't seem to connect to Windows Update. My computer is set to "on" for > automatic updates, but if I try to go to the website through a browser I get > the page that says Internet Explorer can't display page. I've tried from > several different links in several different websites and I get the same > result every time. I run Windows XP home with service pack 2(I think). Any > help anyone can provide is greatly appreciated. You receive an error message in Internet Explorer 7: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926431 How to troubleshoot network connectivity problems in Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936211 Try to Reset IE7. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 Run c = Then Open a run command and type in these DLLs to re-register them: regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL regsvr32 Wintrust.dll regsvr32 Mssip32.dll regsvr32 Initpki.dll regsvr32 Gpkcsp.dll regsvr32 Sccbase.dll regsvr32 Slbcsp.dll regsvr32 Urlmon.dll regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll regsvr32 Dssenh.dll regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll Note you can copy the above and paste in a Notepad and Save As on the Desktop reg.bat file, double click the icon for the reg.bat and lick [OK] and then Yes. ommand type in: ipconfig /flushdns click [OK] ipconfig /renew click [OK] netsh winsock reset click [OK] Reboot your machine and see if you can access any website/link easily and without the cannot connect error message. You receive a "0x800A01AE" error message or a "0x080070570" error message when you try to connect to the Windows Update Web page or to the Microsoft Update Web page in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910359 Run a thorough scan by doing the following steps: 1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies by doing this: Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet Connections >> Double click Internet Options. On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs: General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs | Advanced Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies. Click Connections Tab then click on the LAN button, make sure there are no Check boxes checked there and click [OK] Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option: [&] Browsing [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box. Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the culprit and update it or remove it. How to manage Add-Ons: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256 Scan for malware from here: SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah Run a scan from here on-line: http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html Comodo BOClean : Anti-Malware Version 4.27 http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html HTH, nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk

Re: can't access Windows update cj47slp 12/30/2008 5:53:03 PM I'm having a similar problem. In addition to being unable to reset Windows to automatically update, I can't seem to change my internet settings to a higher level of security. Internet explorer is also opening new windows spontaneously. I believe I had SP 3 prior to this issue. Definitely had a minimum of SP 2 and have used the auto update website many times before. Any suggestions? This is really confounding me. I'd reinstall Explorer if the problem did not also include the ability to change security settings. "Leonard Grey" wrote: [Quoted Text] > To find out what service pack you have (you need SP 2 to use Windows > Update): > > Control Panel > System > --- > Leonard Grey > Errare humanum est > > Dana wrote: > > I can't seem to connect to Windows Update. My computer is set to "on" for > > automatic updates, but if I try to go to the website through a browser I get > > the page that says Internet Explorer can't display page. I've tried from > > several different links in several different websites and I get the same > > result every time. I run Windows XP home with service pack 2(I think). Any > > help anyone can provide is greatly appreciated. >