Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Posted April 16, 2011 I have noticed that my computer has had no automatic updates coming through, yet my wifes computer has. I decided to get some updates but I cannot get into the update pages - I am met with the following error message [Error number: 0x80070424] The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem. For self-help options: Frequently Asked Questions Find Solutions Windows Update Newsgroup The faqs and find solution options do not help at all. I am running Windows XP with SP3. Computer is AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+, 2.4 GHz, 2.23 GB of RAM. I have searched the web for that specific error number, but cannot find anything on it. Please help Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I have noticed that my computer has had no automatic updates coming through, yet my wifes computer has. I decided to get some updates but I cannot get into the update pages - I am met with the following error message [Error number: 0x80070424] The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem. For self-help options: Frequently Asked Questions Find Solutions Windows Update Newsgroup The faqs and find solution options do not help at all. I am running Windows XP with SP3. Computer is AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+, 2.4 GHz, 2.23 GB of RAM. I have searched the web for that specific error number, but cannot find anything on it. Please help Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I have noticed that my computer has had no automatic updates coming through, yet my wifes computer has. I decided to get some updates but I cannot get into the update pages - I am met with the following error message [Error number: 0x80070424] The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem. For self-help options: Frequently Asked Questions Find Solutions Windows Update Newsgroup The faqs and find solution options do not help at all. I am running Windows XP with SP3. Computer is AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+, 2.4 GHz, 2.23 GB of RAM. I have searched the web for that specific error number, but cannot find anything on it. Please help Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I have noticed that my computer has had no automatic updates coming through, yet my wifes computer has. I decided to get some updates but I cannot get into the update pages - I am met with the following error message [Error number: 0x80070424] The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem. For self-help options: Frequently Asked Questions Find Solutions Windows Update Newsgroup The faqs and find solution options do not help at all. I am running Windows XP with SP3. Computer is AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+, 2.4 GHz, 2.23 GB of RAM. I have searched the web for that specific error number, but cannot find anything on it. Please help Quote
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Are you using t5he Windows Update link from Start menu? Are you sure you are going to the Windows update site? When you get the error next time you try to update copy and paste the URL from the address bar in this thread. There are a number of things that could be wrong. Anything from XP being deactivated on your computer to you having been infected with a virus. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Are you using t5he Windows Update link from Start menu? Are you sure you are going to the Windows update site? When you get the error next time you try to update copy and paste the URL from the address bar in this thread. There are a number of things that could be wrong. Anything from XP being deactivated on your computer to you having been infected with a virus. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Are you using t5he Windows Update link from Start menu? Are you sure you are going to the Windows update site? When you get the error next time you try to update copy and paste the URL from the address bar in this thread. There are a number of things that could be wrong. Anything from XP being deactivated on your computer to you having been infected with a virus. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Are you using t5he Windows Update link from Start menu? Are you sure you are going to the Windows update site? When you get the error next time you try to update copy and paste the URL from the address bar in this thread. There are a number of things that could be wrong. Anything from XP being deactivated on your computer to you having been infected with a virus. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I have Auto Update turned on - but no auto updates coming through. When trying to manually update from the microsoft site I get the error message from this URL http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/muoptdefault.aspx?returnurl=http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate&ln=en-us&muopt=6 I run Symantecs Norton 2011 as my Anti Virus software - and as far as I am aware there are no viruses. However, I know how devious these little things are. I can run Update 2 different ways - one from the Start menu and one from the Safety tab - Windows Update (with Internet Explorer running). Either way gives me the same error message Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I have Auto Update turned on - but no auto updates coming through. When trying to manually update from the microsoft site I get the error message from this URL http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/muoptdefault.aspx?returnurl=http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate&ln=en-us&muopt=6 I run Symantecs Norton 2011 as my Anti Virus software - and as far as I am aware there are no viruses. However, I know how devious these little things are. I can run Update 2 different ways - one from the Start menu and one from the Safety tab - Windows Update (with Internet Explorer running). Either way gives me the same error message Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I have Auto Update turned on - but no auto updates coming through. When trying to manually update from the microsoft site I get the error message from this URL http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/muoptdefault.aspx?returnurl=http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate&ln=en-us&muopt=6 I run Symantecs Norton 2011 as my Anti Virus software - and as far as I am aware there are no viruses. However, I know how devious these little things are. I can run Update 2 different ways - one from the Start menu and one from the Safety tab - Windows Update (with Internet Explorer running). Either way gives me the same error message Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I have Auto Update turned on - but no auto updates coming through. When trying to manually update from the microsoft site I get the error message from this URL http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/muoptdefault.aspx?returnurl=http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate&ln=en-us&muopt=6 I run Symantecs Norton 2011 as my Anti Virus software - and as far as I am aware there are no viruses. However, I know how devious these little things are. I can run Update 2 different ways - one from the Start menu and one from the Safety tab - Windows Update (with Internet Explorer running). Either way gives me the same error message Quote
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Can you post the error message you get on that page? Can you try to run this command and let me know if it works. Open a command prompt and copy and paste the command below. Hit enter to execute. Then reboot and try Windows Update again. %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Can you post the error message you get on that page? Can you try to run this command and let me know if it works. Open a command prompt and copy and paste the command below. Hit enter to execute. Then reboot and try Windows Update again. %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Can you post the error message you get on that page? Can you try to run this command and let me know if it works. Open a command prompt and copy and paste the command below. Hit enter to execute. Then reboot and try Windows Update again. %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 Can you post the error message you get on that page? Can you try to run this command and let me know if it works. Open a command prompt and copy and paste the command below. Hit enter to execute. Then reboot and try Windows Update again. %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 The error message was in my original post - so you can see the error number was 0x80070424. I tried your command line and it worked - yippee. I rebooted after running the prompt and went into Windows Update - I now have 88 updates to install. Thank you so much for your time - it is greatly appreciated. Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 The error message was in my original post - so you can see the error number was 0x80070424. I tried your command line and it worked - yippee. I rebooted after running the prompt and went into Windows Update - I now have 88 updates to install. Thank you so much for your time - it is greatly appreciated. Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 The error message was in my original post - so you can see the error number was 0x80070424. I tried your command line and it worked - yippee. I rebooted after running the prompt and went into Windows Update - I now have 88 updates to install. Thank you so much for your time - it is greatly appreciated. Quote
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 The error message was in my original post - so you can see the error number was 0x80070424. I tried your command line and it worked - yippee. I rebooted after running the prompt and went into Windows Update - I now have 88 updates to install. Thank you so much for your time - it is greatly appreciated. Quote
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 You're welcome. I had the same thing happen to me and I saved my note on how I fixed it. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 You're welcome. I had the same thing happen to me and I saved my note on how I fixed it. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 You're welcome. I had the same thing happen to me and I saved my note on how I fixed it. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
FPCH Admin AWS Posted April 16, 2011 FPCH Admin Posted April 16, 2011 You're welcome. I had the same thing happen to me and I saved my note on how I fixed it. Quote Off Topic Forum - Unlike the Rest
Bertie Posted April 16, 2011 Author Posted April 16, 2011 I am so glad you saved your notes, and allowed me to use them. All my updates are now installed - so back to full working order. Once again thanks - hopefully I will not need to use this forum again - but as they say 'never say never'. Take care Bertie Quote
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