Re: Can't scan for windows updates!

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WINUP-Third-Party Products That Conflict with Windows Update
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241234

"Software update incomplete" error message when you visit the Windows Update
Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319585

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:A8CBFF9D-4AB9-4680-A1EE-5EE80026054C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
angelsoft <angelsoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> I already clicked "Install" to download the Windows Update ActiveX
> control....but when I do, nothing happens and the window just closes. I
> don't think it gets installed. And I'm already logged in as the
> administrator. I still can't get it to scan for available updates.
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> When accessing the Update site, you receive the 0x8ddd0004 error
>>
>> 1. Accept the Windows Update ActiveX control when Internet Explorer asks
>> if you want to download it.
>>
>> Important: To prevent security attacks, do not download a Windows Update
>> control if it is not signed by Microsoft, or if Internet Explorer tells
>> you that the control does not have a valid digital signature.
>>
>> 2. Log on as an administrator for this computer.
>> a. Click Start
>> b. Click Control Panel, and then double-click User Accounts.
>>
>> If you do not have an adminstrator account, ask one of the administrators
>> listed to create one for you, and then log on using that account to visit
>> Windows Update.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:62E00ECE-2C02-476F-939A-15BCD40DFFF6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> angelsoft <angelsoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>> When I log onto www.windowsupdate.com, a pop-up appears and asks me to
>>> install the ActiveX control "Windows Update". When I click "Install",
>>> nothing happens. And the website can't scan for any available updates.
>>> Instead, it displays an error message that says: "The website has
>>> encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to
>>> view." (Error #: 0x8DDD0004) I don't know what to do??

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