0x80070057

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From: Simon (sgales_at_carfund.com)
Date: 04/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:01:08 -0700

None of the exising solutions seem to apply - no NetOp, no Oki printers, etc. This happens when I try to download the update, not during scan (scan works fine).

Here's the relavant portion of my Windows Update.Log:
2004-04-14 15:49:00 20:49:00 Success IUENGINE Starting
2004-04-14 15:49:00 20:49:00 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-04-14 15:49:00 20:49:00 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-04-14 15:49:03 20:49:03 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/getmanifest.asp
2004-04-14 15:49:03 20:49:03 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/getmanifest.asp
2004-04-14 15:49:03 20:49:03 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/getmanifest.asp
2004-04-14 15:49:04 20:49:04 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/getmanifest.asp
2004-04-14 15:49:06 20:49:06 Success IUENGINE Determining machine configuration
2004-04-14 15:49:07 20:49:07 Success IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/consumerdrivers/getmanifest.asp
2004-04-14 15:49:18 20:49:18 Error IUENGINE loadXML: line 13, pos 32, A name was started with an invalid character.
 (Error 0xC00CE504)
2004-04-14 15:49:18 20:49:18 Success IUENGINE <body onload="if(self != top && 'function' == typeof(fnInit)) fnInit(0, -1);">
2004-04-14 15:49:18 20:49:18 Error IUENGINE Querying software update catalog from https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/getmanifest.asp (Error 0x80070057: The parameter is incorrect.)