RE: Windows Update gives me "Error: 0x800A0046"



Proxy server was not checked. Any other ideas??

Karen

"Ed" wrote:

> Rich my problem was simalar, IO fought it for a month, finaly my server
> helped me in 20 second.
>
> Give this a try. Internet Explorer, Choose tools tab, then Internet Options,
> if worded that way. Then Connections, next window, Choose settings. UNCHECK
> the Proxy Server box, it should say something like, Use proxy server for this
> connection, however if you click onto the advance settings it says,
> exceptions, do not connect to Windows updates, forget about that page,
>
> Unchecking that box and go directly to windows updates, you will now have to
> download the new active x somftware to use the sight, You may have to
> uncheck that box every time, I do. Good luck Save that fix
> --
> Ed
>
>
> "Karen at NTN" wrote:
>
> > Windows Update gives me "Error: 0x800A0046" I have used the Microsoft
> > Knowledgebase article " When searching for available updates on the Update
> > site, you receive the 0x800A0046 error" to try and resolve this but solutions
> > 1 and 3 are already set this way on my computer. I tried solution 2 but I
> > could not enter the entire command line..system would only allows so many
> > characters just short of the complete command string. I have Automatic
> > Updates set and they stopped working about 1 - 1.5 months ago, which is when
> > I discovered the related Windows Update problem. Are there any other
> > solutions to this problem?
> >
> > I'm using Windows 2000 5.00.2195 SP 4. The hard drive is FAT32, not NTFS.
> >
> > I looked at the Windows Update Log and the last few lines are:
> > ----
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI -- START -- COMAPI: Search [ClientId =
> > WindowsUpdate]
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI ---------
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI - Online = Yes; Ignore download
> > priority = No
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI - Criteria = "IsInstalled=0 and
> > IsHidden=1"
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI - ServiceID =
> > {9482F4B4-E343-43B6-B170-9A65BC822C77}
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI WARNING: Unable to listen to
> > self-update/shutdown event (hr=0X80070005)
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI WARNING: Unable to establish connection
> > to the service. (hr=80070005)
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI - WARNING: Exit code = 0x80070005
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI ---------
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Search [ClientId =
> > <NULL>]
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI -------------
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI FATAL: Unable to initiate asynchronous
> > search, hr=80070005
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI WARNING: warning: failed to unregister
> > shutdown/self-update callbacks, hr=80070005
> > 2005-08-22 08:41:01 2068 34c COMAPI WARNING: Unable to successfully
> > terminate connection to the service, hr=80070005
> >
> > ---
> > Looking up error 0X80070005 gave me the article "When searching for
> > available updates on the Update site, you see the 0x800A01AD error while
> > looking for updates" and it gave a solution for XP and Windows Server 2003
> > about permissions on the
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate
> > key but I don't have this as an available option on my Edit menu (FAT32 vs.
> > NTFS?).
> >
> > Are there any other known solutions to this problem?
> >
.



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