Re: IE lost ability to reach Windows Update site

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SugarD-x wrote:
I have this issue too. If you recently had WMP 11 Beta installed, and then uninstalled it, then what probably happened is you lost a needed file to display those types of web pages. Open System Restore and see if it shows up as a blank white page too. If not, then you don't have the same problem as me

"Glenn Holliday" wrote:

On my XP Media Edition, SP 2, I've been getting Automatic Updates
successfully since I bought the computer. This week I noticed I
didn't get the publicized June 13 update. I tried to get it
manually, and discovered that Internet Explorer 6 has lost its
ability to reach the update site
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
Every time I try to browse to that URL, or use any of the links
from microsoft.com to its update pages, IE shows a blank white
window, begins to show progress in its green fuel gauge, then
locks up. I have to end the task to recover.

Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't touched WMP 11, and my
System Restore is fine.

If it's Active X, I should be able to fix it by removing the
Active X things that Windows Update installed in the past.
I'm going to try to look up how to do that and try that next.

--
Glenn Holliday holliday@xxxxxxx
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