Re: Windows Update - error 0x800A0046

Error message when you visit the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web
site: "0x800A0046"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910338/en-us
One of the following entries may be logged in the %windir%\Windowsupdate.log file:
Date Time 3096 c1c COMAPI WARNING: Unable to listen to self-update/shutdown event
(hr=0X80070005) Date Time 3096 c1c COMAPI WARNING: Unable to establish connection to
the service. (hr=80070005)

You may receive an error message when you search for available updates on the Windows
Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883821

What causes Error 0x800a0046
http://www.updatexp.com/0x800a0046.html

When searching for available updates on the Update site, you receive the 0x800A0046
error.
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=20&ln=en


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"chrisc" <chrisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D253A59F-086D-4908-947D-E7E3B9344546@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| When trying to manually do a windows update, the express update selection
| checks for the latest update. The recommendation is to change the Internet
| exploer security settings by enabling the Userdata persistence. When trying
| to comply, the Userdata persistence was already enabled. What should I do?
| There is supposed to be a critical security update for IE and it appears that
| I cannot get updates. I have windows xp home edition with service pack 2.
|
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| chrisc


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