[triadtechtalk] Re: Windows Update Errors
- From: tomas santos <babaluscan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 04:04:48 -0700 (PDT)
Skyhawk,
Yahooey is giving me fits over here while I try to
reply to you. It seems their servers have been
compromised by whatever and one can't complain for the
price, despite the hassles. I mean, free is free - to
whom can you complain when it's free. It's not the
first time it tells me that I am not me and to make
sur I am myself - what a dumb machine!
Now, unless you erred in your estimation, there is no
210 MB stick available. They are all multiples of 64
nowadays. From what you state it's been added since
shortly after you acquired the PC. Maybe you meant 256
and 256 that came installed with the PC add up to 512?
SFC is short for "System File Check" and you say
you've done that. As to repairing IE, you actually
need to tell the PC you're going to uninstall IE - it
is then that it gives you the option to repair IE, and
after doing its thing, it tells you to reboot. Did it
go like that? If not, then you weren't able to repair
it either.
The instructions I enclosed as part of the
"unreachable web page" to trubleshoot Windows update
(http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/)
tell you how to run the System File Check and how to
repair IE.
If you followed those instructions you're going by how
Microsoft says to do it, for I've copied/pasted that
entire page and emailed it in the previous post, as
you can see.
One thing in your reply did hit me like a ton of
bricks and made the bells and whistles go off!
Norton System Works!! When did you install that!!??
Do me a favor and disable Norton and only then try to
download & to reach the unreachable web page. I'm not
going to bash Peter & his utilities here, but I've had
nothing but trouble with Norton's stuff.
Others around me swear by them and can not live
without Norton, so..., to each his own.
As for my experiences, in Windows 2000 and getting the
updates I ran into unexplainable errors when trying to
connect to the WWW. Reformatting and reloading only
brought more frustration, for the same thing would
happen, several times.
Then once I disabled my anti virus program(Grisoft -
free) and my firewall, and my script interceptor and
StartUp monitor, it was then that the installs of the
updates and security patches went well and without a
hitch.
I see Norton's Syst. Works includes a Script blocker,
and a slew of other utilities - that baby sure wraps
around that system tight!!
Try that first..., disable that antivirus, and
whatever else you can about Norton System Works. If
need be, uninstall it, though I 've seen others
experience trouble in getting rid of it and have had
to visit Norton's website for special instructions.
See what its help file says and try disabling it
entirely!! You can crank it up after we get over this
hump.
And you said this all started when you decided to
change your modem due to constant disconnections
because you thought the modem was at fault?
As to the network administrator and contacting that
guy, well..., in this case *YOU* are it. Unless
someone else there can try doing what you're trying to
accomplish then you are it!(ha-ha)
Did you ever see as cantankerous a machine as that
there HP? You know what? In spanish HP stands for S*B
.
You don't get too many HPs being sold in the spanish
market.
That's just like the chevy "Nova" - in Spanish it
means "won't go", it was a catastrophic market for
them in South America. After all who would want to buy
a car whose name was "won't go" right off the bat? ;-)
Let me know how it all goes, Lewis.
My prayers are with you.
tomas.
--- Lewis & Becky <skyhawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Tomas Better sit down.. I have allot of
> information for you.... about 15
> Q&A's
>
> 1.) Well I did buy my HP Pavilion 510N about 16
> months ago... I immediately
> bought another 210 mb chip and installed it...
>
> I will check it to make sure it is good and
> installed correctly... If I
> understand you correctly.. It could have come
> loose.. Or may have gone
> bad...!!!!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 2.) XP came with my computer.. I have not upgraded
> to any other windows
> application....
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 3.) My Warranty ran out 3 months ago.. *figures*
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 4.) You Wrote:
>
> ""Right off the bat it instructs you to run SFC ""
>
> What is the "SFC" and where do I find it???
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 5.) How do I repair "IE 6"????????????
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 6.) No I don't have a 2nd computer.. Well that's no
> true.. It is in Iowa...
> I live just outside Las Vegas, Nevada
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 7.) As for as:
> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/
>
> It still just shows the top of the page.. And does
> not show any of the Q&A's
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 8.) As for as: Run the System File checker to
> replace these two files
> (CABINET.DLL and URLMON.DLL).
> 1. Click "Start," and then click "Run."
> 2. In the "Run" dialog box, type "SFC /scanonce"
> (w/o
> the quotes), and then click "OK."
>
> I did it... Will inform you as to whether or not it
> worked
>
> 9.) As for: Suggestion 2
>
> Run the Internet Explorer Repair Tool using the
> instructions below:
> 1. Click "Start," point to "Settings," and then
> click
> "Control Panel."
> 2. Double-click "Add or Remove Programs."
> 3. On the "Install/Uninstall" tab, click "Microsoft
> Internet Explorer."
> 4. Click "Add/Remove," click "Repair the current
> installation of Internet Explorer," and then click
> "OK."
>
> I did it Too... I will inform you as to whether or
> not it worked Too.....
> It never gave me the option to repair Internet
> Explorer, So I made sure that
> the Internet Explorer box was checked. But the
> amount of space for
> installation was at "0" where all of the others have
> number at the end..
>
> Is there another way of repairing Internet
> Explorer????
>
> 10.) When going to:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B1AD2C0A-8CC6-443B-
> AB83-F8516C72FAC1&displaylang=en
>
> I got this error Message:
>
> """"The download you requested is unavailable. If
> you continue to see this
> message when trying to access this download, you
> might try the "Search for a
> Download" area on the Download Center home page.""""
>
> So I went to:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
>
> To try and find:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B1AD2C0A-8CC6-443B-
> AB83-F8516C72FAC1&displaylang=en
>
> But no luck...
>
> 11.) I went to here:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.asp
>
> And tried to download the ie6sp 1 Default.asp.... It
> is downloading now...
> Ok.. Bad news.. When the file was finished
> downloading.. It gave this error
> message: ""Downloaded file can not be saved error:
> The Device is not
> ready.""
>
> So I re-downloaded the file again, but to a
> different location.. But got the
> same results.... *sigh*
>
> This is the error message the 2nd time around:
>
> """Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused
> by low memory (low Disk
> Space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet"""
>
> So I deleted all un-necessary files.. Cleaned my
> files with Norton
> CleanSweep.. Rebooted my computer to insure my 510mb
> are ready to go... But
> it still will not open without an error message of
> the same type...
>
> 13.) Funny thing happened.. I checked my Disk
> Defragmenter and it says that
> I have 228mb of disk space.. So I cleaned it.. And
> now I have 29 Gigabits..
> This has been happening allot lately.. Along with
> low memory... Is this an
> important bit of information for you????
>
> 14.) Something weird just happened.. Maybe this
> might or might not have
> something to do with my problems... A registration
> window just popped up
> asking me to register my computer... Could my
> computer thinking it isn't
> registered.. Be causing all of these problems... I
> did Register it.. By the
> way... FYI...
>
>
> 15.) You instructed me to: """Secondly, if you are
> using a proxy server ask
> your network administrator to make sure that the
> proxy server is set to
> allow anonymous connections to the Internet."""
>
> I sent them an e-mail just a second ago.. We'll see
> what they have to
> say....
>
> Skyhawk
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