[triadtechtalk] Re: Windows Update Errors
- From: "Lewis & Becky" <skyhawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:56:41 -0700
1.) You Wrote: """Try that first..., disable that anti virus, and whatever
else you can about Norton System Works. If need be, uninstall it, """
Well I totally deleted every bit of Norton.. Systems & Anti Virus.. But
nothing changed...
I'll see what I can do next...
skyhawk
----- Original Message -----
From: "tomas santos" <babaluscan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:04 AM
Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: Windows Update Errors
> 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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