[triadtechtalk] Re: Windows Update Errors
- From: "Lewis & Becky" <skyhawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:09:17 -0700
You wrote: ""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.""
Well I can not get Internet Explorer to repair.. And I can't successfully
download the patches
Could you possible download the patch and then send it to me via e-mail..??
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/download.asp
Would this help me..??
If not.. What would..?? and could somebody download the file and email me
the file...
----- 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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