When I try to update windows xp (home edition) I receive the following message --The website has encounted a problem and can not display the page you are trying to view. The options provide below might help you to solve the problem. (tried all options no sucess)There are few (only) websites I cannot open (unable to display page come up).
After installing and running MSE I have been unable to update definitions either manually or automatically. At the same time I noticed that microsoft automatic updates are getting to around 28 percent and then stopping - not fully downloading or installing. I cannot get through to any microsoft websites now - but all other sites are fine. wuauserv and bits are missing from services also. Have I been sneakily virused by something which MSE hasnt picked up. I tried to run malicious software removal tool - it downloads alright but wont install - says its not a valid win32 application. I correctly downloaded the 32bit app. Can anyone shed some light on any of this. I dont want to rebuild again and again.
I use a toshiba satellite R/15 series and for some reason I have been unable to install any of the Windows updates that were downloaded on my computer. The installer just tries to install for about 5 minutes, is unable to, and then just says it is unable to be successfully installed.
I am trying to set up a home network to connect my laptop (with xp pro) to my desktop (with xp home) i am using a 3com office conect router as a hub. With the fire walls on each machine switched off I can see each of the machines from each other.I can share files on the laptop with the desktop, but when I try to access the desktop from the laptop I get the following message : xxxxxxx is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Login Failure : the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer.
This isn't really a threatening problem, but I was wondering if anyone else has had the same problem: I downloaded Windows XP SP2 through windows update yesterday I intalled it and everything was fine until i couldn't connect to the internet. "modem Hadware failure" or something like that.So, i System Restored back to the point before I downloaded and installed SP2, and now i can connect without any problems.(I disabled all the windows firewalls that came with SP2, so I doubt that the firewalls were the problem)
I just recently had to do a repair on the ( OS XP Home SP2 System) and which was successful. In the process of re-installing the updates ( 81 ) , it will not install them ? Also, is there another way to download and install ? OS XP Home SP2.
After installing xp home updates yesterday, my machine rebooted itself, then continued to reboot (xp would start to load then my pc would reset itself and start booting again)
Booting windows with the "dont automatically restart system on failure" option revealed I had a corrupt kernel32.dll, which was fixed by using recovery console to copy the file over again.
Once this is done, xp will boot. Then it tells me to update.
On my portable computer on which I have made a briefcase, I moved some files into it. When I try to update, hoping it will update my home computer, it say some files are read-only and these files were not updated. It is only the files I move in. When I check properties on the individual files, it say they are not read-only. When I check properties on the folders in the briefcase however, the read-only is checked and when I uncheck and go back in, it still is read-only. I am using XP Home Edition.
I have windows XP SP2. When I try to do windows update, it gave a message that says "files required for windows update were not installed or registered." Then it give you the box to click to install it. And after installing it, it still bring up the same message. I tried several times but no luck. Why is this happening?
I am running on Windows XP, few years old. Having a problem with Windows Update where it is not downloading the updates. The webpage loads with this message: “Checking if your computer has the latest version of Windows updating software for use with the website…The website uses ActiveX controls to determine which version of the software your computer is running. If you see an ActiveX warning, make sure the control is digitally signed by Microsoft before installing it or allowing it to run
I now think a problem, that may have been a bug, could now be a winsock problem. What is happening, is I cannot connect to windows update. It is only anything having to do with and url dealing with windows update. When I get the screen, "unable to connect" and select to have I.E. run diagnostics, it doesn't come up with anything. I've run serveral virus/malware scans and nothing comes up. I have XP, a legal copy, but it does not have the diagnostics software. I have downloaded some sort of winsock "fix" software, but do not want to run this, in fear of totally messing something up.
A few days ago I was browsing the internet (wink), and randomly my desktop background changed to an image of a fake virus alert. Also, many security-related sites were blocked, and clicking on any google results redirected me to various advertising sites. Only a couple weeks prior I had this same virus, which I believe to be Smitfraud, and resolved it by running the MalwareBytes program. When I tried to do this this time, however, the program froze immediately upon starting the scan.An additional symptom I had was when I would start up Windows, If I started up in safe mode I would get the same problem, only the problematic file would be services.exe. Also I had no taskbar in safe mode. The only attempt at fixing this I really made was downloading and running SmitFraudFix.exe, but all that seemed to do was delete my Firefox bookmarks which I promptly restored.
At any rate, I could not solve this problem, so I repaired(not reinstalled) windows. Upon completing repair I ran a windows update like any sane person would, but it was unable to connect. I downloaded the manual SP3 installer and ran it, but got an access denied error. I ran AdAware & MalwareBytes successfully(both were still fully updated definitions) and they removed stuff, and I was able to connect to Windows Update, but after attempting to download the WindowsUpdate file(not the actual windows updates, but the updated WindowsUpdate if you catch my drift) I got an "Access is Denied" error, with error code 0x80070005. I repaired windows again, but the same exact pattern happened.
Hi i am unable to install update KB979683. I am getting a response of failed time after time.Is anybody able to help me please?I have had no other issues when installing updates previously.
I want windows to automatically download the updates for me. For some reason, the Windows update was corrupted so I had to go to C:windowsDownload Program Files to update the damage files. Right now, Windows downloads the files and lets me decide when to install them. I want Windows to download and install automatically.
I have a problem that I can't figure out. When I go to windows update on the start menu I get sent to www.msn.com.Also when I click on Microsoft update it just grinds and grinds.Also when I go to the windows updates web page and try to download something manually it validates my machine and presents a clickable download button. When I click on it I get a very small windows pop up that says page not found.I can not download anything off of Microsoft's site.When I go to update superantivirus I get an error that says "There is an error trying to retrieve definitions" "Make sure your firewall is not blocking superantispyware.exe from accessing Internet"When I go to update adaware I get can' find Internet connection.
I am a newbie and would apreciate any help/advice with my enquiry. I have a problem with the Windows XP Pro Sp2 I recently purchased. I am unable to update/validate it as it states that it is not genuine for home use, & only has a VLK licence.
notification KB905474 hi, i keep getting a notification that i need to download this....when i try to download it my computer blocks it and now i can't get any updates from microsoft. what is going on? and what can/should i do?
I have a Dell inspiron 2650, it is screwed up and I dont know what to do about it. I am running windows and office xp. Whenever I try to open IE, it will open about 50 times. I cannot access my internet at all. I can log onto messanger and anything else but IE. I have run "sfc /scannow", ad-aware, I am unable to update my mcafee because this laptop was given to me and I dont have access to update it and I cant access the internet, I obviously cannot do an online virus scan, I have just completed a disk cleanup. I don't know where to go from here,
I'm trying to install the Microsoft Update Icon onto my start menu but It doesn't seem to work. I got muweb.dll and the other data one, but I can't run them as an app.
Everytime, when I try to update my java, mcacfee, or my HP, I get this message that says cannot access windows updating system, please contact administrator I dont know what this means, or how to fix it. When I go under services, it shows updater there, and running, and the settings are on manual. I also went to microsoft and tried to download the installer 3.1, and that seemed to have went through, but I'm having the same problem. Also when I go to microsoft, and try to do their troubleshooting, It wont let me get some files which I cannot remember to get to. msexic/restart..something like that...
I have recently done a clean Windows XP Install followed by installing Service Pack 1 then 3.Everything was running smoothly and I was able to log into the desktop.However when I tried to check for updates via Windows update, in Internet explorer however it always says the 'Internet Explorer cannot display this webpage'After diagnosing the issue, it found no problems.I can browse any other website but sometimes when I click on an item through doing a google search, it sometimes sends me to a random search engine page!!
Suddenly, I noticed that Windows update no longer works. I still get automatic updates, but for some reason I can't manually update things. Anyone else seen this? If you note, they're asking to install an Active-X control, but the information bar doesn't popup to allow me to continue.
I recently bought and installed a new ECS 6100PM-M2 motherboard with 2 x 1Gb DDR2 667 RAM and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ CPU bundle.I have been trying to install Windows XP home edition to my computer and it will not install. When I turn the pc on I am confronted with a black screen that has a flashing cursor in the top left corner.To get the machine to do anything else I have to restart the computer and enter the BBS Setup by pressing F11 and selecting the optical drive that contains the XP disc.A message appears telling me that Setup is inspecting my hardware configuration.Next, a blue screen appears with 'Windows Setup' in the top left hand corner.
all firewalls have been turned off on the XP home computer. Able to connect to VPN; but Remote Destop times out and fails to connect. When tried on an XP Pro computer with same login information there is not problem- it is specific to the XP Home computer.
When I try to defrag I get a message that a Chkdsk/f. is schedualed to run and to run it first I have tried everything to find this Chkdsk/f and can find it no where please some one help me I need to defrag my computer is so slow because of the nee dto defrag.
Is there a way to know what cd key I typed in a year ago when I installed xp on my computer. I cannot find the box with the cd key anywhere, and I need to wype the hard drive and reinstall. The computer is virus ridden, but it will boot into safe mode. Can I find the cd key from within the os in safe mode?
i have just recovered from a very nasty virus on my machine i have reinstalled xp home oem i am able to access the internet using the IE but i am unable to access the internet when trying to activate xp the error is saying that i do not have a internet connection is there any help any one can give i have checked the connection and i am set up for a LAN this is what i have always done and it has worked in the past
Somehow I lost the ability to create new users. First I could create Administrators and Limited Users, then only Administrators, now even though I can create an Administrator User, it acts like a limited Limited User. I cannot modify anything with it.
I do not have PowerPoint on my new Dell computer. I have received some .ppt and .pps files and when I try to open them it spits the dummy! Is there a way to vew these files or do I have to buy a PowerPoint package?