Guest Fellow_Traveller Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 when Itry to access the "Windows Update" web-page. assiduous research has yielded 'n joy' as to what this error code actually means. thanks forany help or input. FT -- blah-blah-blah
Guest MowGreen [MVP] Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Posted by Taurarian, MVP: > An error occurs when Windows Update is unable to download and install the Windows Update > ActiveX component. > Can also be caused when a firewall blocks the download of the component. > > Try adding the following sites to the IE Trusted Sites zone > > http://update.microsoft.com > http://download.windowsupdate.microsoft.com > > You may need to uncheck "Require Server Verification (https:) for all sites in this zone > to add these sites. > Recheck when finished. > > You receive an "Initialization error 0x800A1391" error message and the Windows Update Web > site does not appear > http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kben-us836961 > > Check for parasites: > http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm > > Check your firewall settings. > > > Posted by another user: > For ZoneAlarm, go into the privacy tab and add update.microsoft.com under the site list > tab and enable mobile codes for only this one. > This will allow Active X to be run, which is required for Windows Update to run > successfully. > > Posted by SueH > I fixed it!! Nothing suggested seemed to work. I kept at it and figured it out finally! I > use ZoneAlarm Security Suite 2006 for anti-virus/anti-spyware protection. I opened the > application main menu and clicked 'Privacy' on left menu. On the upper right there are 3 > Tabs named Main, Site List & Cache Cleaner. Click on Main tab and go down to 3rd option at > bottom of window called Mobile Code Control. Click 'Custom' button. In 'Custom Privacy > Settings' window click tab called 'Mobile Code'. Click button named 'Reset to Default'. > Click 'Apply' then 'OK'. That should do it. The ActiveX embedded objects had been blocked > causing Windows Update to be blocked as a result. Hope this helps anyone who needs it. If > using other security software check the settings to be sure this isn't what is preventing > updates from running. > Good luck!! > > -- ================================= > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Fellow_Traveller wrote: > when Itry to access the "Windows Update" web-page. > > assiduous research has yielded 'n joy' as to what this error code actually > means. > > thanks forany help or input. > > FT > > >
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