0 x 8DDD0004, I Dunno What The Heck The Deal Is...

Ok, I Have Been Getting The Error Message of 0 x 8DDD0004 For A Few Months,
Quite Some Time, I Have Tried Almost Everything It Seems Like, I have Been
Reading Conversations On This Problem, Which None Helped, I have Tried To
Look at the manage add ons and I dont have that option, Cannot Do Windows
Update, Someone Plz Help.. If I Could Get A WalK Through On How To Fix
This... Computer Lags, and Cannot Find Page For Quite A Few Pages...Thank You

Jake wrote:
> Ok, I Have Been Getting The Error Message of 0 x 8DDD0004 For A Few
> Months, Quite Some Time, I Have Tried Almost Everything It Seems
> Like, I have Been Reading Conversations On This Problem, Which None
> Helped, I have Tried To Look at the manage add ons and I dont have
> that option, Cannot Do Windows Update, Someone Plz Help.. If I Could
> Get A WalK Through On How To Fix This... Computer Lags, and Cannot
> Find Page For Quite A Few Pages...Thank You

First cover some basics.

Make sure this is not running a 3rd-part Popup-Ad remover, or any anonimizer.

1. In Internet Explorer browser > select Tools, click Internet Options, and then click
Languages....
If this box is empty, add at least one language -- your usual national
language.
If you happen to have 2 or more, move English up on this list.

2. Disengage your Discussion Bar in Internet Explorer: Click View on
main IE menu.
Point to Explorer Bar.
If "Discuss" has a check mark, click Discuss to *remove the check mark*
and clear it.
You may note, if the discussion bar is active, it would appear near the
bottom of IE window.

3. I. E. Tools >Internet Options > Advanced Tab > (scroll down thru
the list)

These are "some" of the items that I do have CHECKed (selected):
Under HTTP 1.1 settings --
Use HTTP 1.1 (ON / Selected)
+ Enable / check to use HTTP 1.1 with proxy servers **** <<----

and under Security :
Clear (un-check) the check box next to "Check for server certificate
revocation" . ( *OFF* )

Use SSL 2.0 (ON / selected)
Use SSL 3.0 (ON)

4. Internet Explorer > Tools > Internet Options > Connections Tab Click
on LAN Settings > * Uncheck* the Automatically detect settings.
Make sure _no other_ settings on this screen are enabled.

5. Internet Explorer > main menu /Tools/Internet Options >

Security Tab/ click on green icon Trusted Sites/click Sites button.

Look very closely at line that says:

"Require server verification (https for all sites in this zone" to
*clear* the selection.
(e.g. You want that to be un-checked (un-ticked)).

In the "Add this Web site to the zone:" field, add these entries to
list of "Trusted Sites" --

type
http://*.download.windowsupdate.com (click Add)

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com

https://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com (with HTTPS)

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com


Click OK. Apply changes to IE browser.

---- Next, a quote of Wei Wu at Microsoft.
<quote>I suppose you went to the V5 Windows Update site. If so, please
search %windows%\windowsupdate.log for errors. 8ddd0004 is a mapped
error. The log might contain the real error. Please post the related
part containg error in the log .
</endquote>

--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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