after the installation of service pack 4 on win2k

after the installation of service pack 4 on win2k it will not continue
loading the critical updates.
see below:
Windows Update Error

Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested page.

Select from any of the following pages for information about Windows Update
services, or send us your feedback.

any ideas?

thanks...

"ab",

I am sorry you are encountering this issue. We need a little more information,
though. Would you mind running through another attempted installation on the
Windows Update website and sending us back the results? Here's how:

Conventions:
- In these instructions, keys on the keyboard are wrapped, such as: <Enter>, so
an instruction of: Type: cmd <Enter> means type the three letters cmd and then
press <Enter>.
- Combinations such as <Ctrl>+<S> and <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<End> mean to press and
hold the keys in order while then pressing the last key. For example, press the
<Ctrl> key and hold, then press the <Shift> key and hold, and then press the
<End> key as if you were typing a single letter of the alphabet.


Using Windows 2000:
1. Close all Internet browsers
2. Open a single Internet Explorer window.
3. In the Internet Explorer window, click Tools
4. Click Windows Update
5. When you reach the Windows Update site, click Scan for updates
6. Click Review and Install Updates
7. When presented with multiple updates, uncheck all of them except for one
update (your choice)
8. Look down at the System clock and note the time (hour and minute.) Let the
minute move forward one, so that there is no other activity associated with this
attempt.
9. Click Install. Wait for Windows Update to fail. If it succeeds, reply back
and let us know.
10. Assuming it failed somewhere in steps 4-7 or 9, Click Start
11. Click Run
12. The file is "%WINDIR%\Windows Update.log" (please INCLUDE the quotes and
notice the space between windows and update)
13. When the log opens, scroll down to the first line of the hour and minute you
memorized in step 8.
14. Click at the very beginning of that matching line to place the cursor there,
and press <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<End>. This should highlight the entire log from the
cursor to the end.
15. Press <Ctrl>+<C> to copy the selected text
16. Reply to this posting.
17. When that window opens, Tell us what update you attempted to install, and
where it failed from your observation. Was it simply going to the Windows
Update website, or after clicking Custom Install, or after the presentation of
possible updates, or during the installation of the update?
18. After this, on a new line, Type: Log entries follow: <Enter>
19. Press <Ctrl>+<V> to paste the copied, selected text from steps 14-15.
20. Verify the text pasted into your reply.
21. Post the reply, and we'll take a look at the failure.

Sincerely,

Pat Walters [MSFT]

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"ab" <> wrote in message
news:B633E472-A757-4C31-9E30-...
> after the installation of service pack 4 on win2k it will not continue
> loading the critical updates.
> see below:
> Windows Update Error
>
> Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the requested page.
>
> Select from any of the following pages for information about Windows Update
> services, or send us your feedback.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks...