Can't access MicrosoftUpdate or WindowsUpdate sites

I have Windows XP Home Edition, and I mostly use Firefox 1.5 for browsing,
but I also use IE6 sometimes too. My problem is that I cannot access either
the Microsoft Update site or the Windows Update site from anywhere else
within Microsoft.com. When I try to link to either of those pages I get one
of the following messages in my address bar:

http://update.microsoft.com/WindowsU....aspx?Error=16

http://update.microsoft.com/Microsof....aspx?Error=16

In Firefox I get an error message page that says:

"The page isn't redirecting properly. Firefox has detected that the server
is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to
accept
cookies."

This happens despite the fact that I have configured everything on my system
to accept cookies. I do not have trouble with any other web sites - they all
seem to be able to set cookies as needed. The same hangup occurs in IE6,
except that I just get a blank page.

The ASP.NET website has a forum posting suggesting that Error 16 is defined
as follows:

"Error 16 Value of type 'ASP.company_aspx' cannot be converted to
'System.Web.UI.Page'.
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temp orary ASP.NET"

I can't find any other definition of Error=16 in Microsoft.com, so this must
be it. Unfortunately it means nothing to me, since I know nothing about ASP.
I'm hoping that there is someone really savvy out there who can help me with
this. All contributions will be apppreciated. I will post this on the
ASP.NET forum too.

Those sites can only be accessed from Ibternet Explorer. If you use
Firefox and have the IE TAB extension, you can use IE TAB to open them
within an IE TAB.

On Sat, 6 May 2006 15:40:03 -0700, JonnyRainbow
<> wrote:

>I have Windows XP Home Edition, and I mostly use Firefox 1.5 for browsing,
>but I also use IE6 sometimes too. My problem is that I cannot access either
>the Microsoft Update site or the Windows Update site from anywhere else
>within Microsoft.com. When I try to link to either of those pages I get one
>of the following messages in my address bar:
>
>http://update.microsoft.com/WindowsU....aspx?Error=16
>
>http://update.microsoft.com/Microsof....aspx?Error=16
>
>In Firefox I get an error message page that says:
>
>"The page isn't redirecting properly. Firefox has detected that the server
>is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
> * This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to
>accept
> cookies."
>
>This happens despite the fact that I have configured everything on my system
>to accept cookies. I do not have trouble with any other web sites - they all
>seem to be able to set cookies as needed. The same hangup occurs in IE6,
>except that I just get a blank page.
>
>The ASP.NET website has a forum posting suggesting that Error 16 is defined
>as follows:
>
>"Error 16 Value of type 'ASP.company_aspx' cannot be converted to
>'System.Web.UI.Page'.
>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Tem porary ASP.NET"
>
>I can't find any other definition of Error=16 in Microsoft.com, so this must
>be it. Unfortunately it means nothing to me, since I know nothing about ASP.
> I'm hoping that there is someone really savvy out there who can help me with
>this. All contributions will be apppreciated. I will post this on the
>ASP.NET forum too.

Thanks for responding, Jerry.

I have the same problem using Internet Explorer. I cannot access either
MicrosoftUpdate or WindowsUpdate. The little green progress indicator in the
status bar eventually fills, but the pages do not load. I do not receive any
kind of error message in IE6, I just can't get to those sites. Any other
ideas?

"Jerry" wrote:

> Those sites can only be accessed from Ibternet Explorer. If you use
> Firefox and have the IE TAB extension, you can use IE TAB to open them
> within an IE TAB.
>
> On Sat, 6 May 2006 15:40:03 -0700, JonnyRainbow
> <> wrote:
>
> >I have Windows XP Home Edition, and I mostly use Firefox 1.5 for browsing,
> >but I also use IE6 sometimes too. My problem is that I cannot access either
> >the Microsoft Update site or the Windows Update site from anywhere else
> >within Microsoft.com. When I try to link to either of those pages I get one
> >of the following messages in my address bar:
> >
> >http://update.microsoft.com/WindowsU....aspx?Error=16
> >
> >http://update.microsoft.com/Microsof....aspx?Error=16
> >
> >In Firefox I get an error message page that says:
> >
> >"The page isn't redirecting properly. Firefox has detected that the server
> >is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
> > * This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to
> >accept
> > cookies."
> >
> >This happens despite the fact that I have configured everything on my system
> >to accept cookies. I do not have trouble with any other web sites - they all
> >seem to be able to set cookies as needed. The same hangup occurs in IE6,
> >except that I just get a blank page.
> >
> >The ASP.NET website has a forum posting suggesting that Error 16 is defined
> >as follows:
> >
> >"Error 16 Value of type 'ASP.company_aspx' cannot be converted to
> >'System.Web.UI.Page'.
> >C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Tem porary ASP.NET"
> >
> >I can't find any other definition of Error=16 in Microsoft.com, so this must
> >be it. Unfortunately it means nothing to me, since I know nothing about ASP.
> > I'm hoping that there is someone really savvy out there who can help me with
> >this. All contributions will be apppreciated. I will post this on the
> >ASP.NET forum too.
>
>