Error code 0X8DDD004

The following displays when connecting to Windows Updates.

Error 0X8DDD004

The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are
trying to view. Take the following steps to try solving the problem:
Refresh the page.
In Internet Explorer, delete your Temporary Internet Files by going to the
Tools menu and clicking Internet Options.

These steps do not fix the problem.

Any ideas?

0x8DDD0004 - means - ErrorControlFailed

When accessing the Update site, you receive the 0x8ddd0004 error
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False

or

Windows Update cannot continue because of an unknown error.

1. Make sure your firewall is not blocking the Update site and check any pop up
stopper programs.

2. Now check in IE tools\manage add-ons (Win XP SP2 only) making sure that
WuWebControlClass is enabled. (Select "Add-ons that have been used by Internet
Explorer" in the "Show:" drop down list)

3. You may also wish to check c:\windows\Downloaded Program Files to see if anything
is corrupted there.

4. Make sure you accepted the Microsoft Trust Certificate

5. Check security settings, make sure they are not set too high

6. Delete cookies and temp files

7. Re-register these files, by clicking Start, Run and typing:-

REGSVR32 wuapi.dll
REGSVR32 wuaueng.dll
REGSVR32 atl.dll
REGSVR32 wucltui.dll
REGSVR32 wups.dll

You should receive a successful message after each one.
Try Windows Update Again.

If that hasn’t helped you may need to re-register some more files:-

net stop cryptsvc
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
net start cryptsvc

You should receive a successful message after each one.

Reinstall Windows Update Engine
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v6...gent20-x86.exe



Jim E wrote:
> The following displays when connecting to Windows Updates.
>
> Error 0X8DDD004
>
> The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you
> are trying to view. Take the following steps to try solving the
> problem: Refresh the page.
> In Internet Explorer, delete your Temporary Internet Files by going
> to the Tools menu and clicking Internet Options.
>
> These steps do not fix the problem.
>
> Any ideas?