error message 80244018

when entering the update site and clicking to get update list i get the above
arror message. any ideas on what it is please

many thanks

sparks

Try looking at other users' responses

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...xp=&sloc=en-us
or
http://tinyurl.com/857j5

for example:


http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;896226
You cannot download updates when you access the Windows Update Web site from
a Windows XP-based computer that is behind a firewall or a proxy server
[Error number: 0x80244017]
[Error number: 0x80244018]
[Error number: 0x80244019]
[Error number: 0x8024401B]
[Error number: 0x80244021]

John Dough posted:
“I ran proxycfg anm it showed I was still setup for a proxy - even though in
IE it
showed I wasn't using one.
Running "proxycfg -d" fixed it all up.�







"Sparks" wrote:

> when entering the update site and clicking to get update list i get the above
> arror message. any ideas on what it is please
>
> many thanks
>
> sparks

"TaurArian" <> wrote in message
news:7B31EED3-997E-40B6-843D-...
> Try looking at other users' responses
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...xp=&sloc=en-us


TaurArian,

I bet you tried to give a link with Answered Questions pre-chosen?

Anyway I just noticed that nothing changes in the Address bar when
you use that control. How useful is that? It's probably one of those
empty terms that would do it but what the heck would the value be
even if we knew which one to modify?

Hmm... perhaps tracing it will show what's what...
Arg... I could have guessed. It's a client side filter!
Nothing goes out; therefore no clues about which terms
could be changed or what values they could have.

To get any further on this I will have to run a script debugger.
E.g. it's too hard to tell just looking at View Source if there
would be any mechanism for pre-selecting that filter.
Unfortunately this is a new partition and I haven't got one
installed yet.

Hmm... I got a bit further just using Notepad and findstr ;}
Somehow we need to call ShowFilter(1) but it's a "method"
so there's an Object involved...

I have a feeling this is going to be a lost cause. Pity.


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
---

"Robert Aldwinckle" <> wrote in message
news:e$...
> "TaurArian" <> wrote in message
> news:7B31EED3-997E-40B6-843D-...
>> Try looking at other users' responses
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...xp=&sloc=en-us
>
>
> TaurArian,
>
> I bet you tried to give a link with Answered Questions pre-chosen?
>
> Anyway I just noticed that nothing changes in the Address bar when
> you use that control. How useful is that? It's probably one of those
> empty terms that would do it but what the heck would the value be
> even if we knew which one to modify?
>
> Hmm... perhaps tracing it will show what's what...
> Arg... I could have guessed. It's a client side filter!
> Nothing goes out; therefore no clues about which terms
> could be changed or what values they could have.
>
> To get any further on this I will have to run a script debugger.
> E.g. it's too hard to tell just looking at View Source if there
> would be any mechanism for pre-selecting that filter.
> Unfortunately this is a new partition and I haven't got one
> installed yet.
>
> Hmm... I got a bit further just using Notepad and findstr ;}
> Somehow we need to call ShowFilter(1) but it's a "method"
> so there's an Object involved...
>
> I have a feeling this is going to be a lost cause. Pity.
>
>
> FYI
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---


Hi Robert, if you ever figure it out, let me know, sometimes it all just gets too
hard.
Hope you are having a good weekend.
Kaylene/Australia

Hi,

I have found a fix to all these update errors concerning v6 of Windows update.

1. From the WU page (where the error is displayed) select Use
Administrators Options.
2. Then select Windows Update Catalog. A new page will open, but this page
uses v4 of WU.
3. Then select Windows Update. Off it goes an finds all the updates.

Hope this helps.

Stuart

"Sparks" wrote:

> when entering the update site and clicking to get update list i get the above
> arror message. any ideas on what it is please
>
> many thanks
>
> sparks

I have also used the proxycfg -d command to get my Windows Update working
properly.

Previously I was getting the following error [Error number: 0x80244019].

I also had previously cleared the IE cache and history as well as set all
the IE zones to default values.

Thanks for the tip!

FF


"TaurArian" wrote:

> Try looking at other users' responses
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...xp=&sloc=en-us
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/857j5
>
> for example:
>
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;896226
> You cannot download updates when you access the Windows Update Web site from
> a Windows XP-based computer that is behind a firewall or a proxy server
> [Error number: 0x80244017]
> [Error number: 0x80244018]
> [Error number: 0x80244019]
> [Error number: 0x8024401B]
> [Error number: 0x80244021]
>
> John Dough posted:
> “I ran proxycfg anm it showed I was still setup for a proxy - even though in
> IE it
> showed I wasn't using one.
> Running "proxycfg -d" fixed it all up.�
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Sparks" wrote:
>
> > when entering the update site and clicking to get update list i get the above
> > arror message. any ideas on what it is please
> >
> > many thanks
> >
> > sparks

Yes!! This worked!!
that other "proxycfg -d" stuff didn't work for me... even though everyone
was praising it. This solution worked fine...
BTW, i think the microsoft site has to be one of the most disorganised
websites i've ever seen.

"stuart hagan" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have found a fix to all these update errors concerning v6 of Windows update.
>
> 1. From the WU page (where the error is displayed) select Use
> Administrators Options.
> 2. Then select Windows Update Catalog. A new page will open, but this page
> uses v4 of WU.
> 3. Then select Windows Update. Off it goes an finds all the updates.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Stuart
>
> "Sparks" wrote:
>
> > when entering the update site and clicking to get update list i get the above
> > arror message. any ideas on what it is please
> >
> > many thanks
> >
> > sparks

I cannot find any Windows Defender updates using this method. When I search
the catalog for "Defender" nothing shows up.
--
-Thanks! Lloyd Matthews


"flunky" wrote:

> Yes!! This worked!!
> that other "proxycfg -d" stuff didn't work for me... even though everyone
> was praising it. This solution worked fine...
> BTW, i think the microsoft site has to be one of the most disorganised
> websites i've ever seen.
>
> "stuart hagan" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have found a fix to all these update errors concerning v6 of Windows update.
> >
> > 1. From the WU page (where the error is displayed) select Use
> > Administrators Options.
> > 2. Then select Windows Update Catalog. A new page will open, but this page
> > uses v4 of WU.
> > 3. Then select Windows Update. Off it goes an finds all the updates.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > "Sparks" wrote:
> >
> > > when entering the update site and clicking to get update list i get the above
> > > arror message. any ideas on what it is please
> > >
> > > many thanks
> > >
> > > sparks

Lloyd,

Windows Defender is now out of Beta. Suggest you uninstall the BETA
version from Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Tool from the link on this page:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Run it and remove the files and registry settings for the BETA version
of WD, if present.

Then download the newly released version:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Save it, close the browser, and then install it.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============



LloydM wrote:

> I cannot find any Windows Defender updates using this method. When I search
> the catalog for "Defender" nothing shows up.