Many Windows Update problems.

Hello, before I start, I am running Windows XP Pro on a Toshiba P25-S477.
When I visit Windows Update it says checking for latest Update Software.
After a few seconds an error message pop's up saying, "Your current security
settings prohibit ActiveX from running. Because of this the page may not
display correctly" This does not make sense since my security settings are
low. Anyway, after the error message the screen says Administrators Only and
it tells me that only administrators are allowed to download updates. I
tried resolving the issue by modify the registry as Microsoft recommended.
That still did not help. I don't think I'm using a firewall and I've tried
everything Microsoft recommended. Can anyone help me with this problem?

In your browser, go to Tools, Internet Options, then Security Tab, Custom
Level and enable all ActiveX settings.

"AKA_Ben" <> wrote in message
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> Hello, before I start, I am running Windows XP Pro on a Toshiba P25-S477.
> When I visit Windows Update it says checking for latest Update Software.
> After a few seconds an error message pop's up saying, "Your current
security
> settings prohibit ActiveX from running. Because of this the page may not
> display correctly" This does not make sense since my security settings
are
> low. Anyway, after the error message the screen says Administrators Only
and
> it tells me that only administrators are allowed to download updates. I
> tried resolving the issue by modify the registry as Microsoft recommended.
> That still did not help. I don't think I'm using a firewall and I've
tried
> everything Microsoft recommended. Can anyone help me with this problem?

This might sound a bit obvious but have you type in search "activeX" to make
sure you have them installed okay, in mine it shows 2 folders in program
files/common files and one in the acrobat folder, if not download them! can't
do any harm and it has worked for me in the past although I was then running
98SE but that shouldn't make any difference.

"AKA_Ben" wrote:

> Hello, before I start, I am running Windows XP Pro on a Toshiba P25-S477.
> When I visit Windows Update it says checking for latest Update Software.
> After a few seconds an error message pop's up saying, "Your current security
> settings prohibit ActiveX from running. Because of this the page may not
> display correctly" This does not make sense since my security settings are
> low. Anyway, after the error message the screen says Administrators Only and
> it tells me that only administrators are allowed to download updates. I
> tried resolving the issue by modify the registry as Microsoft recommended.
> That still did not help. I don't think I'm using a firewall and I've tried
> everything Microsoft recommended. Can anyone help me with this problem?

Two things: I'm not sure what I'm looking for exactely and if a find whatever
ActiveX control I am looking for where do I download it? And will this solve
my administraitors only problem?

"mikimogo" wrote:

> This might sound a bit obvious but have you type in search "activeX" to make
> sure you have them installed okay, in mine it shows 2 folders in program
> files/common files and one in the acrobat folder, if not download them! can't
> do any harm and it has worked for me in the past although I was then running
> 98SE but that shouldn't make any difference.
>
> "AKA_Ben" wrote:
>
> > Hello, before I start, I am running Windows XP Pro on a Toshiba P25-S477.
> > When I visit Windows Update it says checking for latest Update Software.
> > After a few seconds an error message pop's up saying, "Your current security
> > settings prohibit ActiveX from running. Because of this the page may not
> > display correctly" This does not make sense since my security settings are
> > low. Anyway, after the error message the screen says Administrators Only and
> > it tells me that only administrators are allowed to download updates. I
> > tried resolving the issue by modify the registry as Microsoft recommended.
> > That still did not help. I don't think I'm using a firewall and I've tried
> > everything Microsoft recommended. Can anyone help me with this problem?