SP2 update error 80070017

I've tried many of the fixes suggested here andelsewhere and have had no
luck. Auto Update tells me to download every time I switch the computer on
but then after a few seconds the icon disappears and nothing has downloaded.
When I access the WU website to do it manually, the screen with the download
progress comes up but nothing happens. No moving bars. Nothing. After a few
minutes I get a failure notice.

I have noticed the following behaviors of my computer that may or may not
have something to do with the problem. Now when I try to access internet
options
from the IE tools, I get a notice that says "This operation has been
cancelled due to restriction in effect on this computer. Please contact your
system administrator" I AM the administrator and I don't recall doing
anything to restrict this computer. I can access the options from the
control panel however. When I tried to reset the security settings to
default using the procedure described elsewhere on this board. I got a
message that said the command secsetup or whatever it was isn't a valid
command.

I have also noticed that since I started applying some of these "fixes" I
now get an error tone just as my computer begins to shut down. I have
installed the update successfully on 2 other computers using the same router
and braodban connection with no problems.

I'm at a loss.

"glaucus" <> wrote in message
news:2CA2C7E3-9661-45CC-90A0-...
> I've tried many of the fixes suggested here andelsewhere and have had
> no
> luck. Auto Update tells me to download every time I switch the
> computer on
> but then after a few seconds the icon disappears and nothing has
> downloaded.
> When I access the WU website to do it manually, the screen with the
> download
> progress comes up but nothing happens. No moving bars. Nothing. After
> a few
> minutes I get a failure notice.
>
> I have noticed the following behaviors of my computer that may or may
> not
> have something to do with the problem. Now when I try to access
> internet
> options
> from the IE tools, I get a notice that says "This operation has been
> cancelled due to restriction in effect on this computer. Please
> contact your
> system administrator" I AM the administrator and I don't recall doing
> anything to restrict this computer. I can access the options from the
> control panel however. When I tried to reset the security settings to
> default using the procedure described elsewhere on this board. I got
> a
> message that said the command secsetup or whatever it was isn't a
> valid
> command.
>
> I have also noticed that since I started applying some of these
> "fixes" I
> now get an error tone just as my computer begins to shut down. I have
> installed the update successfully on 2 other computers using the same
> router
> and braodban connection with no problems.
>
> I'm at a loss.
>

Boot to safe mode. Do a complete virus scan, Ad-Aware or Spybot scans.
You might have a browser hijack or similar.

Q

I just downloaded the network administator version that we're not supposed to
download if we're just installing to a single machine and despite problems
finding files that were supposed to be archived into the back-up (I said skip
them), everything installed seemingly perfect and I now have sp2 on the
machine.

"Quaoar" wrote:

>
> "glaucus" <> wrote in message
> news:2CA2C7E3-9661-45CC-90A0-...
> > I've tried many of the fixes suggested here andelsewhere and have had
> > no
> > luck. Auto Update tells me to download every time I switch the
> > computer on
> > but then after a few seconds the icon disappears and nothing has
> > downloaded.
> > When I access the WU website to do it manually, the screen with the
> > download
> > progress comes up but nothing happens. No moving bars. Nothing. After
> > a few
> > minutes I get a failure notice.
> >
> > I have noticed the following behaviors of my computer that may or may
> > not
> > have something to do with the problem. Now when I try to access
> > internet
> > options
> > from the IE tools, I get a notice that says "This operation has been
> > cancelled due to restriction in effect on this computer. Please
> > contact your
> > system administrator" I AM the administrator and I don't recall doing
> > anything to restrict this computer. I can access the options from the
> > control panel however. When I tried to reset the security settings to
> > default using the procedure described elsewhere on this board. I got
> > a
> > message that said the command secsetup or whatever it was isn't a
> > valid
> > command.
> >
> > I have also noticed that since I started applying some of these
> > "fixes" I
> > now get an error tone just as my computer begins to shut down. I have
> > installed the update successfully on 2 other computers using the same
> > router
> > and braodban connection with no problems.
> >
> > I'm at a loss.
> >
>
> Boot to safe mode. Do a complete virus scan, Ad-Aware or Spybot scans.
> You might have a browser hijack or similar.
>
> Q
>
>
>