Pleased it helped you Lee.
Kaylene
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"Lee Mychajluk" <> wrote in message
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|I was having a problem where the Update Scan would just hang up (W2kS2003
| SP1) for the past year whenever I tried to run it. Autoupdates wouldn't work
| either.
|
| I followed your steps, and it now the scan completed! I'm catching up on my
| updates now. Thanks for the tip!
|
| -Lee
|
| "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" <> wrote in message
| news:%...
| > This is old stuff from my notes back with SP1 on a Windows Server 2003,
| may be
| > worth a read -
| >
| > Courtesy of Microsoft:-
| >
| > 1. In Internet Explorer, click Tools
| > 2. Click Internet Options
| > 3. Click the Connections tab
| > 4. Click the LAN Settings... button
| > 5. In the Proxy server section, check that the Address and Port number are
| > greyed out and have no value listed.
| > 6. On this same window, check the "Automatically detect settings" checkbox
| > 7. Click OK to exit the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings window
| > 8. Click OK to exit Internet Options
| >
| > Now please try the following:-
| >
| > 1. Click Start
| > 2. Click Run
| > 3. Type: cmd <Enter>
| > 4. In the Command Prompt, type: proxycfg -d <Enter> <--This will set your
| proxy
| > service to direct access and clear the proxy cache.
| > 5. Type: proxycfg -u <Enter> <--This will set the proxy for BITS to the
| same
| > settings as Internet Explorer.
| > 6. Type: net stop wuauserv <Enter>
| > 7. Type: net stop bits <Enter>
| > 8. Type: net start bits <Enter>
| > 9. Type: net start wuauserv <Enter>
| >
| > Try the Windows Update website again, and let us know what happens.
| >
| >
| > --
| >
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| > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
| > ===========================
| >
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| > information current)
| >
| >
| > "vvenk" <> wrote in message
| > news:C196D92B-9A1A-4B44-A9FF-...
| > | Hello:
| > |
| > | I am running Windows 2003 Server R2.
| > |
| > | When I choose Express method for Windows Update, I get the following
| error
| > | message:
| > |
| > | Please change your Internet Explorer security settings
| > | To save changes to your settings for this website, you need to enable
| > | userdata persistence for Internet Explorer. Complete the steps below,
| and
| > | then click Change settings to the left and try saving your changes
| again.
| > | In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
| > | Click the Security tab, click the Internet security zone icon, and then
| > | click Custom Level.
| > | In the Settings dialog box, scroll to the Miscellaneous section.
| > | Under Userdata persistence , select Enable.
| > | Click OK and when the security warning dialog box appears, click Yes.
| > |
| > | Read more about steps you can take to resolve this problem (error number
| > | 0x800A0046) yourself.
| > |
| > | I read the article it referred to and followed all the recommended
| steps.
| > |
| > | I am stumped.
| > |
| > | Please help.
| > |
| > | Venki
| >
| >
|
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