Windows Update site does not show

I just finished running, scannning, and fixing Microsoft Anti Spyware Beta.
Now, it will not let me view windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

Now it is giving me either one of two messages:

1) Thank you for your interest in Windows Update

Windows Update is the online extension of Windows that helps you get the
most out of your computer.

You need to be running a version of Internet Explorer 5 or higher in order
to use Windows Update.

Download the latest version of Internet Explorer

Once Internet Explorer is installed, you can go to the Windows Update site
by typing http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com into the address bar of Internet
Explorer.

If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may be
downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.

2) http:///?%20www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com (Page not found)


3) http://www.v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (This page cannot be displayed).

How can I fix Windows Update?

Hello des,
I am not sure what you mean by having to fix MASB. Try uninstalling it
and see if that fixes your problem.

"designengineering" wrote:

> I just finished running, scannning, and fixing Microsoft Anti Spyware Beta.
> Now, it will not let me view windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
>
> Now it is giving me either one of two messages:
>
> 1) Thank you for your interest in Windows Update
>
> Windows Update is the online extension of Windows that helps you get the
> most out of your computer.
>
> You need to be running a version of Internet Explorer 5 or higher in order
> to use Windows Update.
>
> Download the latest version of Internet Explorer
>
> Once Internet Explorer is installed, you can go to the Windows Update site
> by typing http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com into the address bar of Internet
> Explorer.
>
> If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may be
> downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.
>
> 2) http:///?%20www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com (Page not found)
>
>
> 3) http://www.v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (This page cannot be displayed).
>
> How can I fix Windows Update?
>

designengineering wrote:

> I just finished running, scannning, and fixing Microsoft Anti Spyware
> Beta. Now, it will not let me view windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
>
> Now it is giving me either one of two messages:
>
> 1) Thank you for your interest in Windows Update
>
> Windows Update is the online extension of Windows that helps you get
> the
> most out of your computer.
>
> You need to be running a version of Internet Explorer 5 or higher in
> order
> to use Windows Update.
>
> Download the latest version of Internet Explorer
>
> Once Internet Explorer is installed, you can go to the Windows Update
> site
> by typing http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com into the address bar of
> Internet Explorer.
>
> If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may
> be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.
>
> 2) http:///?%20www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com (Page not found)
>
>
> 3) http://www.v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (This page cannot be
> displayed).
>
> How can I fix Windows Update?


Everybody is asking that question on this group.

Microsoft should overhaul their help files. Links that lead nowhere and
irrelevant texts are the contrary of effective assistance.

rs

You can find help for the beta at the same place you download it. As far as
" everyone" asking this oges, i spend a lot of thime here trying to help and
this is only
the third time i have seen anyone asking about this issue here. I don't
know where you are looking for help RS but it is not here. Also, taking time
to read a post by someone who does not have a question but just looking for a
place to complain is contrary to being able to provide effective assistance
by using the time wisely.
Ron J

"rs" wrote:

> designengineering wrote:
>
> > I just finished running, scannning, and fixing Microsoft Anti Spyware
> > Beta. Now, it will not let me view windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
> >
> > Now it is giving me either one of two messages:
> >
> > 1) Thank you for your interest in Windows Update
> >
> > Windows Update is the online extension of Windows that helps you get
> > the
> > most out of your computer.
> >
> > You need to be running a version of Internet Explorer 5 or higher in
> > order
> > to use Windows Update.
> >
> > Download the latest version of Internet Explorer
> >
> > Once Internet Explorer is installed, you can go to the Windows Update
> > site
> > by typing http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com into the address bar of
> > Internet Explorer.
> >
> > If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may
> > be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.
> >
> > 2) http:///?%20www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com (Page not found)
> >
> >
> > 3) http://www.v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (This page cannot be
> > displayed).
> >
> > How can I fix Windows Update?
>
>
> Everybody is asking that question on this group.
>
> Microsoft should overhaul their help files. Links that lead nowhere and
> irrelevant texts are the contrary of effective assistance.
>
> rs
>
>
>

Ron J wrote:
> You can find help for the beta at the same place you download it.
> As far as " everyone" asking this oges, i spend a lot of thime here
> trying to help and this is only
> the third time i have seen anyone asking about this issue here. I
> don't know where you are looking for help RS but it is not here.
> Also, taking time to read a post by someone who does not have a
> question but just looking for a place to complain is contrary to
> being able to provide effective assistance by using the time wisely.
> Ron J
>


Granted that designengineering's Windows Update may hang because of MS Anti
Spyware Beta, but you can't ignore all the other reports about blocked
WinUpdates on this group.
And I do complain about MS texts like
"If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may be
downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center."
To which Des adds:
2) http:///?%20www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com (Page not found)
3) http://www.v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (This page cannot be
displayed).

Now if I want to give Firefox a try to download WinXP security patches rpt
security patches, I eventually see a Security Update for Windows XP
(KB835732) of December 2004, but for anything more recent (or even better -
automatic downloads) I must go back to Internet Explorer 6 where the Windows
Update site is now stalled (frozen, blocked) since a Windows XP reinstall.
Changes in Trusted Sites and security settings with 'unhooked' ActiveX did
not solve the problem and I am wading with no end in sight through stark
Microsoft literature in the vain poursuit of the dog chasing its tail.

Irrelevant information doesn't help and complaining plus critical comment is
necessary to get things changed.

rs

"designengineering" <> wrote in message
news:55B8B67E-BE37-438D-A63B-...
>I just finished running, scannning, and fixing Microsoft Anti Spyware Beta.
> Now, it will not let me view windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
>
> Now it is giving me either one of two messages:
>
> 1) Thank you for your interest in Windows Update
>
> Windows Update is the online extension of Windows that helps you get the
> most out of your computer.
>
> You need to be running a version of Internet Explorer 5 or higher in order
> to use Windows Update.
>
> Download the latest version of Internet Explorer
>
> Once Internet Explorer is installed, you can go to the Windows Update site
> by typing http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com into the address bar of Internet
> Explorer.
>
> If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may be
> downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.


That's a symptom of a problem with User-Agent.


Here is an extract from a related reply to help you capture
the necessary diagnostics to decide what needs to be done.

<extract>
> why do Microsoft sites think I'm running Windows 2000 when I'm not?


This could be a question of User-Agent--what is IE sending
with its requests and what is being received.


(extract from a recent reply concerning a similar symptom)

I suspect it is not your browser which is telling you that but the
application your browser is connecting to. The thing that you have
to think about then is what might be between your browser and the
application. You mention some kind of security package. Can it
intercept the requests that your browser makes and modify them?
Specifically can it make changes to the User-Agent string that each
request contains? If so, that could explain your symptom.

It's pretty simple to test this idea by comparing the User-Agent string
which should be sent with the User-Agent string which is received.
For example, here are some suggestions I recently gave a user who
had two different machines to use for comparison.

<excerpt>
What do you see if you enter this in an IE Address bar on each?

javascript:navigator.userAgent

(the property name is case sensitive; so notice that uppercase A.)


However, what is more important about the User-Agent string
is whether it reaches its destination. Some network security products
may modify it; so it is also useful to compare what a remote site claims
to actually see, with what the above IE window showed you.

Steve Gibson's ShieldsUP! site has one such remote service.

< http://grc.com/default.htm >

(Choose Browser Headers once you allow it to Proceed.)


Another site which you could use for comparing browser functionality is:

< http://www.gemal.dk/browserspy/ >


Post back your detailed observations if you need more help.
</excerpt>


BTW the last time I made this suggestion it *was* a case of a bad
override in the registry but it was in a different branch from where
you are looking. This was from the above XP user whose requests
were erroneously being interpreted as being from a W2K machine.

<example>
> directions on that site and found a "Platform" string
> in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentV
> ersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent" that had the
> 5.01 in it. I changed it to 5.1 and now the Windows
> Update Version 5 site comes up. Thanks again! :-)
</example>


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---
</extract>


BTW the rest are classic symptoms of residual effects
from a search bar hijacking. For more help try the ie6.browser
newsgroup or a newsgroup where security and spyware
issues are discussed.


>
> 2) http:///?%20www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com (Page not found)
>
>
> 3) http://www.v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ (This page cannot be displayed).
>
> How can I fix Windows Update?
>