Re: GP/XP-SP2 and Windows Update Problem

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:59:06 +0100

Ken Belferman wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> We recently implemented a Group Policy OU for XP Service Pack 2. Now
> computers in this OU can no longer manually access the Windows Update web
> site. When clicking on either Express or Custom Install we get an error
> page.

Any specific error messages or error numbers there?

 From Start/Run run this exact command:

notepad %windir%\windowsupdate.log

See if you can find any clues and/or error massages/numbers there and
post e.g. the last 30 lines of that log here.

> I'm thinking that this has something to do with the way the firewall is
> configured since all the Windows Update options in the policy are set to Not
> Configured.

If you are thinking about the firewall that comes with WinXP SP2, it
has nothing to do with this problem. As it does not supports blocking
outbound connections, the SP2 firewall is not able to block access to
Windows Update. 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
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