Re: error message: 0x800703E3
From: Ron Martell (ron.martell_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 14:53:44 -0800
"error message: 0x800703E3"
<errormessage0x800703E3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Good evening, and thank you for replying :)
>
>I was just trying to manually do a Windows Update. I prefer not to have
>automatic update turned on.
>
>I have done all sorts of things as per posts I found here this morning and
>posts on sites elsewhere...to no avail:
>
>Tinkered with all the security settings in Internet Options; deleted all
>instances of wuweb.dll; did some stuff form the command prompt, regserv
>(insert command here) things; cleared caches and temp files, etc.
>
>All I really wanted to do was update my ATI driver (this is in a Dell
>Inspiron 9300 laptop with XP Pro on it) but I was unable to even do that
>manually--I couldn't track down where the driver was on MS' site.
>
>But, now I am perplexed as to why, all of a sudden, I can't do a Windows
>Update....and yea, I'm running SP2 :)
Lots of people have encountered problems with the hardware updates
from the Microsoft web site.
If you want to update the drivers for your ATI card then you should
get them from the Dell web site or direct from the ATI web site.
But you should be using the Windows Update site and getting all repeat
all of the critical updates, and you should at least occasionally
check the optional updates to see if anything there is applicable to
your system.
Are you having problems with the critical updates listed at Windows
Update? That would be an urgent concern.
And it would also be an urgent concern if you were not keeping your
computer fully updated with these critical updates as they are
released. The wording of your message seems to imply that you may not
be getting these updates.
What very often happens is that when a new critical update is released
that patches a vulnerability in Windows then among the very first
people to download this update are the malware writers. These people
then "reverse engineer" the update to identify exactly where the
vulnerability is that is being patched, and then they develop an
exploit to attack this vulnerability. These exploits have been known
to be released and to start attacking computers within a week of the
critical update being released.
And once the exploit is released any computers that have not been
updated are vulnerable and may be infected by the exploit. Hundreds
of thousands (at least) of computers have been infected because of
this, including a number of large corporations and government agencies
who had what they thought were first class security measures in place.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
-- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
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