ActiveX - Cannot access Windows Update & other pages

[Guest]

I'm working a problem for a friend. He has a Compaq PC, perhaps 3 years old,
running XP Home. When he tries to access certain web pages, including Windows
Update, he gets the meassage: "Your security settings prohibt running ActiveX
controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display propely". XP is
at SP1, and we're unable to get to SP2 and other updates. There is no
Information Bar to accept ActiveX, and I assume that is because he is at SP1.
I've set his Security to LOW, but that does not help. I disabled all loading
programs in Start and MSCONFIG, again no help. I'm looking for suggestions as
to how to get by this problem.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi,
1) You can get SP2 sent to you on a CD. This is better than downloading & it
is free.
2) I couldn't access those pages. It was being blocked by my antivirus
(Norton). With Norton disabled for 5 minutes the pages were accesible again.
So check this is not the problem on your mates PC.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response. I check the MS web site for a place where I can
order SP2 but can't seem to find it. Would you have a link?

 

[mae]

Try:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx
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mae

| Thanks for the response. I check the MS web site for a place where I can
| order SP2 but can't seem to find it. Would you have a link?
|
| "oldhen" wrote:
|
| > Hi,
| > 1) You can get SP2 sent to you on a CD. This is better than downloading
& it
| > is free.
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