Re: Looking for twisted love (IE6 SP1)

The site cannot continue because one or more of these Windows services is not running:

Automatic Updates (allows the site to find, download and install high-priority updates for your computer)
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) (helps updates download more quickly and without problems if the download process is interrupted)
Event Log (keeps a record of updating activities to help with troubleshooting, if needed)
To make sure these services are running:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type services.msc and then click OK.
3. In the list of services, double-click on Automatic Updates and then click Properties.
4. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
5. Verify that the Service status is started, if the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.
6. In the list of services, double-click on Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) and then click Properties.
7. In the Startup type list, select Manual and click Apply.
8. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.
9. In the list of services, double-click on Event Log and then click Properties.
10. In the Startup type list, select Automatic and click Apply.
11. Verify that the Service status is started, If the Service Status is Stopped click on the Start Button.
If this does not resolve the problem you may request help from one of the following resources.

For self-help options:


Louis Ohland wrote:
Updater did a 100% install, updated registry, then halted. Perhaps pop-up...

Dan O wrote:
On Dec 7, 10:36 am, Louis Ohland <ohl...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dan O wrote:
On Dec 6, 2:21 pm, Louis Ohland <ohl...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tim, I already tried that. It gets to choosing the OS, then it chokes
right after opening up for the download.
Chokes? How so?

Simple, it identifies the download that I need, a progress bar display
comes up for a download, then in less than a second the program stops,
and displays a message that it cannot continue. The no help whatsoever
button suggests that it's the connection or my fault.


This IE download business appears to be a "Windows Update" process.
Is your download machine running at least Windows 2000 SP3 and the
latest Windows Update Agent? (When you go to the Windows Update web
site using IE it will tell you to let it probe you and do some Active-
X stuff to make sure you have the latest Windows Update Agent
installed. If you have Automatic Updates enabled it will go ahead and
do this every so often on its own - even if you have configured AU to
notify you before downloading or installing.)

I don't know if any of that matters... or what the heck is going on.
(Sorry about all those posts last night. Started out just trying to
help, but then came more beers, and... :-)

I can relate to your predicament - the local fire department here uses
emergencyreporting.com for *everything* - can't even log in without
IE.

Applications being developed exclusively for Windows / IE "features"
is a classic chicken-and-egg problem. Until people just say no...





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