Error 80070002

I'm on Vista Home Prem (Student), x32, SP2.

I get this error when trying to access MS Update, immediately after a page
which says "Active X controls are needed ...".

No solutions in other threads work, including disabling Update & deleting
temporary update files, renaming a file "rename.bat" and using the Fixit
programme.

How else can I get into Updates?
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TIA

Tim

 

Did the behavior only start after you'd installed Vista SP2?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running
in the background when you installed SP2?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002



Tim wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> I'm on Vista Home Prem (Student), x32, SP2.
>
> I get this error when trying to access MS Update, immediately after a page
> which says "Active X controls are needed ...".
>
> No solutions in other threads work, including disabling Update & deleting
> temporary update files, renaming a file "rename.bat" and using the Fixit
> programme.
>
> How else can I get into Updates? <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->