Yes!! This worked!!
that other "proxycfg -d" stuff didn't work for me... even though everyone
was praising it. This solution worked fine...
BTW, i think the microsoft site has to be one of the most disorganised
websites i've ever seen.

"stuart hagan" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have found a fix to all these update errors concerning v6 of Windows update.
>
> 1. From the WU page (where the error is displayed) select Use
> Administrators Options.
> 2. Then select Windows Update Catalog. A new page will open, but this page
> uses v4 of WU.
> 3. Then select Windows Update. Off it goes an finds all the updates.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Stuart
>
> "Sparks" wrote:
>
> > when entering the update site and clicking to get update list i get the above
> > arror message. any ideas on what it is please
> >
> > many thanks
> >
> > sparks