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Can't Access Microsoft Update

by lincmark Aug 26, 2007 2:34AM PDT

I recently installed a new, larger hard boot drive and cloned all the data from the old drive to the new. When I tried to access Microsoft Windows Update, I got the following message:
Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.

This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems only.
To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh
operating systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/.

Also, I get control panel program errors for hotplug.dll and hdwwiz.cpl when I try to safely remove a USB flash drive. Both problems seemed to start at the same time.

I am running Win 2K sp4 on a dell pc. Might anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this?

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Sounds like a dud install.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Aug 26, 2007 2:41AM PDT

Many install Windows (all versions) and forget motherboard and more drivers. The details are missing so I'm going to state the usual reason I see those errors.

Bob

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