1. Start IE.
Click Tools, Internet Options, and then Advanced.
Scroll down to and uncheck "Enable memory protection to help mitigate online attacks"
Click Apply and then OK to close the applet.
2. Close IE.
3. If the option to use "Microsoft Update" is located in the Start menu, click it and see if it runs.
4. Whether you should restart the computer before #3, I'm not sure if it is necessary or not.
I have just installed a clean version of xp on a machine. I have also updated xp to service pack 3. Now, everytime I goto update I am told that it is unable to display the page I want and refers me to things that might help. I have found this is not an unusual problem and the fix seems to be to installed service pack 3, which is already installed. Some also say to first install service pack 2, which I did not do. Oh, I am also using IE 8.0
Anyway, now I cannot update. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

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