I am unable to download Microsoft Updates and access my Hotmail on IE 8. I have tried using Firefox but still no joy. Anybody got a clue whats going on.:dunce:

Have you tried what was suggested in this thread. I do know that Microsoft website relies heavily on ActiveX.

http://www.techhelpforum.com/showthread.php?t=7630

Used the info from the 7630 thred still the problem exsists. Full viris scan using Kaspersky, I have Windows XP professional with SP3 and I have used the solutions 1&2 as listed in the microsoft site for problem 0x 80072EE2. I am at a total loss and losing hair rapidly. I would be greatfull for any help.

Sorry weeab2, as you can see. I am a full time Linux user and when it comes to microsoft, I have to search the web for answers.

From what I am seeing so far is that it is some registry error in Windows that can happen from a Windows Update sometimes. Had You done a previous Update before this problem surfaced.

Also, I guess this might be the time to try a system restore point before you had this problem. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...e79e51033.mspx

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...ystem-restore/

Thanks for your help I will try what you suggest

Went back as far as I dare but the problem is still there.

weeab, you can try to fix it using suggestions from the site below maybe

http://www.updatexp.com/0x80072ee2.html

I know it is for XP but it is the best I can do for now.

Rokynji Thank you for all your help. I am sure that the problem is something deeper than I first thought. I am going to wipe my hard drive and consider using linux operating system, as you are a user do you have any advice for a first timer like me.
Thank you once again,:notworthy:

My advice when it comes to Linux for a first time Windows user is
First, run a check disk or whatever Vista uses on your hardrive first to fix any bad blocks or errors on Hardrive. Then do a cleanup of all dead files in Vista using some thing like http://www.ccleaner.com/ . Then I would Defrag Vista till all the files for Vista are too the far left of Hardrive as they can be.

I want you to keep Vista Because you may need to boot into it while Learning Linux. I don't want you jumping into Linux waters in the deep end until you get comfortable wading in the kiddie pool. Linux does not work at all like Windows so you will have a ton of Questions.

After you defrag and everything is in order I want you to download http://www.imgburn.com/
You are going to be using it in Vista to burn a Image CD of a Linux Iso.
Also download
Download WinMD5Sum - Freeware Windows MD5 checksumming utility.
http://www.nullriver.com/products/winmd5sum
Install it also in Vista
The reason is that you are going to check the md5sum of downloaded Linux Iso to check for integrety of downloaded file. No need to extract,unzip or anything else with a ISO FILE either. Just leave it alone. All you need to to is burn it in Image Majic using the burn a image tab. Ok. Hope you got that straight.

Below is how to md5sum from Ubuntus site
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM

Below are some Distros I am gonna recommend to burn. They are all free. They are also Live Cds. (Look up on goggle what Live CD means) You can boot up these Cds and have the option to not install Linux at first and just run the operating system off the cd in the cd drive.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
https://www.mepis.org/

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vi...lled_first.htm

Those three above are my favorites for new Linux Users. If you have the cds (Blanks) galore. Download both KDE and Gnome Versions (The Desktop you are gonna see and interact with to run the operating system). When you burn these cds do at at the slowest speed possible to keep from getting a bad burn. It is easy to screww up a 700mb burn if burning to fast. Use 4x or 8x speed as your max. Otherwise you might just burn a coaster.

Make sure your bios is set to boot from cdrom first. That one link above should walk you through a double boot install. after install you can refer to Links below.
http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfec...op-ubuntu-9.04
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/The_P...a_s129865.html
http://www.unix-tutorials.com/tutori...?os=Linux+Mint

There I think I covered everything. Look through the forum here for some free open source alternatives for IE8 for Vista. Keep Vista around till you get comfortable using Linux. You can delete th Vista Partition on your Hardrive at any time after you are dual booting Linux. You can use Linuxes Partition Editor to wipe windows later if you so wish.

You are about to embark on a new adventure. You might like it. You might not. That is why I say keep Vista for a bit first. You can see from my signature, I am a happy camper. And I am just a biker. Not a computer tech.