said by StuartMW:I just tried to access WU through a WinXP SP3 box patched as POSReady2009 and got a generic site error
do you mean the "microsoft update" website, as opposed to the "windows update" website? i think you do..
i also recently had problems with the "microsoft update" website, but the "windows update" website worked fine..
you can work around the problem with the "microsoft update" website by replacing the "muweb.dll" file with a different one..
here is a link for downloading the "muweb.dll" replacement-file, if you want to use it:
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app.box.com/s/i99osj56iq ··· mpljm62wto replace the muweb.dll file, just copy the one that you downloaded to the "system32" folder..
you should backup a copy of the current version of the "muweb.dll" file before replacing it with the other one, just so you will have it.. (i always forget to back up the original muweb.dll file)..
p.s. here is a related thread, from another forum, where i got the information about replacing the "muweb.dll" file:
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www.msfn.org/board/topic ··· 0xp2003/