Error on page

the windows update page keeps coming up with an error, it worked fine a few
hours ago now it fails on several machines. Did the site blow up?

Mohave tech wrote:
:: the windows update page keeps coming up with an error, it worked
:: fine a few hours ago now it fails on several machines. Did the site
:: blow up?


You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows
Update or Microsoft Update to install updates
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836941
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TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009 - Update Services
http://taurarian.mvps.org
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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties
or guarantees and doesn't give any rights. Computer Maintenance:
Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco

I am constantly getting this "Error on Page" on various web pages. It does
not let me go beyond the error page. Here is the latest when I was attempting
to ge to run a "Full Service Scan" from "Windows Live OneCare":

Webpage error details

User Agent: Empty (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET
CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729;
msn OptimizedIE8;ENUS)
Timestamp: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:02:29 UTC


Message: Object expected
Line: 1
Char: 20216
Code: 0
URI: http://js.shared.live.com/2EGC9Cgiid...frameworkex.js


Message: Object expected
Line: 1
Char: 20216
Code: 0
URI: http://js.shared.live.com/2EGC9Cgiid...frameworkex.js


Message: '$Dom' is undefined
Line: 1
Char: 249
Code: 0
URI: http://js.shared.live.com/2EGC9Cgiid...wrdAdQ/shim.js


Message: Object expected
Line: 1
Char: 37511
Code: 0
URI: http://js.shared.live.com/2EGC9Cgiid...frameworkex.js



"TaurArian" wrote:

> Mohave tech wrote:
> :: the windows update page keeps coming up with an error, it worked
> :: fine a few hours ago now it fails on several machines. Did the site
> :: blow up?
>
>
> You may encounter temporary connection-related errors when you use Windows
> Update or Microsoft Update to install updates
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/836941
> --
>
> TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2009 - Update Services
> http://taurarian.mvps.org
> ======================================
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> Disclaimer: The information has been posted "as is" with no warranties
> or guarantees and doesn't give any rights. Computer Maintenance:
> Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco
>
>
>
>

To avoid confusion, please begin a new thread about your specific problems
in an IE-specific newsgroup. State your IE version and full Windows version
(e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 64-bit) in your
first post. Thank you.
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IE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...plorer.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Steve wrote:
> I am constantly getting this "Error on Page" on various web pages. It does
> not let me go beyond the error page. Here is the latest when I was
> attempting to ge to run a "Full Service Scan" from "Windows Live OneCare":
>
> Webpage error details
>
> User Agent: Empty (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET
> CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR
> 3.5.30729; msn OptimizedIE8;ENUS)
> Timestamp: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:02:29 UTC
>
>
> Message: Object expected
> Line: 1
> Char: 20216
> Code: 0
> URI: http://js.shared.live.com/2EGC9Cgiid...frameworkex.js
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"Steve" <Steve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E2125B5D-381F-483F-B6E8-AF1D6CF760F7@microsoft.com...
>I am constantly getting this "Error on Page" on various web pages. It does
> not let me go beyond the error page. Here is the latest when I was attempting
> to ge to run a "Full Service Scan" from "Windows Live OneCare":
>
> Webpage error details
>

> User Agent: Empty (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET
> CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729;
> msn OptimizedIE8;ENUS)


"Empty?" How did that get there? Almost universally that will say
Mozilla/4.0 instead. E.g. that is what the MSIE 8.0 is supposedly
compatible with. I have no idea what a host would think being
compatible with Empty might mean. Typically what happens
when a host can't parse a User-Agent string is that it just assumes
the worst and decides that your browser has 0 capabilities, such as
no script support (and certainly no ActiveX support), etc. Then, if other
components for that page do get included by making different assumptions
about the User-Agent it should be no wonder that the browser reports errors
from the resulting inconsistencies.

Fix your User-Agent string!


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
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