Activex Control Won't Run

Hello
I am trying to update a laptop which has windows xp pro sp1 installed. I
cannot run windows update because i get the error message "Due to the
security settings on this machine activex will not run" i have gone into
internet explorer 6.1 and set all the security settings to low and enabled
all of the settings regarding activex controls. I still get the error. what
do i do now? also, i tried downloading service pack 2 and installing it
manually, and i keep getting the error "Cannot find the specified file"
unfortunately, it does not tell you what the specified file is. HELP! I am
stuck.

wilscott1st
Mon Jan 07 10:51:47 PST 2008

On Jan 7, 5:36=A0am, HorshamIT <Horsha...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Hello
> I am trying to update a laptop which has windows xp pro sp1 installed. =A0=
I
> cannot run windows update because i get the error message "Due to the
> security settings on this machine activex will not run" =A0i have gone int=
o
> internet explorer 6.1 and set all the security settings to low and enabled=

> all of the settings regarding activex controls. =A0I still get the error. =
=A0what
> do i do now? =A0also, i tried downloading service pack 2 and installing it=

> manually, and i keep getting the error "Cannot find the specified file" =
=A0
> unfortunately, it does not tell you what the specified file is. HELP! =A0I=
am
> stuck.
just a shot......
try adding windowsupdate.microsoft.com to the trusted sites zone
also uncheck the checkbox that says something like:
only use secured websites in this zone.