"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote in message
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| "Sillyboyy" wrote in message
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| ...
| "Sillyboyy" wrote in message
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| Hmm,, still unable to solve it.. tried it le.. even nw go in the
| http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp still
will
| detected me as mac..
|
|
| find out what the User-Agent which you are transmitting is.
|
| User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)
|
|
| hmm wad do u mean by =
|
|
| javascript:navigator.userAgent
|
| Copy and paste that in your Address bar to compare it with what was
received
| from the diagnostic site.
|
| dun really understand..
|
|
| Don't worry about it. The User-Agent being received by the diagnostic
site
| answers all the other questions.
|
|
| Assuming you still *must* use your Win98 OS to do the downloads
| hopefully someone who has your OS and is technically capable
| will be able to tell us why the redirect.js script seems to be
| misinterpreting your User-Agent string.
|
|
| It's also possible I suppose that you are getting through that script
| and something else is going wrong somewhere else.
| One way to test that idea without the aid of a script debugger
| or HTTP packet trace would be to use a technique that I call
| maximal prompting:
|
| paste
| E.g. doubleclick on the Internet security zone icon in the Status bar
| then click Custom Level, then Reset... and set every promptable
| setting which is currently enabled to Prompt. (Tip: press P
| and note if there is an Enable already selected in the same group;
| if so, press Space; repeat until the end of the list.)
| The ones that we care about are usually dynamic,
| e.g. they do not require a restart of IE but doing that
| would ensure that all your changes would be in effect.
| /paste
|
|
| So then you can refine your symptom description in terms of the prompts
| you get and the intermediate browser states that they expose.
| E.g. you can be more aware then of changes which happen
| in the IE Status bar, Title bar, Address bar and display area.
|
|
| Good luck
|
| Robert
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|

The issue your discussing is known and is/has been discussed several times
over on news:microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion .. Apparently, recent
coding changes on Microsoft's servers has effected users of Windows 98
Update site. Various attempted workarounds have been tried.
As far as I can tell, no one has found a completely successful work around
to the issue, though repeated contacts and shutdowns may allow one to
eventually get through.
It appears that it shows up after installing IE 6.

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