Broken Support Download? - KB885222

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

I've tried to download the "Update for Windows XP (KB885222)" from three
different PCs -- all without success. This appears to be a problem on
Microsoft's side. Download attempts have been both via Windows validation
and via opting out of validation on a third machine. The results are the
same -- upon clicking the Download button, a small window opens in the upper
right corner of my display (title: "about:blank" -- no address or menu bars).
Ctrl-N from this window spawns a new window that opens to my IE Home page.

Please advise if the nature of this post is inappropriate for this NG, and,
if so, a pointer to a more appropriate NG would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Robert M. Taylor

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

It looks as if it's not available from the MS site right now.
It's possible that they've removed it for a good reason but if
you want to live dangerously, it's still available here:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/winxp-1394.html

A more appropriate newsgroup for your question would be this one
which is dedicated to Windows Update:

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/newsReader.aspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&sloc=en-us

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Nepatsfan
"Robert M. Taylor" <RobertMTaylor@discussions.microsoft.com>
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> I've tried to download the "Update for Windows XP (KB885222)"
> from three
> different PCs -- all without success. This appears to be a
> problem on
> Microsoft's side. Download attempts have been both via Windows
> validation
> and via opting out of validation on a third machine. The
> results are the
> same -- upon clicking the Download button, a small window opens
> in the upper
> right corner of my display (title: "about:blank" -- no address
> or menu bars).
> Ctrl-N from this window spawns a new window that opens to my IE
> Home page.
>
> Please advise if the nature of this post is inappropriate for
> this NG, and,
> if so, a pointer to a more appropriate NG would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Robert M. Taylor