After Windows Update put the latest changes on my Win2K SP4 with all
hotfixes up-to-date, I started having the following problems:

1. When attempting to run Windows Update from IE / Tools, I get the
following message when it tries to verify the Active X control:

Install the ActiveX control required to view the website

The website will not display correctly on your computer without this
control. To install it:
1. Right-click the Internet Explorer Information Bar. It's located
just below the address bar.
2. In the right-click menu, click Install ActiveX Control.
3. In the Security Warning dialog box, click Install.

The problem is that the above message is assuming I have the WinXP SP1
with popup blocker installed.  However, as I stated earlier, I'm
running Win2K SP4.

2.  When trying to view Control Panel / Add/Remove Programs, I get the
following error:

Internet Explorer Script Error
Line: 21
Char: 1
Error: Object doesn't support this property or method
Code: 0
URL: res://sp3res.dll/default.hta

And my applet is empty.

To resolve the problem, after attempting a couple of things, I ended
up having to execute ie6setup.exe to reinstall IE 6 SP1.  This worked
OK and I was then able to run Windows Update.

However, when I then chose to Install updates, I was back to having
the same problem again.

Per another post, I tried the following:

REGSVR32 %systemroot%\system32\wuapi.dll
REGSVR32 %systemroot%\system32\wuaueng.dll
REGSVR32 %systemroot%\system32\atl.dll
REGSVR32 %systemroot%\system32\wucltui.dll
REGSVR32 %systemroot%\system32\wups.dll

but it had no effect.

There is something wrong with the files on Windows Update.