Every time I connect to the WSUS admin console I get the following error
message:
Error connecting to the Windows Server Update Services database
There was an error connecting to the Windows Server Update Services

When I close the MSIE window in which I ran Windows Update on a Windows
2000 system, a new MSIE window opens behind it, with an advertisement
for life insurance, registry cleaners, or whatever.  I don't think that
Microsoft is responsible for these ads, so I assume the computer is

Is it best to wipe your hard drive (after backing up all programmes) and
then install XP? If so how do I wipe the drives?
I have tried to install XP from my disk but I cannot get it to recognise my
internal modem. IS this because I am trying to install it over Win 98?

I have this problem where two times in a row after I installed a Logitech
Quickcam, and then a Bluetooth dongle, Windows update and automatic update
shows I need rollup 1 again.  It's like I have to re-install rollup 1 after
installing a new device.

Need help to upgrade from Win 98 to 2000xp. I want to wipe my hard drive and
put a clean install. I tried to install advance upgrade from the disk but
now I have 98 and 2000 on board.
Problem is I can't get the disk to boot from the cd, even when I have change

I had to re-install Win2k and after installing SP4 and the rollup, whenever
I run Windows Update, it will download the required files but they all fail
to install. The message I receive is that there is something wrong with my
Windows, which is refusing to accept the new files.

I have a system here that will not startup windows correctly since
today.
What it does is it starts up, has the black and white win2k loading
screen, then the win2k loading splash screen, after that the background

I have licensed original Win2k pro SP1. Want to reinstall OS on laptop. My
plan is to reforrmat C,  reinstall Win2K SP1 then install SP4 which I have
downloaded. My understanding is that SP4 on top of SP1 negates the need for
SP2 or SP3. Is that correct? I also understand that ...

I have just installed WSUS on a windows 2003 server.  The WSUS is using the
custom port as there is aleady a web page running on the server and using
port 80.  I have migrated the content and approvals from SUS to the new WSUS
server.

Since I reinstalled windows 2000 I now get an option to pick which Windows
2000 OS to boot to. Unless I sit and watch for the option it defaults to the
previous Windows install that doesn't work. This is driving me nuts.
Please HELP!!

After some years of installing updates to Win2K, over 540 MB of uninstall
subfolders and files appear under C:\WINNT. All the patches seem to work
well.
How can I remove this uninstall info from the drive and registry in order to