windows server 2003 windows update not working

[xyyz]

here's the error message i get when i try running windows update:

[Error number: 0x80096001]
The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you are trying to view. The options provided below might help you solve the problem.

i've methods 1-6 on this article, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798 but nothing seems to work so far.

here's the error message in windowsupdate.log

any ideas what i can do?


EDIT:

no replies on the hard stuff... why am i not surprised. :/

here's something new i came across. it seems that all the certificates on the server are invalid. at least i'm assuming they're invalid. when i look at the certificate information, i get a "a system-level error occured while verifying trust."

this is true for all the certs. i tried exporting/importing good certs from one machine to the server. i even tried uninstalling the root certs and then reinstalling them, but i'm getting the same error message. it also says that all the certs don't have a valid signature.

now i'm even further confused. i have no clue what caused this issue. the event logs aren't showing anything out of the ordinary either.

 

[greylica]

find update.log
find windowsupdate.log

delete the two.
create empty files with these names
your machine will reescan the updates again.

If it does not function. wait 3 days, Microsoft is ensuring the WGA efforts will
bring you out of updates for at least 2 weeks before all of the users ask them what is happening, or when they finnaly got a big barrier to updates controled by users.

I found the same problem in one 2003 server, the problems solved one day like a miracle.
The automatic updates still continue to function, Microsoft is ensuring every user
cannot control anymore the updates, to extend WGA efforts.

 

[xyyz]

the problem with the WGA tool is it wont work with a crippled browser because of the certificate problem.

 

[stash]

Microsoft is ensuring every user cannot control anymore the updates, to extend WGA efforts

Where do you come up with this crap?

xyyz, this might be a corrupted profile problem. Have you tried logging into this machine as a different user and trying it?

 

[stash]

Also for the current user that you have tried it with, check the value of the following registry key:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\AppData.

 

[xyyz]

alright the problem is solved, but i'd like for someone to explain how.

i set up AAA services on the server, and disabling that caused things to work. any reason why AAA hampered the certificate/WU ability?