" The Office Update site is currently experiencing some technical difficulties "

[Terry]

I have done a clean install of Office 2003 Professional on a
WinXp Pro system and everytime I go to the Office Update site, the detection
process stops at 40% and I get the following message :

The Office Update Catalog cannot be displayed Help

The Office Update site is currently experiencing some technical
difficulties and is unable to check for updates.

Click the Try Again link below to try loading the site again (do not
use the Refresh button on your browser to reload the site).

If problems persist, please contact Microsoft Support for assistance.
You can also search for Office updates in the Download Catalog.



This has been happenning for weeks. What is the problem with the site ?

 

[Kevin]

Hey Terry, I am having the same problems. You are not alone. I have been trying to run an update for two weeks now

----- Terry wrote: ----

I have done a clean install of Office 2003 Professional on
WinXp Pro system and everytime I go to the Office Update site, the detectio
process stops at 40% and I get the following message

The Office Update Catalog cannot be displayed Hel

The Office Update site is currently experiencing some technica
difficulties and is unable to check for updates

Click the Try Again link below to try loading the site again (do no
use the Refresh button on your browser to reload the site)

If problems persist, please contact Microsoft Support for assistance
You can also search for Office updates in the Download Catalog



This has been happenning for weeks. What is the problem with the site

 

[Alton (MS)]

Try deleting the C:\program files\officeupdate11 folder and see if that resolves the problem

If that doesn't work, close IE and delete the file C:\WINDOWS\opuc.dll and see if that solves the problem

Let me know what happens.

 

[Terry]

Tried both these suggestions - no luck the problem remains

Try deleting the C:\program files\officeupdate11 folder and see if that resolves the problem.

If that doesn't work, close IE and delete the file C:\WINDOWS\opuc.dll and

see if that solves the problem.

 

[Roger]

Doesn't work for me either - it gets to 57% and gives up every tim
Tried getting the updates I need directly but none of them will instal