Comments on: windows 98 update error 0X80072F89 (or 0X800C0005) http://www.computer-aid.com.au/blog/2006/08/23/windows-98-update-error-0x80072f89/ We can help you with your computer problems Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:35:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sean http://www.computer-aid.com.au/blog/2006/08/23/windows-98-update-error-0x80072f89/comment-page-1/#comment-5070 sean Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:31:28 +0000 http://computer-aid.com.au/blog/2006/08/23/windows-98-update-error-0x80072f89/#comment-5070 Actually, it's not that Microsoft disallows you from using Internet Explorer 5 and Windows update, but rather that the Root Security Certificates contained in IE have expired. There is a file called ROOTSUPD.EXE that can be downloaded, or upgrading to Internet Explorer 6 updates the root certificates that then allow you to use Windows Update. Actually, it’s not that Microsoft disallows you from using Internet Explorer 5 and Windows update, but rather that the Root Security Certificates contained in IE have expired.

There is a file called ROOTSUPD.EXE that can be downloaded, or upgrading to Internet Explorer 6 updates the root certificates that then allow you to use Windows Update.

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