Guest Polonius19 Posted July 26, 2008 Posted July 26, 2008 I am trying to run windows update and a brand new install of SBS 2003. I was trying to add the update sites to my Trusted site list, but no matter what I try to add, I get an invalid wildcard error. I get the error even when I don't have any wildcards in the address. On a lark, I tried to add local sites to the local tab and even some to the deny tab, always the same error, you have entered an invalid wildcard sequence. What gives? Any ideas. This is on a brand new HP Proliant server. It has 4 GB of ram and plenty of room on the hard drive. PS: I also can't get WSUS to load. It installed okay, but when I'm in the sever management console, the screen says "Loading", but never actually does. I think the problems are related, but I'm currently stuck on the first. Please help...
Guest Anthony [MVP] Posted July 27, 2008 Posted July 27, 2008 Re: you have entered an invalid wildcard sequence This sounds like a specific SBS problem. I would try in the SBS newsgroup, Good luck, Anthony, http://www.airdesk.co.uk "Polonius19" <polonius19@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ae245e37-478a-470e-805b-40bb9a8efc09@b30g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >I am trying to run windows update and a brand new install of SBS 2003. > I was trying to add the update sites to my Trusted site list, but no > matter what I try to add, I get an invalid wildcard error. I get the > error even when I don't have any wildcards in the address. > > On a lark, I tried to add local sites to the local tab and even some > to the deny tab, always the same error, you have entered an invalid > wildcard sequence. > > What gives? Any ideas. > > This is on a brand new HP Proliant server. It has 4 GB of ram and > plenty of room on the hard drive. > > PS: I also can't get WSUS to load. It installed okay, but when I'm in > the sever management console, the screen says "Loading", but never > actually does. I think the problems are related, but I'm currently > stuck on the first. Please help...
Guest Cory Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 RE: you have entered an invalid wildcard sequence It's not isolated to SBS. I'm seeing the same problem on a new install of Windows 2003 Standard R2 on a new HP Proliant DL360 G5. Did you you come across any solution/workarounds? I'm wondering if the HP-provided installation assistant CD may have something to do with this. Thoughts? "Polonius19" wrote: > I am trying to run windows update and a brand new install of SBS 2003. > I was trying to add the update sites to my Trusted site list, but no > matter what I try to add, I get an invalid wildcard error. I get the > error even when I don't have any wildcards in the address. > > On a lark, I tried to add local sites to the local tab and even some > to the deny tab, always the same error, you have entered an invalid > wildcard sequence. > > What gives? Any ideas. > > This is on a brand new HP Proliant server. It has 4 GB of ram and > plenty of room on the hard drive. > > PS: I also can't get WSUS to load. It installed okay, but when I'm in > the sever management console, the screen says "Loading", but never > actually does. I think the problems are related, but I'm currently > stuck on the first. Please help... >
Guest Cory Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 RE: you have entered an invalid wildcard sequence OK, I found the source of the problem on my end. Microsoft KB259493 references removing invalid entries from HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/internetsettings/ZoneMap. On my server, the local administrator account didn't have the "ZoneMap" key so I added it and left it empty. Restarted IE and then I could add trusted sites. Hope this works for you too. "Polonius19" wrote: > I am trying to run windows update and a brand new install of SBS 2003. > I was trying to add the update sites to my Trusted site list, but no > matter what I try to add, I get an invalid wildcard error. I get the > error even when I don't have any wildcards in the address. > > On a lark, I tried to add local sites to the local tab and even some > to the deny tab, always the same error, you have entered an invalid > wildcard sequence. > > What gives? Any ideas. > > This is on a brand new HP Proliant server. It has 4 GB of ram and > plenty of room on the hard drive. > > PS: I also can't get WSUS to load. It installed okay, but when I'm in > the sever management console, the screen says "Loading", but never > actually does. I think the problems are related, but I'm currently > stuck on the first. Please help... >
Guest Susan Mullins Posted July 28, 2008 Posted July 28, 2008 windows update windows update To resolve this issue, turn off Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration. To do this, click Add or remove programs in Control Panel, click Add/Remove Windows Components, and then click to clear the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration check box.
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