Problem with WIndows Update page

[DaMan]

I am running Windows XP with Service pack 3. Microsoft Security essentials is the security system. When I try to run Windows Update using Internet Explorer 8, at the point the page is checking whether my system has the correct Updating Software, the page

fails, eventually showing the message "Internet Explorer has stopped trying to restore this website. It appears the website continues to have a problem."  This recurs every time I repeat the initial attempt, or click on "Return to microsoft.com" on the error

message page. Is the problem with the Microsoft web page ( its address is <a href="http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx" target="_blank">

www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx</a> ) or on my machine?

 

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