I've gotten an answer from Microsoft but I ended up sending another email to them requesting clarification and have not received a response yet. Also in addition to the problem that you have I also have a problem accessing specific Microsoft websites which Microsoft refers to in this response. So here is what I have received so far. "Based on this behavior, I infer that the validation issue 0x80080296 is related to the connection issue with Microsoft websites." "According to my research, this issue can be related to the network device you are using or your ISP." "It is possible that the MTU on the local system or the router is too large." "At this time I suggest we perform the folling steps first" :
"MTU is the maximum packet size (in bytes) that can be transported reliably across any particular network, specifically an IP Ethernet network." "The maximum size of an IP Ethernet packet is 1500, but several variables usually require a smaller packet size." "For instance the largest MTU possible for PPPoE connectivity is 1492 due to an 8 byte PPPoE header." "It is very important to set the correct MTU." "An MTU that is too large will require fragmenting a single packet into two separate packets"; "an MTU that is too small loses transmission efficiency." "To find your optimum MTU setting please reference this MTU FAQ."
"This is due to a mismatch in Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU)."
"The default and maximum PPPoE MTU size is 1,480 bytes." "With some Internet service providers (ISP's), you may need to reduce the MTU size of a PPPoE connection to a value of between 1,400 and 1,480."
From here on in it goes on to explain the specifics which requires a registry entry. That is where I required clarification because the correct MTU size for me is 1470 but when I followed the instructions and attempted to make the registry entry it entered a default value of 0x00000000 (0) which I then had to change. I clicked on modify, I believe, and had to choose between decimal or hexadecimal and chose decimal. I then entered 1470 which it changed to 5232. When I clicked on ok it entered 0x00001470 (5232) so I deleted the line and closed the registry. I then sent an email to make sure I entered the value correctly before modifying the registry.
Besides what I have just typed there is another whole page of instructions but I guess it is all a mute point if it doesn't work. I'm not an IT Professional an I wouldn't want to lead you down the garden path only to have you mess up your registry. So I'd rather wait for a responce from them before passing it on to you because in the instructions it didn't say anything about a default value or having to modify it or how to modify it. I just hacked around and discoverd the modify feature.
ActiveX Error: 0x80080296 during validation
