Posted October 22, 200816 yr Wow, I've become a computer programmer in one hour. I didn't think any of this jargon would be any use to me but here I am, downloading my updates. Thank you all very much. "NewScience" wrote: > Had same problem. What I did was: > > 1. Stopped SERVICES.MSC Automatic Updates and BITS > 2. Removed C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log > 3. Removed C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder > 4. Re-Register C:\Windows\system32\muweb.dll, as well as all associated > C:\Windows\System32\wu*.dll > > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuapi.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuaueng.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuaueng1.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuauserv.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wucltui.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wups.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wups2.dll > regsvr32 /s c:\windows\system32\wuweb.dll > > 5. Cleaned out C:\Windows\Temp folder > 6. Cleaned out Temporary Internet Files > 7. Turned off Control Panel | Automatic Updates > 8. Restarted SERVICES.MSC Automatic Updates and BITS services > > Performed Microsoft Update. > Waited quite a while ... monitor > C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb file. Should grow > to about 11-12MB. > > Remember to turn Control Panel | Automatic Updates back on when done. > > "dsom" <dso@dynamsol.com> wrote in message > news:1155159491.407919.127750@n13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > All my computers show this as the first update: > > > > Security Update for Windows XP (KB921883) > > Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes > > A security issue has been identified in the Server service that could > > allow an attacker to compromise your Windows-based system and gain > > control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this > > update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to > > restart your computer. Details... > > Addresses a critical security problem > > > > Installing it causes the rest of the updates to fail. I was able to > > install them all manually but I suspect WindowsUpdate is now damaged on > > my system. > > > > I uninstalled the update with add/remove programs and all updates still > > failed. I system restored to two days ago and all updates still > > failed. I rebuilt CatRoot2 and all updates still fail. I am open to > > suggestions :) > > > > >
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