Posted July 2, 200816 yr This solution found on http://www.technipages.com worked for me and according to responses for others. "1. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 wuapi.dll 2. When you receive the message that the DLL has been registered, click OK and perform the same steps for each of the following commands under Start > Run: regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll regsvr32 wuaueng.dll regsvr32 wucltui.dll regsvr32 wups2.dll regsvr32 wups.dll regsvr32 wuweb.dll " I found this by googling A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being downloaded "Enquiring Mind" wrote: > Then yesterday (14/02/07) I ran Windows Update on the desktop, and 10 > Windows XP updates were downloaded and installed successfully. When today > (15/02/07) today I ran Windows Update on the laptop *11* updates were > downloaded but 'were unable to be installed'.
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