All Microsoft Updates fail to install

mrochester

mrochester

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Hello. I've just performed a format/reinstall of XP on my dads PC. SP3 installed without a hitch. I now have 12 additional updates (including SP1 for Office 2007) that will not install. They all fail. There is no record of them failing on the Microsoft Update webpage, and there is no reason or error code given. This makes the Microsoft support pages useless because they tell you to find the error codes even though in this instance, they do not exist.

Why are all the updates failing, and how do I fix this?

Thanks,

Michael.
 
Hi I found a solution to the problem. I downloaded a .txt file that had to be renamed to .cmd. When this was run, it re-registered a number of Windows services. After a restart, the updates installed perfectly.
 
polesitter said:
Hi this worked for me:

In a command line type:

net stop wuauserv
regsvr32 "%windir%\system32\wup2.dll"
net start wuauserv

should solve the problem
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I've been trying this, as i've been trying to update my parents PC for them and getting the same error. However, when trying this set of commands, it says it cannot locate the .dll that you describe. Is there any way of fixing this please?

The first and last command work fine.

This is what comes up after it says it failed to install them:

Problem: A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being downloaded or installed
Solution: To fix the problem, try installing the updates again. If that doesn't work, use the Troubleshooter to try solve the problem.

Microsoft Windows XP
Security Update for Windows XP with Windows Media Format Runtime 9.5 and 11 (KB941569)
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework, Version 2.0 (KB928365)
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1
Security Update for Flash Player (KB923789)
Update for Windows XP (KB942763)
Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB950760)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB950762)
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB950759)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951376)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951698)
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - July 2008 (KB890830)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB951748)
Update for Windows XP (KB951978)

I've tried again and again, sadly, it doesnt work :(
 
mrochester, can you type the contents of it in here


i'll upload it to my website and link to it for us..
 
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