Windows Update fails (XP)

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I've got a PC here with a fresh reinstall of XP, I used windows update to update it to SP3 along with some other updates etc.

However, now it's refusing to update with any other updates, just saying they failed to install.

Is this any kind of know problem?
 
Are you going through control panel to update windows?

If you have auto update on, it maybe conflicting with the manual update.. It should install itself fine over time. I get this quite a bit when I hook up a fresh install to the net, then I try to install them manually by select "Windows Update" from control panel.

I tend now just to let the system do it's thing.
 
I've tried from the windows update website and from the system tray notification (which is set to notify only). I'll try turning it off, see if it makes any difference.
 
I'm pretty sure they are conflicting.

Disconnect the net, run CCleaner, then reconnect with Windows update on to auto install. Then just sit it out.

Alternatively, download and run SP3 from MS but remember to turn off Auto Update during the install process.
 
I've got a PC here with a fresh reinstall of XP, I used windows update to update it to SP3 along with some other updates etc.

However, now it's refusing to update with any other updates, just saying they failed to install.

Is this any kind of know problem?

I've had this problem before with Windows Update and post-SP3 hotfixes. The solution seemed to be to re-register some of the Windows Update components in a batch file:

Code:
net stop wuauserv
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
net start wuauserv

I then re-ran the Windows Update and it went fine.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144/
 
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