Re: WinXP SP2 Repaired, Windows Update Sees updates, fails to inst

After doing a repair on XP I had the same Update failure prob as mentioned
above. Jared's batch alone (other steps not needed) did the trick.
Thanks very much Jared.
Cheers.

"tourque3000@gmail.com" wrote:

> > FYI I have the problem fixed, I will post the solution momentarily....
>
> Okay. So this is the process that I went through to get it working:
>
> 1. stopped the windows update service ( Start > run > net stop
> wuauserv )
>
> 2. renamed the directory windows/SoftwareDistributionto windows/
> SoftwareDistribution.old
>
> 3. uninstalled the windows installer 3.1 (KB893803)
>
> 4. created a batch file that went through and registered the
> associated DLL's, Here is the structure of that batch file
>
> net stop wuauserv
>
> regsvr32 wuweb.dll
> regsvr32 wups2.dll
> regsvr32 wups.dll
> regsvr32 wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 wups.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 wuweb.dll
> regsvr32 msxml.dll
> regsvr32 msxml2.dll
> regsvr32 msxml3.dll
> regsvr32 urlmon.dll
> regsvr32 softpub.dll
> regsvr32 initpki.dll
> regsvr32 mssip32.dll
> regsvr32 wintrust.dll
> regsvr32 dssenh.dll
> regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
> regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
> regsvr32 sccbase.dll
> regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
> regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
> regsvr32 jscript.dll
>
> net start wuauserv
>
> 5. restarted the computer
>
> 6. Opened a browser and went to windows update
>
> 7. Downloaded the Windows installer 3.1 --> success!
>
> 8. Restarted
>
> 9. Downloaded the rest of the updates
>
> If you have any comments or want any clarification on steps, dont
> hesitate to post!
>
> -Jared
>
>