Re: ERROR 0X8DDD0004

After following these steps, do not forget to REBOOT the system. After
reboot, i was able to run WU.

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> When accessing the Update site, you receive the 0x8ddd0004 error
> http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...=en&IsMu=False
>
>
> or
>
> 1. Make sure you are logged in as an Administrator (if you are not the Administrator, then log in as
> an Administrator and try Windows Update again).
>
> 2. Make sure your firewall is not blocking the Update site and check any pop up stopper programs.
>
> 3. Now check in IE tools\manage add-ons (Win XP SP2 only) making sure that WuWebControlClass is
> enabled. (Select "Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer" in the "Show:" drop down list)
>
> 4. You may also wish to check c:\windows\Downloaded Program Files to see if anything is corrupted
> there.
>
> 5. Make sure you accepted the Microsoft Trust Certificate
>
> 6. Check security settings, make sure they are not set too high
>
> 7. Delete cookies and temp files
>
> 8. Re-register these files, by clicking Start, Run and typing:-
>
> REGSVR32 wuapi.dll
> REGSVR32 wuaueng.dll
> REGSVR32 atl.dll
> REGSVR32 wucltui.dll
> REGSVR32 wups.dll
>
> You should receive a successful message after each one.
> Try Windows Update Again.
>
> If that hasn’t helped you may need to re-register some more files:-
>
> net stop cryptsvc
> regsvr32 softpub.dll
> regsvr32 wintrust.dll
> regsvr32 initpki.dll
> regsvr32 dssenh.dll
> regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
> regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
> regsvr32 sccbase.dll
> net start cryptsvc
>
> You should receive a successful message after each one.
>
> If necessary:-
>
> Re-install Windows Update files
>
> http://download.windowsupdate.com/v6...gent20-x86.exe
>
> Note If you have an x64-based computer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
> http://download.windowsupdate.com/v6...gent20-x64.exe
>
> Click Save in the File Download-Security Warning dialog box, and then select the location where you
> want to save the file.
> Double-click the file that you saved
>
> Note "Install is not needed since Windows Update Agent is already installed.", run the exe with the
> command line switch /wuforce, like this:
> WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe /wuforce
>
>
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> "TEDDY BEAR" <TEDDYBEAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6ACF0FE9-2379-48CD-812E-E46A9271CB03@microsoft.com...
> > Help need to find out how to fix this error 0x8ddd0004, unable to update
> > windows
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> > TEDDY BEAR
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