Cannot Install Windows Updates

This is an all too common issue and I have seen it way too many times.

A little background on the problem

This tends to happen after you install a service pack. I have noticed a lot of people having this issue after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3. The problem is that after you install the service pack, the files for Windows update get updated, but for some reason the files are not re-registered.

The Answer

Let’s just get to the answer shall we, since I search the internet a lot and get sick of searching the entire page for an answer.

I find it easier to open a command prompt window and paste all this information in at one time. It is the quickest way, here are the steps;

1 - Copy this to your clipboard.

regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll

regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll

regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll

regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll

regsvr32 /s wups2.dll

regsvr32 /s wups.dll

regsvr32 /s wuweb.dll

2 - Click START

3 - Click RUN

4 - Type CMD and click OK

5 - Right click in the black background and click PASTE

6 - Hit ENTER on the keyboard

7 - Restart your computer (Not always necessary)

8 - Run Windows Update again from the website Hope this helps!

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