0 KB, 0 minutes for 16 critical updates

I just finished cleaning viruses and spyware off the PC, updated to Windows
XP Pro SP2 (from SP1). I went to Windows update and found that all the
critical and security updates I need are 0 bytes long. Is that vapourware ?
If I try to install them the only error message is "updates were unable to
be successfully installed". I have reinstalled IE and run SFC. Any ideas
please ?
AC.

This has worked for others; it seems to be
the magic gesture of the moment:

> Try this:
>
> click start, run,
> type the following: net.exe stop wuauserv
> click OK,
>
> type the following: regsvr32.exe wuapi.dll
> click OK,
>
> type the following: regsvr32.exe wups.dll
> click OK,
>
> type the following: regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll
> click OK,
>
> type the following: regsvr32.exe wucltui.dll
> click OK,
>
> type the following: regsvr32.exe MSXML3.dll
> click OK,
>
> type the following: net.exe start wuauserv
> click OK
>
> restart computer
>

"Eugene Gardner" <Eugene@_nospam_GardnersOnline.net> wrote in message
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>I just finished cleaning viruses and spyware off the PC, updated to Windows
>XP Pro SP2 (from SP1). I went to Windows update and found that all the
>critical and security updates I need are 0 bytes long. Is that vapourware
>? If I try to install them the only error message is "updates were unable
>to be successfully installed". I have reinstalled IE and run SFC. Any
>ideas please ?
> AC.
>

Thanks for posting a reply. In fact the solution listed
did not work on this occasion. I found that reinstalling
XP did the trick.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to do that too at some point.

"Eugene" <> wrote in message
news:058301c53464$9b258af0$...
> Thanks for posting a reply. In fact the solution listed
> did not work on this occasion. I found that reinstalling
> XP did the trick.