After Installing SP2 Windows Updates Malfunctions

Now when I go to Updates I'll get the message "Searching for latest
version...." and then everything stops. One thing I've noticed is that
Automatic Updates is not fully installed on my machine. I have even
resinstalled SP2 to no avail, Please help.Thankyou
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Patrick

Give the process at Windows Update plenty of time. Have lots of patience.
Did you wait at least 15 to 20 minutes?
If you are on dial-up internet service, give it even more time.

Minimize (reduce) the number of open user apps & startup utilities before
going to Windows Update.
Logoff & restart Windows after going to Windows Update website.
--
Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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"Patrick" wrote
> Now when I go to Updates I'll get the message "Searching for latest
> version...." and then everything stops. One thing I've noticed is that
> Automatic Updates is not fully installed on my machine. I have even
> resinstalled SP2 to no avail, Please help.Thankyou
> --
> Patrick

I tried this but it clearly doesn't work. I think the problem is in a
different direction. Once update starts checking for the latest version
everything seems to stop so that maybe Automatic Updates is not fully
installed.

"Maurice N ~ MVP" wrote:

> Give the process at Windows Update plenty of time. Have lots of patience.
> Did you wait at least 15 to 20 minutes?
> If you are on dial-up internet service, give it even more time.
>
> Minimize (reduce) the number of open user apps & startup utilities before
> going to Windows Update.
> Logoff & restart Windows after going to Windows Update website.
> --
> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User
> ---
> "Patrick" wrote
> > Now when I go to Updates I'll get the message "Searching for latest
> > version...." and then everything stops. One thing I've noticed is that
> > Automatic Updates is not fully installed on my machine. I have even
> > resinstalled SP2 to no avail, Please help.Thankyou
> > --
> > Patrick
>
>
>

Try registering the following:

Click Start, select Run and type (pressing enter after each one and wait for the
success message):

net.exe stop wuauserv
Press Ok

Repeat for the following:
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 atl.dll

net.exe start wuauserv

Patrick wrote:
> Now when I go to Updates I'll get the message "Searching for latest
> version...." and then everything stops. One thing I've noticed is that
> Automatic Updates is not fully installed on my machine. I have even
> resinstalled SP2 to no avail, Please help.Thankyou