Can't install Windows Update software

When I click on windows update from I.E. tools menu it takes me to the
windows update website. Here is says "install the new windows update
software". I click on the "install now" button and I get the error message

[Error number: 0x8024D007]

I solution that is in the self help section about copying and pasting files
to notepad and naming it register.bat and running it does not work. I keep
getting the error message.

Is there a fix for this?

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP2).

Is this a sudden, new problem? In other words, did Windows Update website
always work before this? Have you recently reinstall Windows?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?

You might give this a whirl:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/re...in-windows-xp/
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Frank M. wrote:
> When I click on windows update from I.E. tools menu it takes me to the
> windows update website. Here is says "install the new windows update
> software". I click on the "install now" button and I get the error
> message
>
> [Error number: 0x8024D007]
>
> I solution that is in the self help section about copying and pasting
> files
> to notepad and naming it register.bat and running it does not work. I
> keep
> getting the error message.
>
> Is there a fix for this?

Frank M. wrote:
:: When I click on windows update from I.E. tools menu it takes me to
:: the windows update website. Here is says "install the new windows
:: update software". I click on the "install now" button and I get the
:: error message
::
:: [Error number: 0x8024D007]
::
:: I solution that is in the self help section about copying and
:: pasting files to notepad and naming it register.bat and running it
:: does not work. I keep getting the error message.
::
:: Is there a fix for this?


Did you try method 2?

Method 2: Download and install the Windows Update agent
For more information about how to download and install the latest Windows
Update agent, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
949104 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949104/ ) How to obtain the latest
version of the Windows Update Agent to help manage updates on a computer

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