Cant update Windows XP anymore

I havent updated windows since january of this year. now, when i try to
update it i get an error that says

"Files required to use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or
installed on your computer."

This error doesnt give an error code, and i cant figure out how to recover
those files so i can download the updates i need. underneath the error
message it says:
a) register or reinstall the files for me now
b) let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem

i have tried both, and they dont fix the problem, it gives the same message
over and over.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:25:02 -0700, Cuzmaster <> wrote:

>I havent updated windows since january of this year. now, when i try to
>update it i get an error that says
>
>"Files required to use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or
>installed on your computer."
>
>This error doesnt give an error code, and i cant figure out how to recover
>those files so i can download the updates i need. underneath the error
>message it says:
>a) register or reinstall the files for me now
>b) let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem
>
>i have tried both, and they dont fix the problem, it gives the same message
>over and over.
>
>any help would be greatly appreciated.

This should fix most of the Windows Update problems...

Double-click "My Computer", and your C:\ drive
Right-click a blank area and select "New", and "Text Document"
Double-click the "New Text Document.txt"
Copy and paste the below into the "New Text Document.txt": (Include the blank line at the end)

------------- copy below this line -----------------------
net.exe stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%
rd /s softwaredistribution
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuapi.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wucltui.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuweb.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\jscript.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\softpub.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\msxml3.dll
net start cryptsvc
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wintrust.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\initpki.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\dssenh.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\sccbase.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 %windir%\system32\cryptdlg.dll
net.exe start wuauserv

------------- copy above this line -----------------------

Click "File", "Save", "File", "Exit"

Right-click the "New Text Document.txt" and select "Rename"
Rename it to: wufix.bat Press Enter, and answer "Yes" on the change of extension type...

Double-click the "wufix.bat" file.
You can ignore any error messages.
If the "wufix.bat" window stays open too long, press the "Windows" key to get back to the
desktop to see what, if any, messages it produced. At most, you might have to click an OK.

When it's done, try Windows Update again.

You will lose your Update Install history, but that doesn't matter.
Windows Update will take considerably longer than usual because it has to rebuild the
"C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" folder, so be patient for 5-10 minutes.



If that fails, see Mike's "How To Fix Windows Update [BITS/AU]"
news:LFiug.6707$

Tried doing so myself, but cannot save as extension type *.bat... it's name
is wufix.bat.txt so when I double-click on it, it just opens to show the
copied and pasted words below. Any ideas on how I can get it to execute?

Thanks,

"Unk" wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:25:02 -0700, Cuzmaster <> wrote:
>
> >I havent updated windows since january of this year. now, when i try to
> >update it i get an error that says
> >
> >"Files required to use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or
> >installed on your computer."
> >
> >This error doesnt give an error code, and i cant figure out how to recover
> >those files so i can download the updates i need. underneath the error
> >message it says:
> >a) register or reinstall the files for me now
> >b) let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem
> >
> >i have tried both, and they dont fix the problem, it gives the same message
> >over and over.
> >
> >any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> This should fix most of the Windows Update problems...
>
> Double-click "My Computer", and your C:\ drive
> Right-click a blank area and select "New", and "Text Document"
> Double-click the "New Text Document.txt"
> Copy and paste the below into the "New Text Document.txt": (Include the blank line at the end)
>
> ------------- copy below this line -----------------------
> net.exe stop wuauserv
> cd /d %windir%
> rd /s softwaredistribution
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuweb.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\jscript.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\softpub.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\msxml3.dll
> net start cryptsvc
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wintrust.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\initpki.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\dssenh.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\rsaenh.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\gpkcsp.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\sccbase.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\slbcsp.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\cryptdlg.dll
> net.exe start wuauserv
>
> ------------- copy above this line -----------------------
>
> Click "File", "Save", "File", "Exit"
>
> Right-click the "New Text Document.txt" and select "Rename"
> Rename it to: wufix.bat Press Enter, and answer "Yes" on the change of extension type...
>
> Double-click the "wufix.bat" file.
> You can ignore any error messages.
> If the "wufix.bat" window stays open too long, press the "Windows" key to get back to the
> desktop to see what, if any, messages it produced. At most, you might have to click an OK.
>
> When it's done, try Windows Update again.
>
> You will lose your Update Install history, but that doesn't matter.
> Windows Update will take considerably longer than usual because it has to rebuild the
> "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" folder, so be patient for 5-10 minutes.
>
>
>
> If that fails, see Mike's "How To Fix Windows Update [BITS/AU]"
> news:LFiug.6707$
>
>

Dave the Wave <Dave the > wrote:

> Tried doing so myself, but cannot save as extension type *.bat...
> it's name is wufix.bat.txt so when I double-click on it, it just
> opens to show the copied and pasted words below. Any ideas on how I
> can get it to execute?

From Notepad, when you "Save as", quote the desired name of the file in
double-quotes, like this: "wufix.bat"

In Windows, you could rename wufix.bat.txt to wufix.bat if you have
previously used the option in control panel Folder Options to turn off
suppression of known file extensions.

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

btw mike's zip reg file points to controlset001, why not currentcontrolset?
if anyone used it, would he/she kindly tried reg qureyt the those keys and
ost here
req query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ BITS" /s
and
req query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\BITS" /s

unicode in hexadecimal i can't decipher. but reg query is abit more readable

"Unk" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:25:02 -0700, Cuzmaster
> <> wrote:
>
>>I havent updated windows since january of this year. now, when i try to
>>update it i get an error that says
>>
>>"Files required to use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or
>>installed on your computer."
>>
>>This error doesnt give an error code, and i cant figure out how to recover
>>those files so i can download the updates i need. underneath the error
>>message it says:
>>a) register or reinstall the files for me now
>>b) let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the
>>problem
>>
>>i have tried both, and they dont fix the problem, it gives the same
>>message
>>over and over.
>>
>>any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> This should fix most of the Windows Update problems...
>
> Double-click "My Computer", and your C:\ drive
> Right-click a blank area and select "New", and "Text Document"
> Double-click the "New Text Document.txt"
> Copy and paste the below into the "New Text Document.txt": (Include the
> blank line at the end)
>
> ------------- copy below this line -----------------------
> net.exe stop wuauserv
> cd /d %windir%
> rd /s softwaredistribution
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wuweb.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\jscript.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\atl.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\softpub.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\msxml3.dll
> net start cryptsvc
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wintrust.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\initpki.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\dssenh.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\rsaenh.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\gpkcsp.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\sccbase.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\slbcsp.dll
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\cryptdlg.dll
> net.exe start wuauserv
>
> ------------- copy above this line -----------------------
>
> Click "File", "Save", "File", "Exit"
>
> Right-click the "New Text Document.txt" and select "Rename"
> Rename it to: wufix.bat Press Enter, and answer "Yes" on the change of
> extension type...
>
> Double-click the "wufix.bat" file.
> You can ignore any error messages.
> If the "wufix.bat" window stays open too long, press the "Windows" key to
> get back to the
> desktop to see what, if any, messages it produced. At most, you might have
> to click an OK.
>
> When it's done, try Windows Update again.
>
> You will lose your Update Install history, but that doesn't matter.
> Windows Update will take considerably longer than usual because it has to
> rebuild the
> "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" folder, so be patient for 5-10 minutes.
>
>
>
> If that fails, see Mike's "How To Fix Windows Update [BITS/AU]"
> news:LFiug.6707$
>

Thanks - I'll give it a try.

"Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:

> Dave the Wave <Dave the > wrote:
>
> > Tried doing so myself, but cannot save as extension type *.bat...
> > it's name is wufix.bat.txt so when I double-click on it, it just
> > opens to show the copied and pasted words below. Any ideas on how I
> > can get it to execute?
>
> From Notepad, when you "Save as", quote the desired name of the file in
> double-quotes, like this: "wufix.bat"
>
> In Windows, you could rename wufix.bat.txt to wufix.bat if you have
> previously used the option in control panel Folder Options to turn off
> suppression of known file extensions.
>
> --
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>
>
>
>

Did so and tried it.

Got an error "[Error number: 0x800706BB]" and it failed. Any advice?

Thanks.

"Robin Walker [MVP]" wrote:

> Dave the Wave <Dave the > wrote:
>
> > Tried doing so myself, but cannot save as extension type *.bat...
> > it's name is wufix.bat.txt so when I double-click on it, it just
> > opens to show the copied and pasted words below. Any ideas on how I
> > can get it to execute?
>
> From Notepad, when you "Save as", quote the desired name of the file in
> double-quotes, like this: "wufix.bat"
>
> In Windows, you could rename wufix.bat.txt to wufix.bat if you have
> previously used the option in control panel Folder Options to turn off
> suppression of known file extensions.
>
> --
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
>
>
>
>