Continues Searching for Updates

In XP Professional In Windows Update searches for
available updates forever until I cancel it out. It
never shows that there is an SP2 to install or any other
updates as far as that goes.

Don wrote:

> In XP Professional In Windows Update searches for
> available updates forever until I cancel it out. It
> never shows that there is an SP2 to install or any other
> updates as far as that goes.
Hi

Please try the following:

Click Start >> Run >>
Type the follow command in the Open box.
"net.exe stop wuauserv" (w/o quotes)
Press Ok

Repeat the same for the following commands:

regsvr32.exe wuapi.dll
regsvr32.exe wups.dll
regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll
regsvr32.exe wucltui.dll
regsvr32.exe msxml3.dll
net.exe start wuauserv


Restart the machine and try WU site again.

If that doesn't help:

Please check this log file for any clues or other error messages:

%windir%\WindowsUpdate.log

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows)


Also, before installing SP2, you should take a look at the
following sites:

What to Know Before You Download and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...hattoknow.mspx

How to successfully install Windows XP Service Pack 2.
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/winxpsp2install.htm

Service Pack Installation Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm



Alternatively, instead of using Windows Update, I suggest you
download the full SP2 installation and use it to install SP2.

SP2 is available at the Microsoft Download Center
(standalone"network" version, 266 MB):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-9e368d3cdb5a


If you think that download is to large, you can get the same
file on a CD from Microsoft.

The Windows XP SP2 CD order point:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...s/default.mspx


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx