Error 0x8DDD0009

I keep gettting the same error message as most of you are getting. I have
ordered the CD to try and install SP2 on my computer because I too am unable
to download these updates. I even un-installed NORTON ANTIVIRUS off my
computer and tried to download the updates from that route but still no
avail. I hope they come out with a current fix because this is frustrating
to many. I will keep you all posted.

One possibility - msi.dll may be the wrong verison.
Try downloading Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2) at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

If that hasn't helped you may need to re-registered some files:

1. Click Start.
2. Choose Run.
3. In the Run box, type (pressing okay after each one) :-

net stop wuauserv

Repeat for the following:
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll
regsvr32 qmgr.dll
regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll

net start wuauserv


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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia
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"Peaches" <> wrote in message
news:613F4213-B47E-4FCC-AFCC-...
|I keep gettting the same error message as most of you are getting. I have
| ordered the CD to try and install SP2 on my computer because I too am unable
| to download these updates. I even un-installed NORTON ANTIVIRUS off my
| computer and tried to download the updates from that route but still no
| avail. I hope they come out with a current fix because this is frustrating
| to many. I will keep you all posted.

MicroSoft Replies To This issue Here is what they wrote me:

Try this advice I received from Micro soft help on this isue. It worked for
me , however it was only a Temporary fix for me and eventually went back to
the original error message. First I removed Norton from Add/Remove. (it had
been acting up).

MS advised to rename some folders. Do this:

Rename Windows Update Softwaredistribution folder
1. Click START, click RUN, and type: cmd
press enter. When prompted in new window at blinking cursor, Please type
this command to stop Auto Update Service, type in: "net stop WuAuServ"
(without the quotes) and press enter.
Make sure command window says that it was successfully stopped before
continuing.
2. Click Start, click Run, and type: %windir% and press enter
3. In the opened folder look for the folder named "Software Distribution"
4. Right click on the folder, select Rename and type: "SDold" (without
quotes). Press enter so changes are executed.
5. Click Start, click Run, and type: cmd and press enter.
type the command "net start WuAuServ (without quotes) this will restart the
Auto Updates service again.
Make sure you get the message this was successfully started before
continuing.

NEXT STEP
Rename CatRoot2 Folder
1.Close all open windows
2. Click, Start, click Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
3.Locate and open the System32 folder.
4. Find the CatRoot2 folder, right click it, select Rename. Change the name
to CR2OLD. Make sure you press enter after typing the new name, so changes
are executed.

Now Please test the issue again via Windows Update website.

I hope this can help some. Seems like everybody has different results what
will work for them.
alou

"alou" wrote:

> I have had this same error 0x8DDD0009 running for the past month. After
> assistance from MS I removed Norton, & renamed some WU folders (Software
> distribution folder and CatRoot2 Folder) re-booted and was able to use WU
> manually on first attempt. However this was a "temporary fix" . Out of the
> three downloads successfully completed, only two would install, MSOutlook
> junk email filter would not install. Three more attempts at successful
> donloads were completed this time with Free version AVG running, with same
> error on junk mail filter. Second day, WU automatically starts on system
> start-up. Runs downloads, is successful, and the Junk mail filter as well as
> the Genuine Advantage update were installed. Third Day back to WU error
> 0x8DDD0009 again. Have created screenshots and Windows log files as requested
> by MS and sent then in. No current advice has been sent back what to do.
> Today still am unable to complete any WU scans manually or auto-run. I have
> Disabled Automatic Updates, since the background scans slow my system to a
> snail crawl, and even freeze programs, and browsers all together. This has
> all happened with the Automatic update of IE7. It took about 4 months to
> actually get to this point, though the sluggish behavior was noticed
> immediately and only worsened. None of these problems existed while running
> IE6. My Norton Security Suite had disabled or corrupted itself two times and
> I re-installed after IE7 update, then the WU problems started after that, and
> tus I totally removed Norton from Add/Remove. Being the resource HOG that
> Norton is, I did not need any further agravation of slowness. Using AVG I
> have been able to intermittently get a WU scan to complete, maybe one out of
> 30 attempts, each time.
> My plan is to remove IE7, I have downloaded Firefox and have that ready to
> use if IE6 does not come back. That way I can still gain access to download
> IE6 if need be. If by going back to IE6 does not resolve my problems I will
> then try a System Recovery from XP pro disk. If that fails....I will do a
> complete Re-format, stick with IE6 until I read that these issues have been
> patched or corrected in IE7. I have read way too many reports about these
> problems coming from a variety of processor speeds, and other componets, so I
> do not think it is reflected on wether you have an older running system as a
> PIII, or PIV. I've not heard anyone I know complain that is running Core 2
> Duo, but mine took about 4 months to reach this point of WU failures.
>
> alou


"Peaches" wrote:

> I keep gettting the same error message as most of you are getting. I have
> ordered the CD to try and install SP2 on my computer because I too am unable
> to download these updates. I even un-installed NORTON ANTIVIRUS off my
> computer and tried to download the updates from that route but still no
> avail. I hope they come out with a current fix because this is frustrating
> to many. I will keep you all posted.

Thank you so much for your input on this, however this didn't work. I have
no idea what's going on because everything was working up until I installed
Norton. I will wait and see if I can install the updates with the disk and
then I'll keep you posted. Thank you again. I appreciate you.

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> One possibility - msi.dll may be the wrong verison.
> Try downloading Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2) at
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> If that hasn't helped you may need to re-registered some files:
>
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Choose Run.
> 3. In the Run box, type (pressing okay after each one) :-
>
> net stop wuauserv
>
> Repeat for the following:
> regsvr32 wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 wups.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 wuweb.dll
> regsvr32 MSXML3.dll
> regsvr32 qmgr.dll
> regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll
> regsvr32 jscript.dll
>
> net start wuauserv
>
>
> --
>
> ====================================
> TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia
> ====================================
> How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> Backup and data recovery: http://www.acronis.com/
> Enhancing file system performance: http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp
>
>
> "Peaches" <> wrote in message
> news:613F4213-B47E-4FCC-AFCC-...
> |I keep gettting the same error message as most of you are getting. I have
> | ordered the CD to try and install SP2 on my computer because I too am unable
> | to download these updates. I even un-installed NORTON ANTIVIRUS off my
> | computer and tried to download the updates from that route but still no
> | avail. I hope they come out with a current fix because this is frustrating
> | to many. I will keep you all posted.
>
>
>

Thank you for taking the time in responding to my email. I have tried this
but it didn't work. As I told the other person who responded, everything was
workin fine up until I installed Norton on my computer. Maybe it's
conflicting with something else. I want to thank you for raking the time out
to repond to you. You both have been very helpful. Thank you again.

"alou" wrote:

> MicroSoft Replies To This issue Here is what they wrote me:
>
> Try this advice I received from Micro soft help on this isue. It worked for
> me , however it was only a Temporary fix for me and eventually went back to
> the original error message. First I removed Norton from Add/Remove. (it had
> been acting up).
>
> MS advised to rename some folders. Do this:
>
> Rename Windows Update Softwaredistribution folder
> 1. Click START, click RUN, and type: cmd
> press enter. When prompted in new window at blinking cursor, Please type
> this command to stop Auto Update Service, type in: "net stop WuAuServ"
> (without the quotes) and press enter.
> Make sure command window says that it was successfully stopped before
> continuing.
> 2. Click Start, click Run, and type: %windir% and press enter
> 3. In the opened folder look for the folder named "Software Distribution"
> 4. Right click on the folder, select Rename and type: "SDold" (without
> quotes). Press enter so changes are executed.
> 5. Click Start, click Run, and type: cmd and press enter.
> type the command "net start WuAuServ (without quotes) this will restart the
> Auto Updates service again.
> Make sure you get the message this was successfully started before
> continuing.
>
> NEXT STEP
> Rename CatRoot2 Folder
> 1.Close all open windows
> 2. Click, Start, click Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
> 3.Locate and open the System32 folder.
> 4. Find the CatRoot2 folder, right click it, select Rename. Change the name
> to CR2OLD. Make sure you press enter after typing the new name, so changes
> are executed.
>
> Now Please test the issue again via Windows Update website.
>
> I hope this can help some. Seems like everybody has different results what
> will work for them.
> alou
>
> "alou" wrote:
>
> > I have had this same error 0x8DDD0009 running for the past month. After
> > assistance from MS I removed Norton, & renamed some WU folders (Software
> > distribution folder and CatRoot2 Folder) re-booted and was able to use WU
> > manually on first attempt. However this was a "temporary fix" . Out of the
> > three downloads successfully completed, only two would install, MSOutlook
> > junk email filter would not install. Three more attempts at successful
> > donloads were completed this time with Free version AVG running, with same
> > error on junk mail filter. Second day, WU automatically starts on system
> > start-up. Runs downloads, is successful, and the Junk mail filter as well as
> > the Genuine Advantage update were installed. Third Day back to WU error
> > 0x8DDD0009 again. Have created screenshots and Windows log files as requested
> > by MS and sent then in. No current advice has been sent back what to do.
> > Today still am unable to complete any WU scans manually or auto-run. I have
> > Disabled Automatic Updates, since the background scans slow my system to a
> > snail crawl, and even freeze programs, and browsers all together. This has
> > all happened with the Automatic update of IE7. It took about 4 months to
> > actually get to this point, though the sluggish behavior was noticed
> > immediately and only worsened. None of these problems existed while running
> > IE6. My Norton Security Suite had disabled or corrupted itself two times and
> > I re-installed after IE7 update, then the WU problems started after that, and
> > tus I totally removed Norton from Add/Remove. Being the resource HOG that
> > Norton is, I did not need any further agravation of slowness. Using AVG I
> > have been able to intermittently get a WU scan to complete, maybe one out of
> > 30 attempts, each time.
> > My plan is to remove IE7, I have downloaded Firefox and have that ready to
> > use if IE6 does not come back. That way I can still gain access to download
> > IE6 if need be. If by going back to IE6 does not resolve my problems I will
> > then try a System Recovery from XP pro disk. If that fails....I will do a
> > complete Re-format, stick with IE6 until I read that these issues have been
> > patched or corrected in IE7. I have read way too many reports about these
> > problems coming from a variety of processor speeds, and other componets, so I
> > do not think it is reflected on wether you have an older running system as a
> > PIII, or PIV. I've not heard anyone I know complain that is running Core 2
> > Duo, but mine took about 4 months to reach this point of WU failures.
> >
> > alou
>
>
> "Peaches" wrote:
>
> > I keep gettting the same error message as most of you are getting. I have
> > ordered the CD to try and install SP2 on my computer because I too am unable
> > to download these updates. I even un-installed NORTON ANTIVIRUS off my
> > computer and tried to download the updates from that route but still no
> > avail. I hope they come out with a current fix because this is frustrating
> > to many. I will keep you all posted.