My updates will not install

I have tried letting auto update work it's magic and also threw the online
wiondows update. It sees the updates needed and downloads them but will not
install it.
If i check history to get an error messages, it sees no update history in
that screen. Is there another way for me to get an error message? Is there
something else i need to look at.
It is a Dell P3 with XP SP3. I just put XP on it this weekend. It had a bad
or illegal version on it. I just did the upgrade off the XP disk and let it
go from there...

Go to Start > Run > type in

cmd
Click OK or press Enter
At the prompt, type this in and then press Enter

regsvr32 wups2.dll
exit
Reboot the system and see if the updates install now.

If not, reinstall the Windows Update Agent by following the steps laid
out here:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blog...showentry=1172

That will install the latest Version of the WUA and *should* mitigate
the need to register .dlls related to the updating process.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============



matt wrote:

> I have tried letting auto update work it's magic and also threw the online
> wiondows update. It sees the updates needed and downloads them but will not
> install it.
> If i check history to get an error messages, it sees no update history in
> that screen. Is there another way for me to get an error message? Is there
> something else i need to look at.
> It is a Dell P3 with XP SP3. I just put XP on it this weekend. It had a bad
> or illegal version on it. I just did the upgrade off the XP disk and let it
> go from there...

thanks for the input! the first solution fixed my problem..


"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Go to Start > Run > type in
>
> cmd
> Click OK or press Enter
> At the prompt, type this in and then press Enter
>
> regsvr32 wups2.dll
> exit
> Reboot the system and see if the updates install now.
>
> If not, reinstall the Windows Update Agent by following the steps laid
> out here:
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blog...showentry=1172
>
> That will install the latest Version of the WUA and *should* mitigate
> the need to register .dlls related to the updating process.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
>
> matt wrote:
>
> > I have tried letting auto update work it's magic and also threw the online
> > wiondows update. It sees the updates needed and downloads them but will not
> > install it.
> > If i check history to get an error messages, it sees no update history in
> > that screen. Is there another way for me to get an error message? Is there
> > something else i need to look at.
> > It is a Dell P3 with XP SP3. I just put XP on it this weekend. It had a bad
> > or illegal version on it. I just did the upgrade off the XP disk and let it
> > go from there...
>

Hi,
Thanks for the tip. I have been having WindowsXP update problems since I
migrated my old drive to a new one. From that time Updates would download but
not instal although downloading and installing each one individually worked
ok. I followed your tip as listed here and hey presto .... auto update worked
immediately without a reboot even. Thanks for that .... a problem now solved.
Regards, jonpears

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Go to Start > Run > type in
>
> cmd
> Click OK or press Enter
> At the prompt, type this in and then press Enter
>
> regsvr32 wups2.dll
> exit
> Reboot the system and see if the updates install now.
>
> If not, reinstall the Windows Update Agent by following the steps laid
> out here:
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blog...showentry=1172
>
> That will install the latest Version of the WUA and *should* mitigate
> the need to register .dlls related to the updating process.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
>
> matt wrote:
>
> > I have tried letting auto update work it's magic and also threw the online
> > wiondows update. It sees the updates needed and downloads them but will not
> > install it.
> > If i check history to get an error messages, it sees no update history in
> > that screen. Is there another way for me to get an error message? Is there
> > something else i need to look at.
> > It is a Dell P3 with XP SP3. I just put XP on it this weekend. It had a bad
> > or illegal version on it. I just did the upgrade off the XP disk and let it
> > go from there...
>

Awesome advice, but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I'm getting the
same issue as Matt above, but I still cant get the updates to install. I've
got a clean install of XP Pro with SP2 installed, and the updates will
download but not install. I've tried both of the solutions and no joy. Any
additional advice?

Thanks in advance!
A Frustrated User

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Go to Start > Run > type in
>
> cmd
> Click OK or press Enter
> At the prompt, type this in and then press Enter
>
> regsvr32 wups2.dll
> exit
> Reboot the system and see if the updates install now.
>
> If not, reinstall the Windows Update Agent by following the steps laid
> out here:
> http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blog...showentry=1172
>
> That will install the latest Version of the WUA and *should* mitigate
> the need to register .dlls related to the updating process.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
>
> matt wrote:
>
> > I have tried letting auto update work it's magic and also threw the online
> > wiondows update. It sees the updates needed and downloads them but will not
> > install it.
> > If i check history to get an error messages, it sees no update history in
> > that screen. Is there another way for me to get an error message? Is there
> > something else i need to look at.
> > It is a Dell P3 with XP SP3. I just put XP on it this weekend. It had a bad
> > or illegal version on it. I just did the upgrade off the XP disk and let it
> > go from there...
>