Re: Microsoft update error 0x8ddd0007 with ei7

Crossposting to Windows Update newsgroup.

> ...I went back to microsoft update it would ask to install the activeX
> component, and I would accept, when it should only do it once.

I'd have to suggest that some third-party security application (e.g.,
anti-virus; security suite; anti-spyware; third-party firewall) is
interfering with ActiveX, RA.

IN RE the 0x8ddd0007 error, see
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...eb76947f06b051
--
~PA Bear

RA wrote:
> Hi PA,
> I have another 2 PC's that I was meant to setup, and what I did with one
> was
> start using microsoft update before installing ie7, and that seemed to
> solve
> it. I think it's to do with installing the activeX component, because
> every
> time I went back to microsoft update it would ask to install the activeX
> component, and I would accept, when it should only do it once.
> is there a way to remove the activeX component, and then I could try going
> there again, and see if that solves my problem??
> I wouldn't know which reg key of those (gibrish CLSID numbers and letters)
> I
> should be looking at, and if I can just remove them, would that delete the
> activeX component??
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>> How to troubleshoot Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server
>> Update Services installation issues:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=906602
>>
>> 1. See the "Need more help? Tell us what problem you are having" section
>> of
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
>>
>> 2. You cannot install some updates or programs
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;822798
>>
>> 3a. Check Windowsupdate.log (%windir%\Windowsupdate.log) for errors
>> associated with the download/install.
>>
>> How to read the Windowsupdate.log file
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093
>>
>> 3b. Compare errors to those listed here:
>> http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive...date_codes.htm and/or go
>> to
>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com > click on Help and Support link in
>> left
>> pane > Solve problems on your own.
>>
>> 4. Windows Update Checklist:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/updtcl.htm
>>
>> 5. Windows Update-specific newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/miÂ*cros....windowsupdate
>>
>> Archive of Windows Update newsgroup:
>> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/....windowsupdate
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>>
>> RA wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> New PC, clean install, have used windows update and that still works,
>>> but
>>> when I try and use Microsoft update I get that error mentioned in the
>>> subject.
>>> I tried the following:
>>> 1- Rebooted
>>> 2- check for the registry key
>>> "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto
>>> Update\RebootRequired" but doesn't exist. 3- Re-register Windows Update
>>> components and Clear the corrupted Windows
>>> Update temp folder, which involved:
>>> a. Click on Start and then click Run,
>>> b. In the open field type "REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL" (without quotation marks)
>>> and
>>> press Enter.
>>> c. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded"
>>> message,
>>> click OK.
>>> d. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands:
>>> REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL
>>> REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL
>>> REGSVR32 ATL.DLL
>>> REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL
>>> REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL
>>> REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL
>>> REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL
>>> After the above steps are finished reboot.
>>> Since temporary folder of Windows Update may be corrupted. We can refer
>>> to
>>> the following steps to rename this folder
>>> a. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following
>>> command in the opened window.
>>> net stop WuAuServ
>>> b. Click Start, Run, type: %windir% and press Enter.
>>> c. In the opened folder, rename the folder SoftwareDistribution to
>>> SDold.
>>> d. Click Start, Run, type: cmd and press Enter. Please run the following
>>> command in the opened window.
>>> net start WuAuServ
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> And I still haven't been able to get microsoft update working.
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> RA