Re: SP2 killed WU

Hi Terry,

Can you provide more inforamtion about the problem...?
Is there a 0x error code?

Many thanks,

David Herman

"terrypin" <> wrote in message
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>I bit the bullet last night and installed the 75 MB Service Pack 2 for
> Windows XP. Wish I'd curbed my impatience and waited. Amongst other
> things, Windows Update no longer works
>
> The WU start page has instructions for fixing this presumably common
> error,
> which boils down to changing 'permissions' on a particular registry key.
> My
> system won't let me do that, even in Safe Mode. Perhaps an expert on all
> this
> permissions stuff
> can help please, as it's largely a black art to me. There must be a way of
> forcing permissions to Full Control & Read?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>

Hey Terry,

I've been living with this 0x800A01AD hell for the past couple of
weeks. When you uninstalled SP2 did you retain WU V5 and did it just
start working again?

Also, where did you find the 266MB SP2 download?

Thanks!

Thor wrote:

> Also, where did you find the 266MB SP2 download?
Hi

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

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

(disregard the "intended for IT professionals and developers" part,
it can be used on a single computer as well)




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