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Ha-Nocri
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      10-27-2008
Great stuff. I won't have to reinstall windows, and I was about to. Tnx :-)


"wg" wrote:

> That solution worked for me!
>
> Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
> b. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> net stop wuauserv
>
> 2. Register the Wups2.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:a. At the
> command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dll
> Note For a computer that is running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,
> type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> regsvr32 %windir%\syswow64\wups2.dll
> b. Click OK on each verification message that you receive.
>
> 3. Start the Automatic Updates service. To do this, type the following
> command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
> net start wuauserv
> 4. Exit the command prompt. To do this type exit, and then press ENTER.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> "bfinn" wrote:
>
> > I recently upgraded from Windows XP Home (SP2) to Windows XP Professional. It
> > went fine, but ever since Windows updates have downloaded but not installed.
> > It tried to install them, but gives up with the message 'Some updates could
> > not be installed'. I've restarted the machine quite a few times since. I
> > haven't tried searching for the individual KB IDs for the updates as there
> > are over 70 of them.
> >
> > The Windows Update log file ends with the error 0x80004002 (which appears
> > quite a few times, presumably once for each time it tried to update) but also
> > contains the error 800704dd several times.

 
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Jhüy
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      09-02-2009

Worked for me too~ (: Thank you!

"wg" wrote:

> That solution worked for me!
>
> Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
> b. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> net stop wuauserv
>
> 2. Register the Wups2.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:a. At the
> command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dll
> Note For a computer that is running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,
> type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> regsvr32 %windir%\syswow64\wups2.dll
> b. Click OK on each verification message that you receive.
>
> 3. Start the Automatic Updates service. To do this, type the following
> command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
> net start wuauserv
> 4. Exit the command prompt. To do this type exit, and then press ENTER.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> "bfinn" wrote:
>
> > I recently upgraded from Windows XP Home (SP2) to Windows XP Professional. It
> > went fine, but ever since Windows updates have downloaded but not installed.
> > It tried to install them, but gives up with the message 'Some updates could
> > not be installed'. I've restarted the machine quite a few times since. I
> > haven't tried searching for the individual KB IDs for the updates as there
> > are over 70 of them.
> >
> > The Windows Update log file ends with the error 0x80004002 (which appears
> > quite a few times, presumably once for each time it tried to update) but also
> > contains the error 800704dd several times.

 
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toxidas
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      11-16-2009
That really helped me out Thanks!

"wg" wrote:

> That solution worked for me!
>
> Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
> b. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> net stop wuauserv
>
> 2. Register the Wups2.dll file. To do this, follow these steps:a. At the
> command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> regsvr32 %windir%\system32\wups2.dll
> Note For a computer that is running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition,
> type the following command, and then press ENTER:
> regsvr32 %windir%\syswow64\wups2.dll
> b. Click OK on each verification message that you receive.
>
> 3. Start the Automatic Updates service. To do this, type the following
> command at the command prompt, and then press ENTER:
> net start wuauserv
> 4. Exit the command prompt. To do this type exit, and then press ENTER.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> "bfinn" wrote:
>
> > I recently upgraded from Windows XP Home (SP2) to Windows XP Professional. It
> > went fine, but ever since Windows updates have downloaded but not installed.
> > It tried to install them, but gives up with the message 'Some updates could
> > not be installed'. I've restarted the machine quite a few times since. I
> > haven't tried searching for the individual KB IDs for the updates as there
> > are over 70 of them.
> >
> > The Windows Update log file ends with the error 0x80004002 (which appears
> > quite a few times, presumably once for each time it tried to update) but also
> > contains the error 800704dd several times.

 
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