Trouble with windows update and windows defender

I reformatted my hard drive. When I went to install updates it did not update
the flash update, but I solved that problem by downloading a newer version of
flash. But when I went back to Microsoft update page and tried to see if
there were any updates I need I got this message: Files required to use
Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer. (no
error code)To continue: and these choices: Register or reinstall the files
for me now (Recommended)
Let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem
I tried the first one and read through the steps under the second one. I am
finding nothing that will help me. I also tried downloading from where it
said get microsoft updater and that did not work. There is a flash about
something about active x also, which I am pretty sure that I installed from
your site when the pop up came. Also dowloaded windows defender and have
problems with dowloading definitions. I went to the site reccomended from
here and the first thing they suggest to try is do a windows update, which of
course I can not do. I am hoping some one could help me.

See these archived threads in this very newsgroup: http://snipurl.com/1h8vw
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

tiggerny wrote:
> I reformatted my hard drive. When I went to install updates it did not
> update the flash update, but I solved that problem by downloading a newer
> version of flash. But when I went back to Microsoft update page and tried
> to see if there were any updates I need I got this message: Files required
> to use Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your
> computer. (no error code)To continue: and these choices: Register or
> reinstall the files for me now (Recommended)
> Let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem
> I tried the first one and read through the steps under the second one. I
> am
> finding nothing that will help me. I also tried downloading from where it
> said get microsoft updater and that did not work. There is a flash about
> something about active x also, which I am pretty sure that I installed
> from
> your site when the pop up came. Also dowloaded windows defender and have
> problems with dowloading definitions. I went to the site reccomended from
> here and the first thing they suggest to try is do a windows update, which
> of course I can not do. I am hoping some one could help me.

You are awesome!!!!!! It worked! Thanks for showing me the way!

"PA Bear" wrote:

> See these archived threads in this very newsgroup: http://snipurl.com/1h8vw
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
> tiggerny wrote:
> > I reformatted my hard drive. When I went to install updates it did not
> > update the flash update, but I solved that problem by downloading a newer
> > version of flash. But when I went back to Microsoft update page and tried
> > to see if there were any updates I need I got this message: Files required
> > to use Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your
> > computer. (no error code)To continue: and these choices: Register or
> > reinstall the files for me now (Recommended)
> > Let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem
> > I tried the first one and read through the steps under the second one. I
> > am
> > finding nothing that will help me. I also tried downloading from where it
> > said get microsoft updater and that did not work. There is a flash about
> > something about active x also, which I am pretty sure that I installed
> > from
> > your site when the pop up came. Also dowloaded windows defender and have
> > problems with dowloading definitions. I went to the site reccomended from
> > here and the first thing they suggest to try is do a windows update, which
> > of course I can not do. I am hoping some one could help me.
>
>

This advise is just superb...IT WORKS!!!

"PA Bear" wrote:

> See these archived threads in this very newsgroup: http://snipurl.com/1h8vw
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
> tiggerny wrote:
> > I reformatted my hard drive. When I went to install updates it did not
> > update the flash update, but I solved that problem by downloading a newer
> > version of flash. But when I went back to Microsoft update page and tried
> > to see if there were any updates I need I got this message: Files required
> > to use Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your
> > computer. (no error code)To continue: and these choices: Register or
> > reinstall the files for me now (Recommended)
> > Let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem
> > I tried the first one and read through the steps under the second one. I
> > am
> > finding nothing that will help me. I also tried downloading from where it
> > said get microsoft updater and that did not work. There is a flash about
> > something about active x also, which I am pretty sure that I installed
> > from
> > your site when the pop up came. Also dowloaded windows defender and have
> > problems with dowloading definitions. I went to the site reccomended from
> > here and the first thing they suggest to try is do a windows update, which
> > of course I can not do. I am hoping some one could help me.
>
>

YW. For the benefit of others here, what was your fix?
--
~PA Bear, working offline

tiggerny wrote:
> You are awesome!!!!!! It worked! Thanks for showing me the way!
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> See these archived threads in this very newsgroup:
>> http://snipurl.com/1h8vw
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>>
>> tiggerny wrote:
>>> I reformatted my hard drive. When I went to install updates it did not
>>> update the flash update, but I solved that problem by downloading a
>>> newer
>>> version of flash. But when I went back to Microsoft update page and
>>> tried
>>> to see if there were any updates I need I got this message: Files
>>> required
>>> to use Windows Update are no longer registered or installed on your
>>> computer. (no error code)To continue: and these choices: Register or
>>> reinstall the files for me now (Recommended)
>>> Let me read about more steps that might be required to solve the problem
>>> I tried the first one and read through the steps under the second one.
>>> I
>>> am
>>> finding nothing that will help me. I also tried downloading from where
>>> it
>>> said get microsoft updater and that did not work. There is a flash about
>>> something about active x also, which I am pretty sure that I installed
>>> from
>>> your site when the pop up came. Also dowloaded windows defender and have
>>> problems with dowloading definitions. I went to the site reccomended
>>> from
>>> here and the first thing they suggest to try is do a windows update,
>>> which
>>> of course I can not do. I am hoping some one could help me.