Some additional information on this error from Torgeir, Microsoft MVP
<snip>
First, verify that the "COM+ Event System" service is not disabled or not
functioning:
Press Start and Run, and then run this command:
services.msc
Locate the "COM+ Event System" entry, and double click on it. Startup type should be
set to "Manual", and if the service is not already running, press the Start button to
see if it starts successfully.
If the steps above where ok, see if the steps in this previous post fixes the problem
(applies to WinXP as well):
From: DBQ <>
Subject: Re: 0x8007041D W2K Server Try All
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:30:03 -0700
Message-ID: <B7B2BCF2-44EB-46AA-95B1->
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsupdate
<quote>
We with a little help from MS It is fixed.
Two issued needed repairing.
1. COM+,
This required cleaning up a damaged COM+ catalog details at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315296
2. Replacement of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft
\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost for another working machine.
</quote>
<snip>
"Renebar" <> wrote in message
news:99595808-71E7-4A43-B0F8-...
> When I try and finalize the installation of the Windows Update in order to
> use for updates to my 2K Server OS, i get the following error code:
> 0x8007041D
> According to the knowledge base, this is due to running an older version of
> NOD32. I am running Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition and have disabled the
> real time protection option, and yet I continue to receive the abovementioned
> error, thereby not being able to use windows update. Any suggestions for
> resolutions?
> Thanks