Windows Update Broken Error number: 0x8DDD0004

Hi,

I've been having a big problem with windows update. For one, I can't even
turn windows update on. I get an error message when trying to enable it in
the Security Center: "We're sorry. The Security Center could not change your
Automatic Updates settings. To try changing these yourself, go to System in
Control Panel. On the Automatic Updates tab, select Automatic (recommended),
and the click OK." I tried doing that and there was'nt even an "Automatic
Updates" tab there. When I try click the Automatic Updates ICON in security
center it does'nt ever open.



So I try updating from the windowsupdate.microsoft.com site and I always get
the error 0x8DDD0004 when I try to update. Tried all the steps the site says
to resolve this problem, clear temporary internet files, delted cookies,
etc., and nothing works. Also went to Tools>Manage add-ons and WUWebControl
Class was Enabled.

Tried reregistering the DLL files and all succeeded except the wuaueng.dll
file. I got the error "wuaueng.dll" is not an executable file and no
registration helper is registered for this type.

I even tried going into the registry and looked for the auoptions,
disablewindowsupdateaccess, and noautoupdate values. And the path,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \
WindowsUpdate \ AU does'nt even exist in there. Neither does
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \
WindowsUpdate \ AU.

Last I downloaded the reinstall from
http://download.windowsupdate.com/v6...gent20-x86.exe
and got an error: "The application failed to initialez properly
(0xc000007b). Click on OK to terminate the application.

Im using XP Home Edition SP2. I had a virus and a lot of spyware that may
have caused this problem.

PLEASE HELP

Thanks

Hi pmp4686

how about try ipconfig /flushdns , if it doesn't work , downloading update
manually ,try install it in safe mode.

"pmp4686" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been having a big problem with windows update. For one, I can't even
> turn windows update on. I get an error message when trying to enable it in
> the Security Center: "We're sorry. The Security Center could not change your
> Automatic Updates settings. To try changing these yourself, go to System in
> Control Panel. On the Automatic Updates tab, select Automatic (recommended),
> and the click OK." I tried doing that and there was'nt even an "Automatic
> Updates" tab there. When I try click the Automatic Updates ICON in security
> center it does'nt ever open.
>
>
>
> So I try updating from the windowsupdate.microsoft.com site and I always get
> the error 0x8DDD0004 when I try to update. Tried all the steps the site says
> to resolve this problem, clear temporary internet files, delted cookies,
> etc., and nothing works. Also went to Tools>Manage add-ons and WUWebControl
> Class was Enabled.
>
> Tried reregistering the DLL files and all succeeded except the wuaueng.dll
> file. I got the error "wuaueng.dll" is not an executable file and no
> registration helper is registered for this type.
>
> I even tried going into the registry and looked for the auoptions,
> disablewindowsupdateaccess, and noautoupdate values. And the path,
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \
> WindowsUpdate \ AU does'nt even exist in there. Neither does
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \
> WindowsUpdate \ AU.
>
> Last I downloaded the reinstall from
> http://download.windowsupdate.com/v6...gent20-x86.exe
> and got an error: "The application failed to initialez properly
> (0xc000007b). Click on OK to terminate the application.
>
> Im using XP Home Edition SP2. I had a virus and a lot of spyware that may
> have caused this problem.
>
> PLEASE HELP
>
> Thanks
>

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pmp4686 escribió:
> Hey Tony,
>
> Thanks for the reply. Im not sure what "ipconfig/flushdns" is. What is it
> and how to I go about doing it?

"ipconfig /flushdns" is a command, type it at the command prompt (start
/run and type "cmd" (without quotes)

If it doesn't help please, take a look to this KB article


http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...4227&x=11&y=11

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Saludos / Fernando M.
Fermu's Website - http://www.fermu.com
Registered Linux User #367696 - MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
La caridad bien entendida comienza por uno mismo (by Moni)
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I have had the same problem for quite some time and have read many of these
posts and reports, none of them are true and/or work for me. This error code
must be a catch all for many other issues. It would be nice if MS provided a
patch to automatically fix this issue (what ever it is).

"fermu [MVP Windows]" wrote:

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> pmp4686 escribió:
> > Hey Tony,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. Im not sure what "ipconfig/flushdns" is. What is it
> > and how to I go about doing it?
>
> "ipconfig /flushdns" is a command, type it at the command prompt (start
> /run and type "cmd" (without quotes)
>
> If it doesn't help please, take a look to this KB article
>
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...4227&x=11&y=11
>
> - --
> Saludos / Fernando M.
> Fermu's Website - http://www.fermu.com
> Registered Linux User #367696 - MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
> La caridad bien entendida comienza por uno mismo (by Moni)
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hey csw,

I've Tried that already.

Tried reregistering the DLL files and all succeeded except the wuaueng.dll
file. I got the error "wuaueng.dll" is not an executable file and no
registration helper is registered for this type.

Thanks tho

"csw" wrote:

> Finally!!!! I found the answer from a post last year or so... Here it is:
>
> 1. Re-register these file by clicking Start; Run; and typing (one each of
> these below - at a time and hit Enter then wait for the "successful" message
> box):
>
> REGSVR32 wuapi.dll
> REGSVR32 wuaueng.dll
> REGSVR32 atl.dll
> REGSVR32 wucltui.dll
> REGSVR32 wups.dll
>
> net stop cryptsvc
> REGSVR32 softpub.dll
> REGSVR32 wintrust.dll
> REGSVR32 initpki.dll
> REGSVR32 dssenh.dll
> REGSVR32 rsaenh.dll
> REGSVR32 gpkcsp.dll
> REGSVR32 sccbase.dll
> net start cryptsvc
>
> You should receive a successful message box after each one!
>
> Then re-install the Windows Update File at:
> http://download.windowsupdate.com/v6...gent20-x86.exe
>
> Then I restarted, opened Windows Update and was back to new again. I had to
> download 63 Updates (43 MB), restart then do it again to install 15 more
> updates! So, I was way behind on my updates! Glad my firewall and V-scan was
> working!