Windows update does not stay on

After installing sp2 on my computer, i noticed the new security center.
The firewall was on and the automatic updates was on, and the virus
protection was off, cause i didnt have a virus program yet. Anyways I got
mcafee security center, with only virus protection on. I noticed then the
automatic updates turned off, and it said click here to turn on, i then got a
msg saying "We're sorry. The security center could not change your automatic
update settings. To try changing these settings yourself, go to system in
control panel. On the automatic updates tab, select automatic (recommended),
and then click ok"

So i went to the following location and noticed the automatic update option
was already on automatic. But it still showed it was off on the security
center. So i tried to do some updates manually and go the error ([Error
number: 0x80070424]
)

Any ideas what could be happening?

Dear "disgruntled":
Did you receive an answer for this problem? I am receiving the same error
message. (error0x80070424)

"disgruntled" wrote:

> After installing sp2 on my computer, i noticed the new security center.
> The firewall was on and the automatic updates was on, and the virus
> protection was off, cause i didnt have a virus program yet. Anyways I got
> mcafee security center, with only virus protection on. I noticed then the
> automatic updates turned off, and it said click here to turn on, i then got a
> msg saying "We're sorry. The security center could not change your automatic
> update settings. To try changing these settings yourself, go to system in
> control panel. On the automatic updates tab, select automatic (recommended),
> and then click ok"
>
> So i went to the following location and noticed the automatic update option
> was already on automatic. But it still showed it was off on the security
> center. So i tried to do some updates manually and go the error ([Error
> number: 0x80070424]
> )
>
> Any ideas what could be happening?
>

I'm getting exactly the same thing too. It started after I got a virus which
I eventualy got rid of. Help and Support doesn't work either.

"Frustrated" wrote:

> Dear "disgruntled":
> Did you receive an answer for this problem? I am receiving the same error
> message. (error0x80070424)
>
> "disgruntled" wrote:
>
> > After installing sp2 on my computer, i noticed the new security center.
> > The firewall was on and the automatic updates was on, and the virus
> > protection was off, cause i didnt have a virus program yet. Anyways I got
> > mcafee security center, with only virus protection on. I noticed then the
> > automatic updates turned off, and it said click here to turn on, i then got a
> > msg saying "We're sorry. The security center could not change your automatic
> > update settings. To try changing these settings yourself, go to system in
> > control panel. On the automatic updates tab, select automatic (recommended),
> > and then click ok"
> >
> > So i went to the following location and noticed the automatic update option
> > was already on automatic. But it still showed it was off on the security
> > center. So i tried to do some updates manually and go the error ([Error
> > number: 0x80070424]
> > )
> >
> > Any ideas what could be happening?
> >

> i tried to do some updates manually and go the error
> ([Error number: 0x80070424]

Look for some context for that error code in the WindowsUpdate.log


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"disgruntled" <> wrote in message
news:8F7F2ABE-C6AF-45C1-A8D0-...
> After installing sp2 on my computer, i noticed the new security center.
> The firewall was on and the automatic updates was on, and the virus
> protection was off, cause i didnt have a virus program yet. Anyways I got
> mcafee security center, with only virus protection on. I noticed then the
> automatic updates turned off, and it said click here to turn on, i then got a
> msg saying "We're sorry. The security center could not change your automatic
> update settings. To try changing these settings yourself, go to system in
> control panel. On the automatic updates tab, select automatic (recommended),
> and then click ok"
>
> So i went to the following location and noticed the automatic update option
> was already on automatic. But it still showed it was off on the security
> center. So i tried to do some updates manually and go the error ([Error
> number: 0x80070424]
> )
>
> Any ideas what could be happening?
>

disgruntled wrote:

> After installing sp2 on my computer, i noticed the new security center.
> The firewall was on and the automatic updates was on, and the virus
> protection was off, cause i didnt have a virus program yet. Anyways I got
> mcafee security center, with only virus protection on. I noticed then the
> automatic updates turned off, and it said click here to turn on, i then
> got a
> msg saying "We're sorry. The security center could not change your
> automatic
> update settings. To try changing these settings yourself, go to system in
> control panel. On the automatic updates tab, select automatic
> (recommended), and then click ok"
>
> So i went to the following location and noticed the automatic update
> option
> was already on automatic. But it still showed it was off on the security
> center. So i tried to do some updates manually and go the error ([Error
> number: 0x80070424]
> )
>
> Any ideas what could be happening?

Wonderfulness, Your MacAfee is fighting with SP2 Security center. Try
setting your MacAfee to allow automatic updates. lots of malware does
automatic updates also; i'll bet that is how M$ learned how to do it.

JosephKK

Great, this worked for me, thanks.

"Capman" wrote:

> Here's a fix that worked for me.
> Click Start, select Run and type:
>
> regsvr32 wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 atl.dll
> regsvr32 wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 wups.dll
> Press enter after each one and wait for the success message
>
>