Windows Update resuscitated

Spread the good word! This definitively is the solution: It brought my
blocked Windows Update immediately back to life.
Thanks Patti & Pat.

rs
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Pat Walters wrote:

Thanks for this solution, Patti!



It might be easier in directions to have a customer open an instance of

notepad as a script, and then run the commands. For example, in your

previous advice here:



Conventions:

- In these instructions, keys on the keyboard are wrapped, such as: <Enter>,

so an instruction of: Type: cmd <Enter> means type the three letters cmd and

then press <Enter>.

- Combinations such as <Ctrl>+<S> mean to hold the <Ctrl> while then

pressing the <S>.



1. Click Start

2. Click Run

3. Type: cmd <Enter>

4. In the Command Prompt, type: notepad registerit.cmd <Enter> Confirm you

wish to create the file.

5. Copy and paste the following text between the dotted lines:



rem -------------------------------------------

net stop wuauserv

regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll

regsvr32 /s wups.dll

regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll

regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll

regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll

regsvr32 /s atl.dll

net start wuauserv

REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S vcHost /v

netsvcs

rem -------------------------------------------



6. Save the file by typing: <Ctrl>+<S>

7. Close this file

8. Back in the Command Prompt, type: registerit.cmd <Enter>

9. When the file is done running, type: exit <Enter>

10. Attempt Windows Update again.



Sincerely,



Pat Walters [MSFT]

didn't work for me. here is what i get. (by the way i'm running MCE 2005
recently upgraded from MCE 2003)


C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>net stop wuauserv
The Automatic Updates service is not started.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3521.


C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll

C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>regsvr32 /s wups.dll

C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll

C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll

C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll

C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>regsvr32 /s atl.dll

C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>net start wuauserv
System error 1083 has occurred.

The executable program that this service is configured to run in does not
implem
ent the service.


C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>REG QUERY
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost /v

Error: Too few command-line parameters

C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>netsvcs
'netsvcs' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

i forgot to mention, i'm getting

[Error number: 0x8007043B]


ryan scott

ryan scott wrote:

> didn't work for me. here is what i get. (by the way i'm running MCE
> 2005 recently upgraded from MCE 2003)
>

What is MCE 2005 ?

>
> C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>net stop wuauserv
> The Automatic Updates service is not started.
>
> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3521.
>

What does NET HELPMSG 3521 say ?

>
> The executable program that this service is configured to run in does
> not implement the service.
>

I wonder why this batch (apparently) runs under C:\Documents and
Settings\ryan\Desktop although I can't say where Windows stacks the command
lines.

>
> C:\Documents and Settings\ryan\Desktop>netsvcs
> 'netsvcs' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.


See this blog
http://www.sherylcanter.com/movablet...es/000006.html
for another way of handling the command batch. Pat Walters' method appealed
to me by its neatness, so I copied the batch directly into the Dos box,
saved it, then gave the registering command and that was all there was to
it.

Good luck.

Roger

Dear all

I have exactly the same problem and the scripts did not fix it.
The error message sugests a simple syntax error in the script.

thanks for trying!

As ever
Bob


"rs" wrote:

> Spread the good word! This definitively is the solution: It brought my
> blocked Windows Update immediately back to life.
> Thanks Patti & Pat.
>
> rs
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Pat Walters wrote:
>
> Thanks for this solution, Patti!
>
>
>
> It might be easier in directions to have a customer open an instance of
>
> notepad as a script, and then run the commands. For example, in your
>
> previous advice here:
>
>
>
> Conventions:
>
> - In these instructions, keys on the keyboard are wrapped, such as: <Enter>,
>
> so an instruction of: Type: cmd <Enter> means type the three letters cmd and
>
> then press <Enter>.
>
> - Combinations such as <Ctrl>+<S> mean to hold the <Ctrl> while then
>
> pressing the <S>.
>
>
>
> 1. Click Start
>
> 2. Click Run
>
> 3. Type: cmd <Enter>
>
> 4. In the Command Prompt, type: notepad registerit.cmd <Enter> Confirm you
>
> wish to create the file.
>
> 5. Copy and paste the following text between the dotted lines:
>
>
>
> rem -------------------------------------------
>
> net stop wuauserv
>
> regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
>
> regsvr32 /s wups.dll
>
> regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
>
> regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
>
> regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll
>
> regsvr32 /s atl.dll
>
> net start wuauserv
>
> REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S vcHost /v
>
> netsvcs
>
> rem -------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> 6. Save the file by typing: <Ctrl>+<S>
>
> 7. Close this file
>
> 8. Back in the Command Prompt, type: registerit.cmd <Enter>
>
> 9. When the file is done running, type: exit <Enter>
>
> 10. Attempt Windows Update again.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Pat Walters [MSFT]
>
>
>
>
>

"Bob can't update Error number: 0x8007043" <Bob can't update Error number: > wrote in message
news:EA16020F-6B12-431C-BEAE-
....

awaking long dormant thread

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...e-7fb2d3d26ad1

Implication from thread is that error code in question may be 0x8007043B
(not the truncated one which appears only as an appendage to the OP's
name)


> Dear all
>
> I have exactly the same problem and the scripts did not fix it.
> The error message sugests a simple syntax error in the script.


Yes. Pat Walters was posting with a wrap length which was too short
for the contents of her script's last line. Try concatenating the last two
lines of the script you saw (leaving at least one space instead).

<example>
REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S vcHost /v netsvcs
</example>


Actually I'm not sure what the point of the Query is anyway,
especially since other more significant diagnostics are being
suppressed by the use of the /s (silent) switch on the regsvr32
commands.

I'd be more inclined to inspect that value with RegEdit manually.

Hmm... in fact there is a typo in that WindowsNT subkey anyway
(at least for XPsp2).

Try this line instead:

<example>
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost" /v netsvcs
</example>

Note that because of the space between Windows NT the whole keyname
must be enclosed in doublequotes.


>
> thanks for trying!
>
> As ever
> Bob


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---


>
>
> "rs" wrote:
>
>> Spread the good word! This definitively is the solution: It brought my
>> blocked Windows Update immediately back to life.
>> Thanks Patti & Pat.
>>
>> rs
>> ----------------------------------------
>>
>> Pat Walters wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for this solution, Patti!
>>
>>
>>
>> It might be easier in directions to have a customer open an instance of
>>
>> notepad as a script, and then run the commands. For example, in your
>>
>> previous advice here:
>>
>>
>>
>> Conventions:
>>
>> - In these instructions, keys on the keyboard are wrapped, such as: <Enter>,
>>
>> so an instruction of: Type: cmd <Enter> means type the three letters cmd and
>>
>> then press <Enter>.
>>
>> - Combinations such as <Ctrl>+<S> mean to hold the <Ctrl> while then
>>
>> pressing the <S>.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Click Start
>>
>> 2. Click Run
>>
>> 3. Type: cmd <Enter>
>>
>> 4. In the Command Prompt, type: notepad registerit.cmd <Enter> Confirm you
>>
>> wish to create the file.
>>
>> 5. Copy and paste the following text between the dotted lines:
>>
>>
>>
>> rem -------------------------------------------
>>
>> net stop wuauserv
>>
>> regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
>>
>> regsvr32 /s wups.dll
>>
>> regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
>>
>> regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
>>
>> regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll
>>
>> regsvr32 /s atl.dll
>>
>> net start wuauserv
>>
>> REG QUERY HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\S vcHost /v
>>
>> netsvcs
>>
>> rem -------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> 6. Save the file by typing: <Ctrl>+<S>
>>
>> 7. Close this file
>>
>> 8. Back in the Command Prompt, type: registerit.cmd <Enter>
>>
>> 9. When the file is done running, type: exit <Enter>
>>
>> 10. Attempt Windows Update again.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Pat Walters [MSFT]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>