Windows Update stopped working after reinstalling windows

I am running Windows XP home edition in an HP Pavilion. I had Windows SP2
installed and Windows update working fine both manually and automatically. I
installed my new video board software incorrectly and had to reinstall
windows from the openning screen. The new video card works great but I
cannot get past installing Windows SP1A. Using Windows update it stops at
"Checking for the latest version of the Windows Update software" and nothing
else happens. If I try to manually install it I get an error that I dont
meet the minimum requirements and to go to update. I've tried all the
Microsoft solutions including renaming the update directory in Windows
directory to the .old (it just created a new one). I tried running all of
the regsvr32 dll's and still nothing. All of the sp2 folders are still saves
and I can neither run them nor delete them(access denied). I've tried with
and without the firewall. Anyone have any other ideas short of a reformat?
Thankyou.

ssgtaub wrote:
> I am running Windows XP home edition in an HP Pavilion. I had
Windows SP2
> installed and Windows update working fine both manually and
automatically. I
> installed my new video board software incorrectly and had to
reinstall
> windows from the openning screen. The new video card works great but
I
> cannot get past installing Windows SP1A. Using Windows update it
stops at
> "Checking for the latest version of the Windows Update software" and
nothing
> else happens. If I try to manually install it I get an error that I
dont
> meet the minimum requirements and to go to update. I've tried all
the
> Microsoft solutions including renaming the update directory in
Windows
> directory to the .old (it just created a new one). I tried running
all of
> the regsvr32 dll's and still nothing. All of the sp2 folders are
still saves
> and I can neither run them nor delete them(access denied). I've
tried with
> and without the firewall. Anyone have any other ideas short of a
reformat?
> Thankyou.


Download Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT
Professionals and Developers. be warned it is a large download. 272391
KB
But you can download this in one shot, instead of relying on Windows
Update.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

This is a stand alone download for SP2. Once you have Service Pack 2 on
your system hopefully you can use windows update normally after that..