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When going into Windows Update, I get the message that files required to use
Windows Update are no longer installed installed on your computer.

It prompts me to download and install them. It seems successful. Yet, I keep
ending up at the same place.

Where should I start? I have rebooted, cleared my temp files, and read a
bunch of the articles alreay without luck.

try the following:


go to c:\Windows\system32\CatRoot2 in windows explorer
find "edb.log" and delete it.
close windows explorer
this way, the old database is deleted and the system has to make a new one.
Afer this, windows update will work again.

Grtz



"PRS1976" wrote:

> When going into Windows Update, I get the message that files required to use
> Windows Update are no longer installed installed on your computer.
>
> It prompts me to download and install them. It seems successful. Yet, I keep
> ending up at the same place.
>
> Where should I start? I have rebooted, cleared my temp files, and read a
> bunch of the articles alreay without luck.

Some have reported that simply re-registering the MSXML3.DLL seems to fix the problem.
1. Click Start.
2. Choose Run.
3. In the Run box, type: regsvr32 MSXML3.DLL
Press okay

If that hasn't helped you may need to re-registered some more files:

1. Click Start.
2. Choose Run.
3. In the Run box, type (pressing okay after each one) :-

net stop wuauserv

Repeat for the following:
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll
regsvr32 qmgr.dll
regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll

net start wuauserv


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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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"PRS1976" <> wrote in message
news:299E4913-F17C-4689-8F48-...
> When going into Windows Update, I get the message that files required to use
> Windows Update are no longer installed installed on your computer.
>
> It prompts me to download and install them. It seems successful. Yet, I keep
> ending up at the same place.
>
> Where should I start? I have rebooted, cleared my temp files, and read a
> bunch of the articles alreay without luck.

Ray -
Thanks for your help, but I am still having the same issue.

Thanks, Patrick

"Ray" wrote:

> try the following:
>
>
> go to c:\Windows\system32\CatRoot2 in windows explorer
> find "edb.log" and delete it.
> close windows explorer
> this way, the old database is deleted and the system has to make a new one.
> Afer this, windows update will work again.
>
> Grtz
>
>
>
> "PRS1976" wrote:
>
> > When going into Windows Update, I get the message that files required to use
> > Windows Update are no longer installed installed on your computer.
> >
> > It prompts me to download and install them. It seems successful. Yet, I keep
> > ending up at the same place.
> >
> > Where should I start? I have rebooted, cleared my temp files, and read a
> > bunch of the articles alreay without luck.

Thanks! That solved the problem.

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> Some have reported that simply re-registering the MSXML3.DLL seems to fix the problem.
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Choose Run.
> 3. In the Run box, type: regsvr32 MSXML3.DLL
> Press okay
>
> If that hasn't helped you may need to re-registered some more files:
>
> 1. Click Start.
> 2. Choose Run.
> 3. In the Run box, type (pressing okay after each one) :-
>
> net stop wuauserv
>
> Repeat for the following:
> regsvr32 wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 wups.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 wuweb.dll
> regsvr32 MSXML3.dll
> regsvr32 qmgr.dll
> regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll
> regsvr32 jscript.dll
>
> net start wuauserv
>
>
> --
> ===========================
> TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
> ===========================
>
>
> "PRS1976" <> wrote in message
> news:299E4913-F17C-4689-8F48-...
> > When going into Windows Update, I get the message that files required to use
> > Windows Update are no longer installed installed on your computer.
> >
> > It prompts me to download and install them. It seems successful. Yet, I keep
> > ending up at the same place.
> >
> > Where should I start? I have rebooted, cleared my temp files, and read a
> > bunch of the articles alreay without luck.
>
>