Windows Update Woes

by Mark on 2007/12/24

Having issues with windows update?

Try rebuilding the update engine

net.exe stop wuauserv
cd /d %windir%
rd /s softwaredistribution
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wuapi.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng1.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wuaueng.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wucltui.dll
REGSVR32 %windir%\system32\wups.dll
net.exe start wuauserv

Copy and paste into notepad and save as a batch file, then run and try windows updates again.

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