Fix a non-working Windows Update
17 April 2001 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback Off- If your system date on your computer is not configured correctly to current date, then Windows Update will fail to work.
- If you get a security message about Windows should only be updated by your
System Administrator (And you have Administrator Privileges), then you can fix it
with setting these DWORD registry keys (or delete them):
More Info MS KB Q283288[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Policies \Explorer]
DisableWindowsUpdateAccess=0
NoWindowsUpdate=0 ("Remove links and access to Windows Update")
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Policies \Explorer]
DisableWindowsUpdateAccess=0
NoWindowsUpdate=0
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Policies \WindowsUpdate]
DisableWindowsUpdateAccess=0 ("Remove access to use all Windows Update features")
More Info MS KB Q228548
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- If the Windows Update doesn't load properly at all then you might have
answered No to the Trust Certificate. Or the security level in Internet Explorer is set too tough.
More Info MS KB Q174360
More Info MS KB Q252829
- If your Internet Explorer is damaged, then it might cause the Windows Update failure.
Repair Internet Explorer 5.0+ when its acting weird
- If there are leftovers from a previously failed update, then it might conflict with the new update. Delete the contents in the following folders:
More Info MS KB Q193385C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate (Except the directory V4 and the file Wuhistv3.log)
C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate\V4 (Except the file IUHIST.XML)
C:\WUTemp (Can be found on another drive depending on free space, note this can make it use mapped network drives unmap these)
More Info MS KB Q241122
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- If the WinXP service cryptographic service is disabled, then the WU will fail (It can become disabled if broken database, use link for more detail)
- If Win2k/XP/2k3 DLL files required for running Windows Update needs to be registered (Besides those registered when repairing Internet Explorer):
For WinXP/2k3 only:regsvr32.exe regwizc.dll
regsvr32.exe Mssip32.dll
regsvr32.exe Wintrust.dll
regsvr32.exe Softpub.dll
regsvr32.exe Initpki.dll
regsvr32.exe Dssenh.dll
regsvr32.exe Rsaenh.dll
regsvr32.exe Gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32.exe Slbcsp.dll
regsvr32.exe Cryptdlg.dll
Note if using WinXP SP2 then one can just run this command:regsvr32.exe licdll.dll
regsvr32.exe Sccbase.dll
regsvr32.exe Msxml.dll
regsvr32.exe Msxml2.dll
regsvr32.exe Msxml3.dll
"%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" /rereg
More Info MS KB Q870700 - Look at the trace log created by Windows Update to pin point the cause of failure:
%Windir%\Windows Update.log
- Enable Stepping Mode to diagnose the Windows Update failure. This is done with this STRING registry key:
More Info MS KB Q178081[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Active Setup]
SteppingMode = "Y" (Disabled = "N", ENabled = "Y", Default = "N")
More Info MS KB Q248439
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More Info MS KB Q241234
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Updated: 4 November 2009