Re: MS Automatic Updates not working anymore.

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: PA Bear (PABearMVP_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/01/05 

Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:34:32 -0500

YW & Happy Gnu Year to you, too!

melvin cotterill wrote:
> Hello;
> Thanks Rick for the help. Your suggestion fixed my problem. Thanks also to
> PA Bear for the reference to an extensive discussion on the subject
> matter. It, also, would have solved my problem. Happy New Year to both of
> you experts.
> Sincerely
> Melvin
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uIfS4T67EHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > See this archived thread in Windows Update newsgroup:
> > http://snipurl.com/bpb5
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
> >
> > melvin cotterill wrote:
> > > Hello;
> > > Automatic Updates has stopped functioning in XP Pro. It is activated
> > > OK in
> > > the Control Panel and appears OK in Start>Run>services.msc. Also, if I
> > > attempt to update manually I get a "We're Sorry message......." along
> > > with
> > > the error D0x8DDD0018 displayed at Microsoft's update site. I ran an
> > > AVG virus check and Adaware and found nothing wrong. Not aware of
> > > anything I did to screw it up. How do I fix it?
> > >
> > > Thanks Melvin