RE: Cannot turn on automatic updates nor use windows update
- From: egaoga <egaoga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:54:01 -0800
Hi Nass,
I tried ALL of the following suggested methods, but none works. Below are my
observations and encountered problems.
"nass" wrote:
"egaoga" wrote:
Hi,
I just reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP Pro with SP2. At
first, I could use automatic updates and/or windows update, but after
installing a bunch of updates, it suddenly wouldn't turn on anymore. When I
tried to double-click on automatic updates under control panel, it wouldn't
open. Under system properties, the automatic updates tab doesn't show up
either. So I tried windows update online instead, but it doesn't load and
gives me a 0x8ddd0004 error. I searched for the solution to that error, and
tried numerous things but nothing works. I'm not sure if it has to do with
ActiveX, because it doesn't even pop-up to let me download the ActiveX
controls. I also ran the most updated Norton Anti-Virus and Ad-Aware to
remove all potential viruses, malware and spyware that might cause this, but
again, nothing seems to work.
Would someone please help me out. I'm getting really desperate here.
Thanks!
Hi,
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=36&ln=en&IsMu=True
As mentioned before, the ActiveX control doesn't even pop-up for me to
accept it. When I tried to manage my add-ons, WUWebControl Class is not found
in any of the lists. And of course, I am logged in as the administrator.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914227
My user account already has full permissions allowed as I am logged in as
the administrator. I have verified that in regedit. Hence this support
doesn't really apply nor help much.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914224
This one is interesting. When I tried to register the dlls, all were
successful except for two - wuaueng.dll and wuweb.dll. They are obviously
found together with the rest of the dlls in C:\WINDOWS\system32, but the
error message I encountered when I tried to register them is "Wuaueng.dll (or
Wuweb.dll) is not an executable file and no registration helper is registered
for this file type". I'm not sure what that means, but is that a problem?
Another problem I faced was when I tried to turn off the Automatic Updates
under services.msc. I could not turn it off, because it was still starting! I
could turn off BITS, rename the Software Distribution folder and turn BITS
back on, but I couldn't do anything to AU because it probably hanged at the
starting phase.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909889
Did exactly as it says but nope, this one doesn't work for me either.
HTH.
Let us know.
nass
Please help Nass, this is getting really frustrating. I'd hate to reformat
and reinstall Windows XP all over again.
Thanks,
Christopher
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