RE: Window Update v5 hangs while checking for updates

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

From: jim (jim_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:19:03 -0700

You may have to stop the autoupdate service before doing this.

"jim" wrote:

> Tough case.
> The only thing more I can suggest is to re-install
> wusetup.inf found in C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\SelfUpdate or WebSetup
> this file contains the setup info for wu. You right click the file and
> choose install.
> it should re-register ALL the files again and the registry entries.
> This may or may not work for you, but you got nothing to lose if it does not
> work at all.
> Please make a restore point before doing it, so you can undo if something
> goes wrong.
>
> You can view the content of that file using NOTEPAD.
>
>

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