Windows Update Error 0x80070002

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I initially encountered this problem back in Decemeber 2005, but since
I was out of town until last week, I hadn't needed to fix it. In
December, Windows Update came out with a newer version of the Updater
software (aside from the actual security updates and such), and when I
tried to install it there was an error, 0x80070002. The Update
downloads and copies, but it fails to install (register). Without the
newer version of this
software, I can't get any security updates either.

I'm running XP Pro, SP2, in a networked enviro (I have admin
permissions for software installs and such) on a Dell.

I used information from this newsgroup along with sporadic help
from Microsoft the last 2 weeks and have been unable to fix the
problem. Here are the primary fix procedures I've followed so far:

First Approach
-Turned off Automatic Updates
-Deleted contents of DataStore
-Restarted Automatic Updates

Second Approach (based on Microsoft Tech advise)
-Booted in Safe Mode
-Removed SoftwareDistribution
-Removed Catroot2
-Delete WUTEMP
-Reset local hard drive permission

Third Approach (after MS Tech noticed Windows Update components had
failed to register - I sent my update logs)
-Re-registered update components using regsvr32: wuapi.dll,
wuaueng.dll, wuaueng1.dll, atl.dll, wucltui.dll, wups.dll, wups2.dll,
wuweb.dll

I've tried all the above methods numerous times, along with a couple of
other fixes I've found in this forum. Still, nothing has worked.
Waiting the 3 or 4 days between responses from Microsoft is not useful.
Anybody have other ideas?

In addition, I just noticed that when I went into "Services," I could
not start the Automatic Updates again -- I stopped them and restarted
them during other "fix" procedures, but now it doesn't work at all. I
get the message:
"The Automatic Updates service on local computer started and then
stopped. Some services stop automatically when they have no work to
do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts service."

Thanks!

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