Re: Windows Update

thanks for this. It solved my problem. It seems that this is a common
occurance and wondered why MS has not had a KB article on it so that people
do not have to either post here or trawl through the threads to find a
solution.

Once again thanks for the assistance.

Peter

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:

Posted by: Mila -
<snip> In my case it was wups.dll in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SoftwareDistribution\Setup\ServiceStartup\wups.dll\5.8.0.2469
folder. After removing this file, windowsupdate works great.
Mila <snip>

Some additional information on this error from Torgeir, Microsoft MVP

<snip>

Hi,

If the things in TaurArian's post didn't apply or work, it is most likely a COM+
issue.

First, verify that the "COM+ Event System" service is not disabled or not
functioning:

Press Start and Run, and then run this command:
services.msc

Locate the "COM+ Event System" entry, and double click on it. Startup type should be
set to "Manual", and if the service is not already running, press the Start button to
see if it starts successfully.

If the steps above where ok, see if the steps in this previous post fixes the problem
(applies to WinXP as well):

From: DBQ <DBQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 0x8007041D W2K Server Try All
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:30:03 -0700
Message-ID: <B7B2BCF2-44EB-46AA-95B1-00A42DCB35E1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsupdate

<quote>
We with a little help from MS It is fixed.

Two issued needed repairing.

1. COM+,
This required cleaning up a damaged COM+ catalog details at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315296

2. Replacement of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft
\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost for another working machine.

</quote>

--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
<snip>


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"Peter" <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I have just purchased a Dell computer and whenever I try to use the Windows
| update, I am told that there has been a new version of this and I have to
| download it. When I click download and install, I get the error message
| 0x8007041D. I have tried all the KB articles and also any MS solutions to
| this and I can't seem to get anywhere. I don't have the NOD32 antivirus on
| my computer so I should not be gettting this message.
|
| I have MacAfee but I have disabled the firewall but I still can't seem to
| get anywhere.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
|
| Thanks



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