Re: wuauclt.exe stealing CPU constantly. No access to Windows Upda

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[good luck, bromow]

"Bjoern" <Bjoern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

Well, i thougt it was a problem with wuauclt.exe because i did not have
the
latest updates from Windows Update. I have them now, after manual
installation. That was what i meant with "fixes and pathes and so on"...>
bad
english I guess! Anyway; i have rebooted to safe mode and checked full
access
for "SYSTEM" under the security tab. It was allready set to full
access....
so ive still got the problem. Thank you anyway for your reply and
suggestion.

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

XP Pro - *right* click C:\ (or the *root drive*), choose Properties,
Security
Add System with Full Control
XP HomeEdition - boot to Safe Mode to access the Security tab by logging
on as Admin

Specifically, what 'fixes and patches and whatever they are called' were
installed ?


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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Bjoern wrote:

Hi; i have tried several fixes and patches and whatever they are
called! When
I try to connect to windows update the system slows down and perhaps
after 10
minutes I "get through" and Windows Update checks my computer. Then I
receive
an error message > cannot update. The process wuauclt.exe runs
constantly
form startup and steals 50% CPU. When I try to shut down the process it
just
restarts again. Trying to shut down the process via cmd does not
function
either > get the message: the process cannot be stopped. This is the
latest
registry in the windows update log file:
2007-05-29 17:47:51:265 3768 970 Misc = Process:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2007-05-29 17:47:51:265 3768 970 AUClnt FATAL: Error: 0xc8000408.
wuauclt
datastore: failed to spawn COM server
2007-05-29 17:47:51:375 780 d38 DtaStor FATAL: DS: Out of proc
datastore
process exited with error 0xc8000408 before signalling ready event.

Anyone?
.



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