RE: 0x8DDD00004 Windows Update Error

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

I will try that -

I should note how I get this error: I open IE, Tools -> Updates. IE takes
2-3 minutes of checking if I'm using the latest update software, then I get
the error. So I don't get as far as selecting Express or Custom updates.

Also here is something interesting. When I get the error it gives me the
option to search for solutions - and I am directed here:

http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=36&ln=en&IsMu=False

The final question asked to check out the Add-On called WUWebControl Class.
This is not listed in the list of Addons that have been used by IE.

Further googling leads me to belive that this computer is or was configured
to use WSUS.. I then found C:\Windows\Windows Update.log (note the space in
the file name).

This log has entries like this:

2007-07-30 13:24:16 17:24:16 Success IUENGINE Starting
2007-07-30 13:24:17 17:24:17 Success IUENGINE Determining machine
configuration
2007-07-30 13:24:17 17:24:17 Success IUENGINE Querying software
update catalog from http://edgeeng/autoupdate/getmanifest.asp
2007-07-30 13:24:17 17:24:17 Success IUENGINE Determining machine
configuration
2007-07-30 13:24:17 17:24:17 Success IUENGINE Querying software
update catalog from http://edgeeng/autoupdate/getmanifest.asp
2007-07-30 13:24:17 17:24:17 Success IUENGINE Determining machine
configuration
2007-07-30 13:24:18 17:24:18 Success IUENGINE Querying software
update catalog from http://edgeeng/autoupdate/getmanifest.asp
2007-07-30 13:24:18 17:24:18 Success IUENGINE Determining machine
configuration
2007-07-30 13:24:18 17:24:18 Error IUENGINE Querying software
update catalog from http://edgeeng/autoupdatedrivers/getmanifest.asp (Error
0x801901F4)
2007-07-30 13:24:18 17:24:18 Success IUENGINE Shutting down



edgeeng was an old domain controller. The server is still active, but not as
a DC. Could this all be related!?

"Engel" wrote:

Hello Kurtas,

Since you are with XP, Doesn't hurt to try the recommendation here:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?&lang=en&cr=US&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windows.vista.security&p=1&tid=fb171ac4-a746-45ae-b6e1-35f68f2ad7fc&mid=fb171ac4-a746-45ae-b6e1-35f68f2ad7fc

I hope this post is helpful.

Let us know how it works ºut.
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"Kurtas B" wrote:

I'm on Windows XP, the machine has SP 2. I've been trying to get recent
updates in the past year for this machine, but I keep getting the error
listed in the topic.

Googling the question gives few results. In the results, one MVP suggests to
register 5 DLLs. I did register them successfully but that did not solve my
problem.

Can anyone help me? I badly need to run updates on this machine for some
other software to function.
.

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