Re: WU Stops at "Checking for the latest version..." (0x8007007E)

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Sorry, that 'From' line should read 'Ralph', not 'Xbw778'.
That's what you get when working with different partitions....):
Ralph

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@xxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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| Windows XP stops responding when you download updates from Windows Update:
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831429
|
| Some users have cured the problem by just re-registering the wuapi.dll
| Click start, select Run and then type: regsvr32 wuapi.dll
| Try Windows Update again
|
| If that hasn't help you will need to re-register some more files (click OK
after each one
| and wait for the successful message):-
|
| regsvr32 Inseng.dll
| regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
| regsvr32 Ole32.dll
| regsvr32 Urlmon.dll
| regsvr32 Mssip32.dll
|
| Note: not for IE7
|
| Also see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914232
|
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| "Ralph" <no@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| | (This message was sent a second time through another provider as it did
not
| | appear after 12 hours)
| |
| | Hello everyone,
| |
| | When trying to run Windowsupdate (OS: Win2000 SP4; IE 6), the page
displays
| | the message: "Checking for the latest version of the Windows Update
| | software". It stops there, there is not even a progress bar. CPU usage
0%.
| |
| | When trying Microsoft update I get the same, but this time there's an
error
| | code: 0x8007007E.
| |
| | Here are the things I already tried to solve it:
| |
| | I ran IE repair tool, using this method (as it's not in the add/remove
| | list):
| |
|
http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2003/20030522_repair_internet_explorer.htm
| |
| | I Registered my system files:
| | regsvr32 /i Urlmon.dll
| | regsrv32 urlmon.dll
| | regsvr32 /i Shdocvw.dll
| | regsvr32 Msjava.dll
| | regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
| | regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
| | regsvr32 /i Mshtml.dll
| | regsvr32 /i Browseui.dll
| | regsvr32 /i Shell32.dll
| | regsvr32 Ole32.dll
| | regsvr32 inseng.dll
| | regsvr32 Mssip32.dll
| | regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\vbscript.dll
| | regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\mshtml.dll
| | regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\msjava.dll
| | regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\jscript.dll
| | regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\msxml.dll
| | regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\actxprxy.dll
| | regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\shdocvw.dll
| |
| | Installed the latest scripting engine 5.6,
| |
| | Disabled the automatic configuration script,
| |
| | Switched off ZoneAlarm,
| |
| | Installed Microsoft XML Parser SDK,
| |
| | Manually updated the Windows Update software by installing the iuctl.cab
| | files.
| |
| | Went through the settings in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818018/en-us
| |
| | This may be important: I also tried the old trick to remove the
| | SoftwareDistribution folder. Hereby I noticed in services.msc that the
| | status of the Automatic Updates Service hangs (and keeps hanging) at
| | "Starting" (and that the Start and Stop and Pause options are greyed
out).
| |
| | In the log file the latest lines are like:
| | 2007-10-21 16:34:23:806 1380 654 WUWeb FATAL: CreateObject for
| | Microsoft.Update.SystemInfo failed: error 0x8007007e
| |
| | Earlier on I have a lot of lines like this one:
| | 2007-10-21 16:34:23:796 1380 654 Setup Update NOT required for
| | C:\WINNT\system32\wups2.dll: target version = 7.0.6000.381, required
version
| | = 7.0.6000.381
| |
| | Update MUST however be required as I'm working on a partition I haven't
| | accessed for months.
| |
| | BTW, there's no line containing:
| | "Determining machine configuration..."
| |
| | The problem persists.
| | Any help appreciated!
| | Ralph
| |
| |
| |
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