The Todd Today

Running a computer repair shop you end up running into things much more than most people.  This issue of Microsoft Windows XP Updates failing has bite us a few times but every time this same fix has done it for us.  Many of the other sites give this answer only after a Windows XP repair but we have found that it works many times even when a repair has not occurred.

So this is the first thing that we alway try, so if you find that Windows Update refuses to install patches it is very possibley because of the following DLL’sfailed to be registered with Windows.  Just follow the instructions below to fix it.

Step 1. Open Notepad (or any text editor).

Step 2. Copy and paste the following command lines into the Notepad window (the /s switch runs the commands silently, freeing you from having to press Enter after each line):

regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
regsvr32 /s wups2.dll
regsvr32 /s wups.dll
regsvr32 /s wuweb.dll

Step 3. Save the file to your desktop, using a .bat or .cmd extension.

Step 4. Double-click the icon of the .bat or .cmd file.

Step 5. A command window will open, run the commands, and then close.

Let us know if this works for you or not in the comments.