It might not be officially known why Windows Update ceases to function after installing Windows XP SP3 , for some anyway. But a solution has been surfaced that I found on Google which is very effective at making it work.
Taken from the link here: http://www.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/showarticle.aspx?articleid=38&ln=en&IsMu=False
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Resolutions
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1. Re-register the Windows Update DLL with the commands below
- Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
- Type the following commands. Press ENTER after each command.
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
Attempt to run Windows Update |
Well that was not so bad. Its so easy , in fact you can open up a command window, copy the list of dll files to re-register. and then right click in the cmd window and paste, and it does it automatically. You might get a little bit of mini spam however.