Last Updated on December 1, 2019 by Christopher G Mendla
The following might help when windows update fails to work.
From
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– Open Notepad
– copy the following commands
net stop wuauserv
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
net start wuauserv
– copy the following commands
net stop wuauserv
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
net start wuauserv
– paste them in notepad
– On menu, click on File
– select save as
– on box that pops up, find the on save as type box at bottom of box and make sure to select all files
– On File name box at bottom, type update.fix
– add extension .bat to end of name, it should look like the following: update.fix.bat
– select a place to save your file that is easy to find, like your desktop
– click on save
– now that batch file is saved, go to the place you saved it and
– double click on it to execute it
– when it asks you if you want to add it to registry, click on yes
– you are done. Try Windows Update
– On menu, click on File
– select save as
– on box that pops up, find the on save as type box at bottom of box and make sure to select all files
– On File name box at bottom, type update.fix
– add extension .bat to end of name, it should look like the following: update.fix.bat
– select a place to save your file that is easy to find, like your desktop
– click on save
– now that batch file is saved, go to the place you saved it and
– double click on it to execute it
– when it asks you if you want to add it to registry, click on yes
– you are done. Try Windows Update
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Also, you can clear out the software distribution folder at
%windir%SoftwareDistributionDownload
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Another possibility is
Use the Stand alone installer to install the Update Agent.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=43264
If when you run this you get an message telling you its already installed then do the following.
Start > Run and type WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe /wuforce