HOME  >>  UPDATES HELP (Updated: October 26th, 2008) RESET, REPAIR AND REINSTALL AUTOMATIC UPDATES: System Requirements: Vista (right click on the downloaded script file and select "Run as Administrator") Windows XP SP2 Windows 2003 Server Windows 2000 (needs new version of the Windows Automatic Update client installed) Reset Automatic Updates: (all versions) Copy the text below in to a new notepad document and save it as reset.cmd. Double click on the file to run it. net stop "Automatic Updates" del /f /s /q %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\*.* net start "Automatic Updates" wuauclt.exe /detectnow Repair Automatic Updates: (not Vista) Copy the text below in to a new notepad document and save it as repair.cmd. Double click on the file to run it. net stop bits net stop /s wuauserv %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\atl.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\jscript.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\msxml3.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\softpub.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\wuapi.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\wuaueng.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\wuaueng1.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\wucltui.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\wups.dll %windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /s %windir%\system32\wuweb.dll net start bits net start wuauserv wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow Remove and Reinstall Automatic Updates: (not Vista) Copy the text below in to a new notepad document and save it as reinstall.cmd. Double click on the file to run it. net stop bits net stop /s wuauserv regsvr32 /u wuaueng.dll /s del /f /s /q %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\*.* del /f /s /q %windir%\windowsupdate.log regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s net start bits net start wuauserv wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow MANUAL REPAIRS: Re-register Files Open a command prompt, type the following commands, and press ENTER after each one (Windows 2000, skip the sccbase.dll file): regsvr32 wuapi.dll regsvr32 wuaueng.dll regsvr32 atl.dll regsvr32 wucltui.dll regsvr32 wups.dll You should receive a successful message after each one. Try Windows Update Again. If it still doesn't work, re-register Cryptographic Services: net stop cryptsvc regsvr32 softpub.dll regsvr32 wintrust.dll regsvr32 initpki.dll regsvr32 dssenh.dll regsvr32 rsaenh.dll regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll regsvr32 sccbase.dll regsvr32 slbcsp.dll regsvr32 mssip32.dll regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll net start cryptsvc You should receive a successful message after each one. Try Windows Update Again. If it still doesn't work, re-register more files: a. Start... Run... type cmd... OK b. At the command prompt, type cd %windir%\system32, and then press ENTER. c. Type the following commands, and press ENTER after each one: regsvr32 Jscript.dll regsvr32 vbscript regsvr32 /i mshtml regsvr32 Msxml3.dll regsvr32 Atl.dll regsvr32 Wuapi.dll regsvr32 Wuaueng.dll regsvr32 Wuaueng1.dll regsvr32 Wucltui.dll regsvr32 Wups.dll regsvr32 Wups2.dll regsvr32 Wuweb.dll d. Type exit, and then press ENTER to close the Command Prompt window. If the previous steps do not resolve this issue, continue with steps 2 through 4. 2. Stop the Automatic Updates Service, and the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS): a. Start... Run... type services.msc... OK b. In the list of services, right-click Automatic Updates, and then click Properties. c. In the Automatic Updates Properties dialog box, click the General tab, click Stop, and then click OK. d. In the list of services, right-click Background Intelligent Transfer Service, and then click Properties. e. In the Background Intelligent Transfer Service Properties dialog box, click the General tab, click Stop, and then click OK. 3. Rename the SoftwareDistribution folder: a. Start... Run... type %windir%... OK b. Locate the SoftwareDistribution folder c. Right-click the SoftwareDistribution folder, and select Rename d. Type OldSD, and then press ENTER. 4. Re-start the Services: a. Start... Run... type services.msc... OK b. In the list of services, right-click Automatic Updates, and then click Properties c. In the Automatic Updates Properties dialog box, click the General tab, click Start, and then click OK d. In the list of services, right-click Background Intelligent Transfer Service, and then click Properties e. In the Background Intelligent Transfer Service Properties dialog box, click the General tab, click Start, and then click OK Download and Re-install Windows Update files: Windows Update Agent (32bit) Windows Update Agent (64bit) If you get the "Install is not needed since Windows Update Agent is already installed." message, run the exe with the command line switch /wuforce (WindowsUpdateAgent20-x86.exe /wuforce)