Guest John Aldrich Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 I have a user who I just upgraded to Windows XP Pro from XP Home. For some reason, it won't install *any* Windows updates. According to Windows Update history, the last update that was installed was the Microsoft Installer update last Sunday (August 11th). I upgraded him from home on Friday, so that was the first update. I also manually updated him to IE7 to fix a problem he was having with his internet, and that worked, however, I can't even install the Root Certificates update. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. I will try to check back here at least once a day.
Guest sdlomi2 Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 "John Aldrich" <John Aldrich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:82F09B2D-1C50-43A9-A65C-83FCD8A5C116@microsoft.com... >I have a user who I just upgraded to Windows XP Pro from XP Home. For some > reason, it won't install *any* Windows updates. According to Windows > Update > history, the last update that was installed was the Microsoft Installer > update last Sunday (August 11th). I upgraded him from home on Friday, so > that > was the first update. > Hey, John, I upgraded a client last week from a pirated copy of XP Pro to a legit one & had same symptoms. The following fixed it AND several others w/varying but similar sumptoms since then. I'm no techie, but I read a lot last week when we were having various trouble-symptoms after installing anew or re-installing Windows XP atop itself. Some cases had ~76 updates we could not install others had ~95 still others had ~ 36 and even as few as 9 and 4. The following is something I tried after finding it on a ng forum. Hope it helps others--if it does, PLEASE read other posts and copy/paste the procedure in answer to them (as well as back here to let others know if it worked for your symptoms or not), as since it was a simple fix for me, it may be also for others. "I have just tried the suggestion below, recommended by Bob ((leanin' cedar) in a previous email on this site (see Joe Medford - 8.10.07) - it worked. 1. Click on Start and then click Run, 2. In the open field type "REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL" (without quotation marks) and press Enter. 3. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" message, click OK. 4. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands: REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL REGSVR32 ATL.DLL REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL"......Good luck to all, s
Guest John Aldrich Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Thanks. I'll give it a shot and see if that fixes it. He's got about 79 or so "critical" updates and a few others that I would like to see installed. I know that his copy of XP was *not* pirated, as it was an OEM copy. Still, it won't hurt to try. Thanks again! "sdlomi2" wrote: > > "John Aldrich" <John Aldrich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:82F09B2D-1C50-43A9-A65C-83FCD8A5C116@microsoft.com... > >I have a user who I just upgraded to Windows XP Pro from XP Home. For some > > reason, it won't install *any* Windows updates. According to Windows > > Update > > history, the last update that was installed was the Microsoft Installer > > update last Sunday (August 11th). I upgraded him from home on Friday, so > > that > > was the first update. > > > > Hey, John, I upgraded a client last week from a pirated copy of XP Pro > to a legit one & had same symptoms. The following fixed it AND several > others w/varying but similar sumptoms since then. > I'm no techie, but I read a lot last week when we were having various > trouble-symptoms after installing anew or re-installing Windows XP atop > itself. Some cases had ~76 updates we could not install others had ~95 > still others had ~ 36 and even as few as 9 and 4. > The following is something I tried after finding it on a ng forum. Hope > it helps others--if it does, PLEASE read other posts and copy/paste the > procedure in answer to them (as well as back here to let others know if it > worked for your symptoms or not), as since it was a simple fix for me, it > may be also for others. > > "I have just tried the suggestion below, recommended by Bob ((leanin' cedar) > in a previous email on this site (see Joe Medford - 8.10.07) - it worked. > > 1. Click on Start and then click Run, > 2. In the open field type "REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL" (without quotation marks) and > press Enter. > 3. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" message, > click OK. > 4. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands: > REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL > REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL > REGSVR32 ATL.DLL > REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL > REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL > REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL > REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL"......Good luck to all, s > > >
Guest sdlomi2 Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 "John Aldrich" <JohnAldrich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D6CB37C7-6D3F-4CB1-8586-43AF9A04BBE9@microsoft.com... > Thanks. I'll give it a shot and see if that fixes it. He's got about 79 or > so > "critical" updates and a few others that I would like to see installed. I > know that his copy of XP was *not* pirated, as it was an OEM copy. Still, > it > won't hurt to try. Thanks again! > > "sdlomi2" wrote: > >> >> "John Aldrich" <John Aldrich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:82F09B2D-1C50-43A9-A65C-83FCD8A5C116@microsoft.com... >> >I have a user who I just upgraded to Windows XP Pro from XP Home. For >> >some >> > reason, it won't install *any* Windows updates. According to Windows >> > Update >> > history, the last update that was installed was the Microsoft Installer >> > update last Sunday (August 11th). I upgraded him from home on Friday, >> > so >> > that >> > was the first update. >> > >> >> Hey, John, I upgraded a client last week from a pirated copy of XP >> Pro >> to a legit one & had same symptoms. The following fixed it AND several >> others w/varying but similar sumptoms since then. >> I'm no techie, but I read a lot last week when we were having various >> trouble-symptoms after installing anew or re-installing Windows XP atop >> itself. Some cases had ~76 updates we could not install others had ~95 >> still others had ~ 36 and even as few as 9 and 4. >> The following is something I tried after finding it on a ng forum. >> Hope >> it helps others--if it does, PLEASE read other posts and copy/paste the >> procedure in answer to them (as well as back here to let others know if >> it >> worked for your symptoms or not), as since it was a simple fix for me, it >> may be also for others. >> >> "I have just tried the suggestion below, recommended by Bob ((leanin' >> cedar) >> in a previous email on this site (see Joe Medford - 8.10.07) - it worked. >> >> 1. Click on Start and then click Run, >> 2. In the open field type "REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL" (without quotation marks) >> and >> press Enter. >> 3. When you receive the "DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded" >> message, >> click OK. >> 4. Please repeat these steps for each of the following commands: >> REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL >> REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL >> REGSVR32 ATL.DLL >> REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL >> REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL >> REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL >> REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL"......Good luck to all, s >> >> >>\ John, this 1 instance was not caused by an earlier pirated version, I don't believe. It's causd by MS-distributed problems with their updates, at least in my opinion. Other installs of genuine XP Pro that I worked on showed the same reluctance to d/l & inst. updates also a couple of XP Home, legal versions of course, showed their tails too! I think it comes with brand new installs OR upgrades OR repair-installs--and I think it's some new crap from MS, like added security or more likely added aversion to pirated installs. s
Guest John Aldrich Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Thanks. Once I registered those DLL files, all was well! Thanks again for the assistance. I just wish someone from Microsoft would acknowledge the problem and fix it! :-)
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