Windows XP refusing to install updates after Service Pack 3 installation
by Mats Hellman on 13.Oct, 2008 under Windows
I found some workstations to refuse updating after installing Service Pack 3. After some research I found some information that suggested it was a problem when SP 3 installed the new Windows Update service.
The problem seams to be that SP 3 doesn’t register the dll wups2.dll. Luckily it doesn’t take long or even a reboot to get everything up and running again. Just follow the few simple steps bellow
C:\net stop wuauserv
The Automatic Updates service is stopping.
The Automatic Updates service was stopped successfully.
C:\cd windows\system32
C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 wups2.dll
The Automatic Updates service is stopping.
The Automatic Updates service was stopped successfully.
C:\cd windows\system32
C:\Windows\System32>regsvr32 wups2.dll
Running regsvr32 should result in
After running it don’t forget to start Automatic Update Service again
C:\net start wuauserv
The Automatic Updates service is starting.
The Automatic Updates service was started successfully.
The Automatic Updates service is starting.
The Automatic Updates service was started successfully.
Now go back to updating and everything should be working fine again. If you run into any problems feel free to comment and I’ll do my best to help you out.
