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I can't check for, download or install updates through Windows Update. HELP!
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Microsoft has released a new "Fix it"solution that should automatically solve your problems with Windows Update. Just click the button below and follow the instructions.
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For complete details on this solution, read the article here.
I get File association error (it says File type unknown and Window does not recognise this file type) when I click on Microsoft Fix it button.
Please help. Thanks in Advance
My system is XP home edition SP3
Try running the System File Checker and see if it can replace the damaged file.
If it cannot, see the second MS KB to learn which files can not be replaced/repaired automatically and how to replace them manually.
MowGreen MVP Data Center Management - Update Services Consumer Security
That was the most optimistic title choice I've ever seen - for a 61 post thread about how Windows can't download files and run them.
Aaron Oxford - Remember you paid them money for this!
Optimism and Reality collide sometimes . <w>
MowGreen MVP Data Center Management - Update Services Consumer Security
I tried the "Fix it" solution in both modes and it failed to fix windows update on my system. I then looked at "How do I reset Windows Update components" in the message from MowGreen below. I have not gone through all of the manual steps, but I did notice two interesting things. One is that msxml.dll is missing from my \windows\system32 directory. In fact, search cannot locate it anywhere on my machine. The other is that based on a suggestion I found on another website, I ran regsvr32 msxml3.dll (which is one small step in the instructions for resetting Windows Update), and whether I ran the command prompt as administrator or just through my administrator account, I received the message: "The module msxml3.Dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80004005."
Could the missing file and this error help account for the failure of the "Fix it" solution? If so, what can I do about either?
Thank you,
Yechiel
