Service registration is missing or corrupt

Anonymous
2013-10-11T03:46:05+00:00

From recently I can't update windows and I ran MS Fix it Center and it shows that service registration is missing or corrupt.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-14T11:58:27+00:00

    I have the same issue on my XP Professional with SP3

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-19T06:07:28+00:00

    After days of trial and error, this did the trick for me:

    1. Open command prompt and type "NET STOP WUAUSERV". This will stop the spazzing Windows Update Service.
    2. Follow up with typing "WUAUCLT /DETECTNOW". This will detect, download, and process all necessary updates behind the scenes. Depending on how many your system requires, this could take A LOT of time. I had 110 updates needed, so it took a while.

    Is this a permanent fix? Probably not, but it should get you up to date on all critical updates released at the point in time these commands are run (hopefully).

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-15T05:26:00+00:00

    Hi Wasantha,

    1.       Which Fit-it are you referring to?

    2.       Are you not able to install some specific updates?

    You usually get this error while installing software updates. If Microsoft finds some problems in the digital signature of the update is when you usually get this error.

    Have a look at this and see if that helps:

    How to fix MSI software update registration corruption issues:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971187/en-us

    Please reply if you need further assistance.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-11-18T21:27:14+00:00

    Is there any more on this issue?

    I recently have re-built 2 machines from fresh using the Dell Win XP - SP3 OEM disk and when going to update it just runs and runs and never actually seems to find anything. I have set Windows update for a certain time and that doesnt kick in either.

    I have ensured that both the Automatic Updates & the BITS service are both running again i noticed a Fix-It solution from http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_update/?wa=wsignin1.0 and when installing this it required .NET frameworks 2 which i installed for it to run. When the Fix-It tool ran through it found errors and fixed some bar the 1 and this was shows as 0x80070005 Service registration is missing or corrupt. Thus now landing me to this page.

    Both machines are doing the same... Anyone have any ideas much appriciated.

    Thanks

    Dan.

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