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Windows Update - Microsoft's guidance if it stops working after XP repair mode

Idea As noted in this earlier entry, the Windows Update process may stop working after performing an XP repair mode restoration from the original CD.   Microsoft has just released KB 943144 with instructions on how to register the new Windows Update DLLs to Windows in order to allow the PC to process the 80 or more updates since XP SP2.

Latest Microsoft KB on registering WU process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

Some additional blog entries are noted here:

Issues installing updates after repairing XP:
http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2007/09/28/issues-installing-updates-after-repairing-xp.aspx

Addressing a Windows Update failure after repairing from XP CD:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/09/27/addressing-windows-update-failure-after-repairing-from-xp-cd.aspx

Posted: Sep 28 2007, 03:32 PM by Harry Waldron | with 3 comment(s)

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# December 23, 2007 7:32 PM

Open Source Intelligence said:

Just the fact that it often does die after you run a "repair" is pretty strange.  I like Linux.

# February 18, 2008 8:23 PM

Traditonal Windows said:

I prefer more traditional

# May 6, 2010 1:19 AM