Solution: Microsoft Update Fails on Office Updates on Win XP SP3

. Friday, June 6, 2008


Do you have Issues updating Microsoft Office 2003 via Microsoft Update (not windows update) after WinXP Pro has been updated to SP3?
Here are two solutions:

First:

and Second:
Delete contents of the software distribution download folder at C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and then run this script at c:\windows\system32 folder

regsvr32 /s Wups2.dll
regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
regsvr32 /s wups2.dll
regsvr32 /s wups.dll
regsvr32 /s wuweb.dll