"fnlvn2" wrote:
> I have a probable solution.  I'm not on a network so things may be a little
> different and therefore may not work the same.  In my case I have multiple
> systems on multiple hard drives and have the following problems on all.  If I
> do a repair installation I can never get the windows updates.  They  
> download, but fail to install.  To repair this problem the dll files
> associated with the windows update program have to be registered.  To do this
> you'll need to run regsvr32.  Go start then run:
> regsvr32 wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 wups.dll
> regsvr32 wups2.dll
> regsvr32 wuweb.dll

> If networked machines operate under the same principles as stand alone
> machines, this will be the solution to your problem

> "mfruech" wrote:

> > I have had to reinstall winXP Pro on two machines on my network recently. On
> > both machines, after the reinstall was complete, I rebooted and logged into
> > the network without any problems. Windowsupdate immediately found 1 update to
> > install. I believe it was Windows Installer 3.0. It installed without any
> > problems. After a reboot, Windowsupdate found around 50 new updates to
> > install, but no matter what I try it fails every time.
> > Here is a portion of my windowsupdate.log file.
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:34:000     816    dec     Handler Attempting to create remote handler
> > process as MHS_SPECTRUM_SE\Mike in session 0
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:36:781    3696    e74     Misc    ===========  Logging initialized
> > (build: 7.0.6000.374, tz: -0500)  ===========
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:36:781    3696    e74     Misc      = Process:
> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:36:781    3696    e74     AUClnt  FATAL: Error: 0x80004002. wuauclt
> > handler: failed to spawn COM server
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:36:875     816    dec     Handler FATAL: 0x80004002: ERROR: Remote
> > update handler container process created (PID: 3696), but exited before
> > signaling event
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    dec     Agent     * WARNING: Exit code = 0x80004002
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    dec     Agent   *********
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    dec     Agent   **  END  **  Agent: Installing
> > updates [CallerId = AutomaticUpdates]
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    dec     Agent   *************
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    dec     Agent   WARNING: WU client failed installing
> > updates with error 0x80004002
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    32c     AU      >>##  RESUMED  ## AU: Installing update
> > [UpdateId = {707E6500-81C1-4165-8C43-631E09891716}]
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    32c     AU        # WARNING: Install skipped
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    32c     AU      >>##  RESUMED  ## AU: Installing update
> > [UpdateId = {9785760A-3232-40E0-8F2A-03FB932BF3CA}]
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    32c     AU        # WARNING: Install skipped
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    32c     AU      >>##  RESUMED  ## AU: Installing update
> > [UpdateId = {E2E1C013-B99A-4683-921C-B99663F3F8ED}]
> > 2007-07-24    09:20:38:968     816    32c     AU        # WARNING: Install skipped

> > Anyone have any ideas how I can make this work again? Thanks...

> > Mike