If Windows Update does not work

If Windows update does not work properly and you are receiving error repeatedly when you are trying to update windows from microsoft website use these commands to configure windows update from scratch.

net stop bits
net stop /s wuauserv
regsvr32 /u wuaueng.dll /s
del /f /s /q %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\*.*
del /f /s /q %windir%\windowsupdate.log

regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll

net start bits
net start wuauserv
wuauclt.exe /resetauthorization /detectnow

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Tags: Windows XP, Windows 2003

Published Date: 20080514