Problem: A problem on your computer is preventing updates from being downloaded or installed.
WOW don't you just love those great Microsoft Error messages!?? They are so descriptive of the problem you are experiencing.
This is the first time I have actually seen this error, I have seen several other messages, usually in relation to my PC having its Update settings set through Group Policy or something similar, but usually a re-boot fixes the problem or remove the computer from the domain. But this error a re-boot or remove the computer account from the domain did not fix the problem.
I initially put this down to Windows XP SP3 as that was why I was playing around with this, I had a fresh install of XP with SP2 and then applied SP3 to it. for some reason it then did not want to run the install of updates on it.
Well After looking round the net I found something that suggested to register several DLL's Here is what was suggested on an MS Forum:
Follow these easy steps:
1. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 wuapi.dll
2. When you receive the message that the DLL has been registered, click OK
and perform the same steps for each of the following commands under Start >
Run:
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
So I thought rather than type regsvr32 and each DLL why not put them in a batch file and run that? so I created a new batch file, called it WinUpd.bat put in each line to register the DLL and then saved and ran the file! worked like a charm. Windows Update actually worked.