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Struggled with this one for a while until I came across this fix…
This step will reset the permission settings on this system, which may take
us some time, your patience is highly appreciated.
1. Please click the link below and download the tool.
http://www.ecs-safe.com/Reset_subinacl.zip
Please Note: The third-party product discussed here is manufactured by a
company that is independent of Microsoft. We make no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding this product’s performance or reliability.
2. Save the file to your desktop.
3. Right click the Reset_subinacl.ZIP file and choose Extract
4. Follow the instructions and there will be two files (reset.cmd and
subinacl.exe)
5. Double click the reset.cmd file
6. You will see a DOS-like window processing.
(NOTE: It may take several minutes, please be patient. When it is finished,
you will be prompted that “Finished, press any key to continue”)
After completing the above steps, please refer to the Windows Update website
to install the WGA toll again. If it still cannot be installed, let’s move on
to the steps below to manually install it.
Step 2 Install the WGA engine manually
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1. Download the ActiveX cab file from the following link and then save it to
the Desktop.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/f/9/4f9730c0-2061-4028-bca9-…
Open the downloaded cab file and we will find the following two files:
LegitCheckControl.dll
LegitCheckControl.inf
2. Click “Start”, click “Run”, type: “%windir%\system32″ (without
quotations) and press Enter. Copy the LegitCheckControl.dll files into the
opened system32 folder.
3. Click “Start”, click “Run”, type: “REGSVR32 LegitCheckControl.dll”
(without the quotations) and press Enter. We will see a popup message stating
this process succeeded.
4. Click “Start”, click “Run”, type: “inf” (without quotations) and press
Enter. Copy the LegitCheckControl.inf file into the opened inf folder.
5. Right click on the copied LegitCheckControl.inf file in the inf folder,
and then choose Install. The WGA engine will be installed automatically.
After we finish the above steps, please restart the computer and try to
validate Windows again.
This may also work for other windows update issues…
1. Make sure your firewall is not blocking the Update site and check any pop up
stopper programs.
2. Now check in IE tools\manage add-ons (Win XP SP2 only) making sure that
WuWebControlClass is enabled. (Select “Add-ons that have been used by Internet
Explorer” in the “Show:” drop down list)
3. You may also wish to check c:\windows\Downloaded Program Files to see if anything
is corrupted there.
4. Make sure you accepted the Microsoft Trust Certificate
5. Check security settings, make sure they are not set too high
6. Delete cookies and temp files
7. Re-register these files, by clicking Start, Run and typing:-
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuapi.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuaueng.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\atl.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wucltui.dll
REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wups.dll
You should receive a successful message after each one.
Try Windows Update Again.
If that hasn’t helped you may need to re-register some more files:-
net stop cryptsvc
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
net start cryptsvc
You should receive a successful message after each one.
If you need to remove the Windows Update ActiveX controls and re-install
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319585
Download and reinstall the V5 of Windows Update Active X Controls at:-
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/SelfUpdate/AU/x86/XP/en/wusetup.cab
Save the file to the desktop and extract the files to a temp folder.
The files are :
WUSETUP.CAT
WUSETUP.INF
Right click on the WUSETUP.INF file and choose “Install”.
Reboot the computer and retry Windows Update.