Update broke (yet again)...?

[Kenneth]

Howdy,

After long hassles, I eventually got Windows Update working
again on one of my systems.

Then, I had to revert to a default Registry hive (don't
ask...<g>) and, with that, Update fails.

I looked for BITS in Services to see if it was started, and
found, to my surprise, that it had vanished.

Soooooo, I re-installed BITS, and it started properly.

Then, with hope in my heart, I went back to the Update site,
read the license agreement, clicked OK, and immediately saw
the same dreaded screen telling me that the Update page I
needed was not working properly. (The page that provides the
bad news has a bunch of options for seeking help such as
newsgroups, a forum, and free email support from our friends
at MS.)

I will add that if I then return to the Update page at a
later point, it presents the EULA again, that is, no cookies
were apparently written to my system to tell the page that I
had already approved the EULA.

In any case, I am stuck, and would certainly welcome any
help you might provide.

Sincere thanks,

 

[Myke]

Kenneth,

In Australia, we were able to get a update disk from Microsoft that covered
all the OS's.

The service packs were put out on PC World Disks.

They have come in handy for those of us putting up with 9600 bps internet
system.

Mike




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[Kenneth]

Kenneth,

In Australia, we were able to get a update disk from Microsoft that covered
all the OS's.

The service packs were put out on PC World Disks.

They have come in handy for those of us putting up with 9600 bps internet
system.

Mike




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Hi Mike,

Yes, that makes sense, but when I had the online update
working, it was a pleasure. I hope that I can get it running
again soon...

All the best,

 

[Kenneth]

Howdy,

After long hassles, I eventually got Windows Update working
again on one of my systems.

Then, I had to revert to a default Registry hive (don't
ask...<g>) and, with that, Update fails.

I looked for BITS in Services to see if it was started, and
found, to my surprise, that it had vanished.

Soooooo, I re-installed BITS, and it started properly.

Then, with hope in my heart, I went back to the Update site,
read the license agreement, clicked OK, and immediately saw
the same dreaded screen telling me that the Update page I
needed was not working properly. (The page that provides the
bad news has a bunch of options for seeking help such as
newsgroups, a forum, and free email support from our friends
at MS.)

I will add that if I then return to the Update page at a
later point, it presents the EULA again, that is, no cookies
were apparently written to my system to tell the page that I
had already approved the EULA.

In any case, I am stuck, and would certainly welcome any
help you might provide.

Sincere thanks,

Hello again,

I see now that there is an error number visible when the
Update fails: 0x80070424.

I have searched the KB, but the three articles that come up
seem unrelated to my situation.

Thanks again,