Windows Update not working anymore

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hethoofd

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All of the sudden my Windows Update stopped working. When I start it, it just says that Windows Explorer has stopped working. Windows Explorer restarts and nothing happens. I already tried rebooting, but that didn't help. I can't recall doing anything odd before Windows Update stopped working.

Does anyone have an idea?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Vostro 1510
OS
Windows 7 Build 7100 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit
CPU
Intel Core Duo T8100 2,1GHz
Memory
3GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
250GB

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Made / Numero Uno
OS
Win7 x64 Ultimate RTM
CPU
Intel i7 920
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
Memory
G.SKILL 6GB DDR3 1333
Graphics Card(s)
VisionTek ATI 4870 512 x2 (Crossfire)
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
HP W2408 24 inch
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
WD VelociRaptor x2 (Raid 0)
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB (2 partitions)
PSU
KINGWIN Mach 1 1000w
Case
Antec 900
Cooling
Air - Coolmaster V8 CPU Heatsink
Keyboard
Microsoft Basic (love it)
Mouse
Logitech 518
Internet Speed
Not as fast as I would like
Oh, I saw that thread but I thought it was about Windows Installer only. I'll check it out now, thanks :)
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Vostro 1510
OS
Windows 7 Build 7100 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit
CPU
Intel Core Duo T8100 2,1GHz
Memory
3GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
250GB
As a matter of fact, Windows just gave me a solution after I sent an error report. I never thought that stuff worked haha :p
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Vostro 1510
OS
Windows 7 Build 7100 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit
CPU
Intel Core Duo T8100 2,1GHz
Memory
3GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
250GB
I just got a Windows Update a few minutes ago.
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built by my Indian friend.
OS
Windows7 7201
CPU
Intel P4 2.8GHz
Motherboard
Asus P48X-X
Memory
2GB
Graphics Card(s)
GeForce 7300GT
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2007
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
150GB IDE, 1TB SATA internal
1TB MyBook eSATA
PSU
RPI
Case
White and blue
Cooling
Air cooled
Keyboard
Logitech Wave
Mouse
Logitech cordless
Other Info
Also running W7 on an old Dell Insprion laptop (1.5Ghz, 1.5GB).
Wow how weird is that, I thought my Windows update was fine but after reading this thread I thought I would check anyway and guess what.......... it aint bloody working. lol So I will be trying the patch also. Thanks for the info peeps.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home Built / Acer Aspire 7720G Laptop
OS
Windows 7 Build 7600 Laptop and desktop. Also OSX 10.5.7 and 10.6 Snow on Laptop
CPU
AMD Athlon64 Dual core 4200+ / Laptop T5750
Motherboard
Gigabyte / Acer Aspire
Memory
2 x 1Gb = 2 Gb / acer 3GB
Graphics Card(s)
Geforce 8600GT / Geforce 9300M G 256Mb
Sound Card
Terratec DMX 6fire for Music production and X-Fi Xtreme
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x 17" (Dell and Compaq) / 17" WXGA Laptop Screen
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 / 1440x900 (Full HD when conneced to 32" LCD)
Hard Drives
2x Sata 160GB 2x USB 300Gb 1x 160Gb IDE 1x USB 1TB / 250Gb Sata Laptop with Blu-ray drive
PSU
400W + Not 100% sure
Keyboard
Logitech Cordless Keyboard
Mouse
Logitech Mx 700
Internet Speed
20 Meg Down / 1 Meg up Cable
Other Info
Konica Minolta Colour Laser printer, Epson Stylus R360 (Mostly used for printing on CD's/DVD's), Cannon Scanner, Mercury surround system, about 6 external hard drives all 200Gb plus along with the normall home entertainment stuff attached.... DBox 2, XBox 360, etc. etc.
Yeah, I was reading all these guys having this problem and I was thinking how come I've never seen it. So I try Windows Update, and there it was!

Out of a sudden, I didn't even download any updates meanwhile, I ran Windows Update yesterday and the day before without any updates. Today I ran it, and crash. Anyway, the reg fix works,at once. that's the good news.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ENIAC
OS
Windows 7 RC 7100 32bit/64bit
CPU
Intel Core2Duo E4500 2.20 GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P5LD2-X/1333
Memory
2x1GB Kinsgston DDR2 800MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 8500GT
Sound Card
Onboard High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
Sony Bravia 42"
Case
LINKW 2222
Cooling
Standard Intel
Keyboard
Some cheap one
Mouse
Microsoft Intellimouse something
Internet Speed
24MBps ADSL
What do you mean by not working?

Just got a laptop with Win 7 (my first step away from XP - with MS at least). Completed oobe and got on my network. The first thing I did was go to Windows Update to get patches. The site scans my machine and comes up with six for the first round. Click download and install. An hour later I'm still looking at a cute green bar with a message that says something like "Preparing to install." It just hangs there with no errors. Tried again with firewall and virus protection off and got the same results.
Sound familiar?
-Joe
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU
Intel Core i3
Memory
4GB
I had the same problem i went to start - computer - c: windows softwaredistribution and deleted everything inside the folder ecept for reporting events then clicked windows update and its been working fine every since.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium
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