Windows Updates fail after upgrade to XP Professional from Home

Hello

I just upgraded a fully updated Windows XP Home PC with new retail boxed
Windows Professional SP2. This "upgrade" worked fine but removed IE7 and
presumably all updates since SP2.

Now when I attempt to run Windows update it reports 100+ updates are ready
but none will install. The Update history shows all updates have been applied
OK with green ticks.

So I emptied the browser cache and installed IE7 from a standalone installer
but there are still 96 updates waiting to be applied.

My client has one more PC to upgrade to XP Pro from Home and I want to sort
this problem out before proceeding.

Please advise.

"gocat2005" <gocat2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I just upgraded a fully updated Windows XP Home PC with new retail boxed
> Windows Professional SP2. This "upgrade" worked fine but removed IE7 and
> presumably all updates since SP2.
>
> Now when I attempt to run Windows update it reports 100+ updates are ready
> but none will install. The Update history shows all updates have been applied
> OK with green ticks.
>
> So I emptied the browser cache and installed IE7 from a standalone installer
> but there are still 96 updates waiting to be applied.
>
> My client has one more PC to upgrade to XP Pro from Home and I want to sort
> this problem out before proceeding.
>
> Please advise.

This article applies to upgrades as well.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144/en-us

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Thanks Detlev

Registering Wups2.dll resolved the issue

Regards
Graham

"Detlev Dreyer" wrote:

> "gocat2005" <gocat2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I just upgraded a fully updated Windows XP Home PC with new retail boxed
> > Windows Professional SP2. This "upgrade" worked fine but removed IE7 and
> > presumably all updates since SP2.
> >
> > Now when I attempt to run Windows update it reports 100+ updates are ready
> > but none will install. The Update history shows all updates have been applied
> > OK with green ticks.
> >
> > So I emptied the browser cache and installed IE7 from a standalone installer
> > but there are still 96 updates waiting to be applied.
> >
> > My client has one more PC to upgrade to XP Pro from Home and I want to sort
> > this problem out before proceeding.
> >
> > Please advise.
>
> This article applies to upgrades as well.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144/en-us
>
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>

"gocat2005" <gocat2005@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks Detlev
>
> Registering Wups2.dll resolved the issue

You're certainly welcome and thanks for your feedback.

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