MowGreen
Mon Jan 05 02:57:29 CST 2004
Martha,
It appears to be an MSXML file issue :
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/
See : Windows Update site displays Initialization error 0x800A01AD.
Windows Update.log has error 0x80040154
" Make sure the MSXML files are registered correctly by following the
steps below.
NOTE: You may not have the files listed in Steps 2 and 3 installed on
your PC but please perform all 3 steps. If you don't have one of the
files, when you try to register it you will see a popup window that has
this text:
LoadLibrary("filename.dll") failed - The specified file name could not
be found.
Just disregard the error and continue to the next step.
Follow these steps:
1. Click on Start, Run and type "REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSXML.DLL"
(w/o the quotes). You should see a popup message that this process
succeeded.
2. Click on Start, Run and type "REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSXML2.DLL"
(w/o the quotes). You should see a popup message that this process
succeeded.
3. Click on Start, Run and type "REGSVR32 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSXML3.DLL"
(w/o the quotes). You should see a popup message that this process
succeeded.
Now try the Windows Update site and see if you get the same error.
This error can be the result of a file mismatch or corruption of the
MSXML.DLL files. Try upgrading your XML parser to the most recent
version, which is currently MSXML Parser 3.0 Service Pack 4 Release.
You can download the latest parser from this site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/xmlgeneral.asp
"
MowGreen [MVP]
*-343-* Never Forgotten
Martha wrote:
> My computer is freezing at the windows update after the
> dialog box comes up stating "Checking for the latest
> version....." Also, the same thing happens if I try the
> windows update troubleshooter. I have McAfee virus scan
> but I disabled it to do this, I have no firewall
> installed, and I've tried rebooting several times and
> trying again. Help!