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Windows Automatic Update repair:Return to IT/SA Services Documentation: Security Tools |
With thanks to Joe Gasper... Automatic Updates can get hosed--sometimes with very odd symptoms such at srchost taking 100% of your processing time. By creating a batch file with the following code, and running it, you can often return things to a working state. @echo off ::Batch file to reset Automatic Updates on a Windows XP machine :: ::Batchfile based on Microsoft KB for troubleshooting SVCHOST issues :: ::Created By: Santos Soler - 8/15/06 ::Stop services if they are running net stop wuauserv net stop bits ::Wait 3 seconds sleep 3 ::Rename the folder CatRoot2 to .old or new if not exist c:\windows\system32\catroot2.old\nul goto movea move /y c:\windows\system32\CatRoot2 c:\windows\system32\CatRoot2.new goto continue1 :movea move /y c:\windows\system32\CatRoot2 c:\windows\system32\CatRoot2.old goto continue1 :continue1 ::Stop Cryptography services net stop cryptsvc ::Wait 3 seconds sleep 3 ::Rename SoftwareDistribution folder to .old or new if not exist %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution.old\nul goto moveb move /y %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution.new goto continue2 :moveb move /y %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution.old goto continue2 :continue2 ::Start Cryptography service net start cryptsvc echo. echo. echo Registering DLL's... ::Register all the Windows Updates DLL's REGSVR32 /s WUAPI.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUAUENG.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUAUENG1.DLL REGSVR32 /s ATL.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUCLTUI.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUPS.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUPS2.DLL REGSVR32 /s WUWEB.DLL echo Finished registering DLL's... echo. echo. if exist c:\windows\SoftwareDistribution.new\nul goto skipsrvcs goto startsrvcs :startsvcs echo Starting Services... ::Start the Automatic updates and BITs services net start wuauserv net start bits goto wsus :skipsrvcs echo Update services were skipped... goto wsus :wsus Echo Forcing reporting to WSUS... ::Force Windows to report to WSUS wuauclt /detectnow ::Change the Automatic Update service to automatic sc config wuauserv start= auto echo. echo. echo Please wait 5-10 minutes for UPDATES, If Service Host Crashes... pause ::Change the Automatic Update service to manual sc config wuauserv start= demand ::Restart the computer in 10 seconds shutdown -r -f -t 10 ::Abort the restart echo. echo. echo If you NEED to Abort the restart... pause shutdown -a |
last edited 10 October 2006 by Steve Lasley