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Date Posted: Feb 9, 2009

Author: Jared Heinrichs

Posted in Windows XP.

Windows XP Missing Automatic Updates service

Windows XP Update fails because it is missing Automatic updates service / Automatic update service will not start.

I came accross this when working on a customers machine.

The first thing you will want to do is download the latest version of Dail-a-fix. Run the windows update and MSI fixer. Next you should open a command prompt by hitting: START – run – "cmd". In the command box window type:

regsvr32 wuaeng.dll

This will re-register this service.

EXTRA NOTE – An inplace repair install of XP will not correct this issue.

12 Responses

  1. Very useful tip..thanks

    2. Grr on May 6th, 2011 at 5:03 pm

  2. You missed an a – it’s regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

    Worked for me :) Thanks.

    3. Michael Kean on May 31st, 2011 at 10:17 pm

  3. Thanks! Sorry about the Typo.

    4. Jared Heinrichs on June 1st, 2011 at 5:56 am

  4. many thanks worked a treat ~~ with the ‘a’ lol

    5. Alan in Fleetwood, uk on June 22nd, 2011 at 12:07 pm

  5. This worked Great. Many thanks!!!

    6. Bill on August 22nd, 2011 at 10:44 pm

  6. Thanks fixed the problem for me too

    regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

    7. Dave R on September 10th, 2011 at 5:11 am

  7. Lifesaver! I’ve tried about 10 proposed solutions with no results before i came across yours.

    Don’t know if correcting the typo on the post is possible or not, almost got discouraged until i read comments! haha.

    Thanks man!
    Dstones

    8. DStones on September 29th, 2011 at 5:26 am

  8. http://winplat.net/post/2011/12/11/Windows-update-service-missing.aspx

    9. tom on December 10th, 2011 at 1:59 pm

  9. Worked great! Thanks for sharing!!

    10. Eugene on December 29th, 2011 at 12:31 pm

  10. Excellent. This had been bugging me for months. Id never heard of the dial a fix tool before but worked like a charm!
    Not sure why it happened in the first place but glad its fixed.

    Thanks again.

    Djr

    11. Djr on January 1st, 2012 at 4:58 pm

  11. Works, thank you very much

    12. Sariel Leung on January 5th, 2012 at 12:13 am

  12. Thanks for this. I was about ready to toss a hand grenade into my PC… and run from it. After days and days of no luck, I found this great fix tool. Thank you.

    13. TheLazyComic on January 26th, 2012 at 1:48 am

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