I’ve encounter Error number: 0x80070424 in Windows Update on one of my PC. If you have 0x80070424 i guess you will not able to perform any windows update including using the windows update website. After googling a while i found that Error number: 0x80070424 in Windows Update is caused by some of the dll registration problem.
To solve the Error number: 0x80070424 in Windows Update follow the steps below:-
- Click on Start -> Run
- and paste the command below and enter
%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL
This line use to reregistering WUAUENG.DLL in window.
- You are done! Launch your windows update again, you should be able to perform update now.
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When I try it prompts me with the following; “The module “C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL” was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found.
Make Sure that “C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL” is a valid DLL or OCX and then try again”.
When I try it prompts me with the following; “The module “C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL” was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found.
Make Sure that “C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL” is a valid DLL or OCX and then try again”.
HELP!!!!
Thank you so much. I have been having the problem for long time.
Brilliant! Thanks!
Hi, I got the same error number 0×80070424 but not with Windows Update, (Windows Update is working well) but yes, I get this number error with Windows Defender (when I try to turn it on):
Windows Defender is Turned Off
I click turn on and:
“Windows Defender encounter an error: 0×80070424.
The specified service does not exist as an installed
service.
Any suggestions please
Win Vista Home premium
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Unbeliveable – one line fix it all. How I wish I started with this line first……wasted time without it.
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If you get the error code 0×80070005 do the following, worked for me:
Run the command prompt as Administrator. (Win – Type cmd – Right-Click and select Run as Administrator)
then type regsvr32 WUAUENG.DLL
Hi All,
Click on Start -> Run
and paste the command below and enter
%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE
%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL
The above command only open that files.
for registering the DLL you should use
Click on Start -> Run
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
Thanks
I bow
Started to update but got an error “WindowsUpdate_80246008” “WindowsUpdate_dt000”. Any suggestions. Appreciate your help.
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THANKS! I’ve been fighting this error for 3 days. I owe you BIG time!
Excellent. i am running WinXP and have been fighting this non working windows update for the past week, and your one line DLL fix was a snap and worked wonderfully. THANK YOU!
Excellent. i am running WinXP and have been fighting this non working windows update for the past week, and your one line DLL fix was a snap and worked wonderfully. THANK YOU!
Would you recommend disconnecting your Internet connection while running an antivirus scan? The reason I ask is temp files are continuously being written to while browsing the Internet. Is it not feasible that something gets missed during the scan if you can’t disconnect your connection?
I tried this solution, but it says the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070005
What do I do?
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Thanks man
I tried this but this is what i got
the call to DllRegisterService failed with error code 0x80070005
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Didn’t work. Got Error Message: Could not find ….( and I pasted it in…) So, the search continues. Must be something else on XP. Maybe System Restore….
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Like all the above – its worked for me
Thanks very much
all you have to to is get into the command prompt then type regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
then type enter
bam if it succeeded it works…..
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Works………………………………………101% working
Mine is
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Outstanding! worked perfect
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Thanks again!!!!
Amazing – Thanks!
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No luck at first, but then typed in the second part (%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL) and fingers crossed, things seem to be happening now ! Thanks 🙂
Wow, it works…don’t know how u figure this out…thanks 🙂
Hm… I’m not having the same luck. Maybe I’m doing something wrong. Just copy and paste the first of the 2 lines, right? What’s the second for?
Thanks.
Hey, seems like this has helped everyone but me .. Please help, it’s been months now ..On my windows vista 64bit it doesn’t run. And I can’t update yet!
THANK YOU!!!
Every other fix I tried failed. This one nailed it!!
cheers mate !
On my windows vista 64bit it doesn’t run. And I can’t update yet!
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Thanks, this also worked for me after I tried quite a few things. oh and Pauline you paste in the whole command in one part
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Danny
Oh YAY thank you soooo much. This worked immediately and to think before trying this I was debating tossing the computer into the pool lol.
After pursuing a number of other fixes, this was the solution that nailed the 0x80070424 error. Many many thanks to the OP!
Works great. Thank you
Wow! Worked immediately. You are smarter than the whole Microsoft corporation, who was unable to provide any meaningful help.
Thanks a bunch!
After years (over a decade now) of advanced Windows use it is still unbelievable to me that Windows spits out these errors and there is apparently no direct route to find a solution like this on their website. After many wild goose chases your solution was the bomb! Thanks for sharing.
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hi Pauline, copy it into 2 parts
first – %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE
2nd – %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL
It worked for me too! I thought I was going to spend the rest of my evening trying to fix our PC and it took less than a minute! Thank you so much!
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Much love!!!
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Hi do i copy and paste the whole thing or in 2 parts ?? %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL sorry i must just be thick lol
It worked. Thank you I was really getting worried about my computer not updating ever.
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Awesome! Thanks
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Magic,
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Worked for me, too. Note that the path to the DLL has to be included. I tried it without the path and it failed.
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Glad to hear that it help all of you.
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I had this same problem and spent hours looking for a solution. Microsoft were of no help. This fix though was simple and worked immediately…….many thanks indeed.
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i asked them repeatedly there must be a way to fix it. no nope not was there answer unless i wanted to spend at least $ 300 – $ 400 in labour dumoing my computer & re loading it. this did not make sense to me as they brought a computer with them to the repair. wtf? eh?
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This worked great, just took a moment to copy and paste.
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thanks for the info, i’ve been looking for a fix since last night, had the bug windows security 2011, finally got rid of it then updates wouldn’t run. the run procedure worked. thanks for the help….
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Thanks!
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Saw error on screen.
Googled.
Copy and pasted your command into run box on a user’s computer.
Fixed issue.
Took 1 minute.
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My client is happy again.
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Thanx,
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I can’t believe the solution was this easy and straightforward. I spent hours trying to solve this and downloading fix after fix that didn’t work. This worked.
Yay, after somehow contracting the Windows XP fake Security virus and eliminating it with MBAM, I was still left with not being able to re-enable my updates. But this did the trick. Thanks!
Thanks. I was dying here. Big Help
THANKS FOR THE SCRIPT – It’s totally brilliant
I recently had a nasty virus on my XP – after 4 hours hard slog I managed to rid myself of it but with the exception that the windows update was showing ‘Error number: 0x80070424’ and my windows security settings were showing as turned off – both are now corrected thanks to this little ‘paste the command’ fix.
whoever you are, you need a medal for services to us frustrated XP users
while I’m here – if anyone has inadvertently loaded a virus from a website which shows itself as a working ‘rouge’ scanner and if your system restore is not finalizing correctly – try this method to rid yourself of the little blighter.
1 – open computer in safe mode – make a ‘new’ user name via CONTROL PANEL/USER ACCOUNT- remember to tick administrator rights for this ‘new’ user name
2 – restart computer as normal start up
3 – select the ‘new’ name from the different users that are now listed
4 – a basic windows desktop should appear but the ‘rouge’ scanner should NOT be active –
5 – now try system re store to an earlier date and restart the computer
6 – IF RESTORE WAS SUCCESSFUL on start up remember to select your ‘original’ user name this time round – if the rouge scanner has gone your system restore has worked. Congratulations
If system restore failed
repeat parts 1-4 then
5 – while on your ‘new’ user desktop – navigate to the folder or desktop where you can activate your ‘original’ users onboard virus/malware scanners. Remember that while you are actually logged on as the ‘new’ user, you do have administrator rights that allow access to your ‘original’ user names anti virus programs. Try finding them via C/Documents and Settings/ the FOLDER WITH YOUR ORIGINAL USER NAME ie Owner/ the FOLDER where you initiate you anti virus scanners ie Desktop
6 – try to open, update and the run your anti virus scanners
7 – if you’re lucky, the scanners should locate any malware in your registry
8 – now restart your computer as normal
9 – on restart, Open as the’NEW’ user
10 – Now try system restore to a safe date before you were infected
11 – if system restore is successful, you should now select your ‘original’ user name to see if the ‘rouge scanner’ has gone from your desktop
12 – if everything is OK – Congratulations, you can now delete the ‘new’ user name via CONTROL PANEL/USER ACCOUNT and revert back to your original user name as normal (making sure it has administration rights ‘ticked’ of course)
HOPE THAT HELPS SOMEONE out there
finally!. It took 3 daysto find and 1 minute to fix . Thanks Alot
Thanks for the quick fix! Worked great!
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I was a little leary of using this at first, but I really couldn’t figure out anything else to do so I just did it, and it worked! It is updating now as I write. Thanks so much.
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All help forums should be this straigt forward.
Thanks mate – short and to the point solution that worked perfectly. Ta
Thanks!
Tried all kinds of fixes and they didn’t work until this one.
Thanks again.
Jim
This works great….
I am so happy it worked on my windows xp.Update is up and running now.
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Thank you so much….it was an annoying problem all started by the trojan virus XP Windows Security bogus shite… This works and enables the Windows Security updates again! Cheers 🙂
Just commenting to let people know that it worked for me as well. The code is legit.
This worked perfectly, thank you so much! My problem happened after managing to remove the XP Internet Security 2011 bug.
Ok, my prodigious buddy, it gives me a DIFFERENT error, 80070005!! What now? I would love to hear from you, but do understand if this stupid ASUS I wasted my money on just hates doing anything right. =)
You lifesaver! Worked perfectly 🙂
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yours worked in SECOUNDS. AMAZING! Thanks
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Thanks Jose!
Thanks! Fixed the issue!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I had a virus yesterday called XP Security (unregistered) or something to that effect. My son gaveme the link to combo fix. Did that, then used malawarebytes to scan and remove 3 infected files. But was unable to access windows update website or automatic mode. Pasted the message I received on google and found a site that had your URl. Used your advice and VOILA!! Fixed. You guys are the best. I must tell my son about your website.
Tried everything to get updates to work, copied & pasted the error into search on mircosoft page arrived here, did as you said BINGO it was fixed. I had been trying to fix it for hours. Thank You so much
Thanks man! This was a quick fix after a long day of cleaning up some malware. Thanks!
Perfect, thank you very much. BTW: this seems to occur after virus infection then eradication, especially of the XP Total Security 2011 sort – or any variation thereof, it seems…
Cheers buddy, the solution was short and sweet.
you a beast help me out in 2 sec’s thx m8 keep up the good work
Brilliant. Thanks a lot.
Outstanding! Quick and easy. Not normally the case these days.
I’ve searched through about 8 pages and tried different solutions, this is the only one that worked! Many props to you!
Very nice. Thank you very much, easy fix.
Copied and pasted and suceeded. Thanks. Updates now work and the anoying shield in my systray has gone.
Brilliant. Just a little bump for this nice quick easy fix to an annoying problem, thanks.
thanks!! short and to the point!
Thanks, Thanks, I appreciated it.
Woked for me!!!
thanks for your help. This is the only site that actually worked for me! Ive gotten several rogue viruses the past couple weeks thats been takin over my computer system reg and files screwin everything up!…everything I tried manually didnt work now I feel a little safer browsing the internet now i need to work on the hidden virus files and fix errors
Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Worked like a dream! Thanks a load, friend!
avast seems to have problem with Vista.
already having many users reported that their window vista having problem with avast…
I have tried all and neither one is working so far. I have Win Vista 64bits and I am running Avast 5.0, however, since I can not do the Windows Updates since October 26,2010, my Avast is also not working proprely. Does anyone have a solution for this.
Thank you.
worked for me. Running winxp home on an hp pavillion dv4000.
totally awesome… its working man, thank you very very much 😉
Bravo…… Thanx man its working like awesome……
It works!!!!!. Thank you, very much
Worked, been looking for a soloution for ages! Thanks!
I have windows vista 64 and simply registering the dll files did not work for me. I was missing the “windows Modules installer”. I found this page and followed the instructions under scenario III.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/258701-windows-update-error-80070424-a.html
paste in
regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll
worked for me 🙂
still not working…pls i need help..
nothing works for me the error is still there im on vista x64 sp1
if none of these work, i found a fix that does it for me…… open security centre, and click ‘change settings’…. uncheck the box marked ‘use microsoft update’ and confirm the change. run update, then go back and re-apply the software by clicking the yellow box which offers updates on other products. i’m on vista ultimate pro sp1, and this is the only fix i found anywhere that actually works…. there’s also the plus point that anyone can do it, using the vista platform rather than the ‘semi-code’ in the background.
this thing works for me! to vista users, try open start, all programs, accesories, right click command prompt and open as administrator, copy- paste the command given in the solution and press enter. GOD bless.
worked for me:D
thanks 🙂
> Click Start
> Choose Run
> Type regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll
> Click OK
100% Working 4 me
This failed at first. I disabled UAC, Rebooted and tried your fix. It worked perfectly. Thanks!
does not help at all. still get error 80070424 and 8007005.
does anyone know how to fix this?
Just got my reply from Microsoft
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your email about issues with Windows Updates.
I am sorry to hear that you are unable to download Updates. There are a number of ways that you can obtain technical information and support from our team.
A useful resource is the Knowledge Base on our website, where we have published a large collection of articles and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about our products. You can access it by going to;
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
You can also go online and visit our Newsgroup to post your technical question at the following website, or alternatively chat with one of our Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs);
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If you do not find the answer that you are looking for or wish to discuss alternative support options, please call our Customer Services team on 0870 60 10 100. Our lines are open from 8.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. These support options can also be viewed at;
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Kind regards,
AZMA NASEER
Customer Service Professional
Microsoft Customer Services
none of this woreked i tried everything plz help me
tried this also:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/itprovistaapps/thread/e2a2d814-60ad-4c5b-9507-2370cbe29f7c/#page:1
And still does not work!!!
I am now in contact with Microsoft and awaiting a reply……….
Disabled firewall and tried again still did not work
mine still does not work!!
Running CMD.EXE as administrator and pasting %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL
little box appears and tell me it was successfull, then try to run update but still get same error:
Code80070424 Windows Update encountered an unknown error
PS: running vista 64 service pack 1
If you’ve ever had Symantec / Norton Antivirus on your system and it was not uninstalled cleanly, it could create this error. Try downloading and running the Norton Uninstaller Tool. If you’re not sure if you’ve ever had Symantec on your system, run regedit and search for the word “Symantec”. If there are registry entries, it’s likely it was on your system at one point. After trying all the things others recommend without success, this is the solution I figured out that worked for me.
fantastic! thanks a mill JACkeL; I’ve been trying to fix this for weeks.
Awesome. Worked like a charm as soon as I typed it in (used same line without editing for my copy of XP Pro x64).
JACkel, thx a bunch! The (left ;))ctrl och shift thingy worked great!!
thnx a lot guys running the commands in the command prompt as administrator worked for me only the command that i used was
regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll
Elizabeth: not so sure about this, but should be the same. You can give a try.
My system is 64 bits and I’m wondering do I use the same thing and just substitute the 64?
Thanks.
I had the same error code (0x80070005) until , as Cypher above stated, I ran the command in the Command Prompt under Administrator.
To run the Command Prompt in Admin, you need to type CMD.EXE in the Start Search box and then, while simultaneously holding down the RIGHT-CTRL and RIGHT-SHIFT buttons, hit the ENTER button.
A dialog box will then appear that asks you if you would like to continue, which you do and therefore you will then press the continue button in the dialog box.
The Command Prompt now appears and it is being run as Admin. Type in the command stated above (i.e. %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL) and another dialog box will appear that will tell you that you successfully registered the WUAUENG.DLL.
sir
it is not working dll is loading but the call to register server failed with error code 0x80070005
thank you so much! looked at a few different websites that DID NOT help me at all. I’ll buy you a drink if i run into you at a bar…lol
%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL
works YOU MUST – RUN CMD.EXE as admin then paste the above in
hi man thx it works
FIX FOR 0x80070005!!!
I just tried opening up the command prompt (as admin) and entered the commands they told you run with a space where the line break is and it worked fine for me..
when i plug it in the following message appears: The Module “C;\Windows\SYSTEM32\WUAUENG.DLL” was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070005
how can i fix this?
Thanks a lot..it worked 🙂
Big thanks! Works perfectly again.
Thanx a lot man…………..
its working perfectly
ur the one !! (*_*)
I am using windows vista as well and I tried entering in the command, bu I got the error: The module C:\Windows\System32\wuaueng.dll was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x80070005. Please help.
It worked fine for me.
Thanks
did nothing for me iam using vista 32 bit
i get a error saying not a commad
yuhuuu, many thanks, my updates are working again.
THANK YOU
did that but then got the message error with the DllRegistrerServer error code 0×80070005…
Any fix for this?
Worked perfect! You are the man!!!
After I do that another message pops. It says that it has ocurred an error with the DllRegistrerServer error code 0x80070005
It didn’t work for me. The command went through okay, but it still won’t let me do updates.
Thanks, but it only helps one time, after a restart the problem is back.
Thanks for finding this solution now the red x is gone my updates are back on and I don’t get the error message.
That works for me until I hibernate or restart my computer, then it goes back. Any Ideas?
It workt for me. Thanks.
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