Windows Update

[Phreaks]

Ok, I've been noticing some very strange things with the Windows Update site lately, and I'm wondering if it's just me. For a while I kept on getting re-directed back and forth from http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/V5co...er/default.aspx? & then http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/V5co...t.aspx?ln=en-us

Now all I get is sent to a page that is http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/V5co...px?ThanksPage=7 which is just blank.

Anybody have a clue??

[xameleon]

Hi Phreaks,

I hope you are really on the right windowsupdate page? v5 is for betas only... if you are not part of the beta program and don't have any beta version of windows I think it is normal that you get the thank you page...

[Phreaks]

Yeah, I installed SP2 and ever since it's been using the V5. If I go to the V4 version it just redirects me.

[Aaron]

You may need to uninstall your SP2 beta if you want to go back to v4

[jayroller]

Not sure if its the same with SP2 installs of v5 update, but after installation of v5 on an SP1a machine its a right bugger to get rid of. To uninstall that, the only way is apparently to search for all 'wuau' files in the system folder dated 3/9/2004 or later & remove them - (about 4 or 5 of them). You may have to stop the Windows Update service to remove the engine.

Then find wuweb.dll, wups.dll, wuapi.dll & wucltui.dll & remove these as

well. Problem is, windows then tends to forget your installation history for hotfixes, even though if you click through to installation history it shows them all applied!

If you can't get rid of it any other way, it may be worth it.