Do You Have Error Code 0×80004002? Windows Update Won’t Work After Updating to Service Pack 3

After installing Windows XP Service Pack 3. Many computer simply refuse to do any updates. This can be solved by re-registering the files required by Windows Update.

The specific error code is 0×80004002, this error may occur with other Microsoft programs and can be solved with the same solution

Solution

• Click Start > Click Run > type notepad > then click OK.
• Copy the following in to notepad

@Echo Off
net stop wuauserv

Echo Registering files

regsvr32 wuapi.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll /s
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll /s
regsvr32 wucltui.dll /s 
regsvr32 wups.dll /s
regsvr32 wups2.dll /s
regsvr32 wuweb.dll /s 

net start wuauserv
Pause

• Save the file as “Register.bat”
• Double-click the Register.bat file to register the Windows Update files.

• Reboot your computer and try updating again.