After all the fun of trying to do a repair install of XP with yet another faulty disc, i finally got it installed correctly only to find another problem, I couldn`t install any Windows updates from Microsoft.
From the research i did to sort this out i found that this is a common problem after a repair install and there are fixes available. So i thought i`d post the fix on here to help out any PCHF members have the same problem.

First of all there are fixes available from Microsoft Support Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP installation


Then there is the one that worked for me:-

1. Open Notepad

2. Copy and paste the following command lines into Notepad

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

3. Save the file to your desktop, using a .bat extension.

4. Double-click the icon of the .bat file.

5. A command window will open, run the commands, and then close.

Hopefully this will save some of you the frustration that I went through

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(Sourced from Microsoft Forums)

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Good FIX D_ will sticky this post.

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It is all in the hardware..........................................
Sources:
http://www.microsoft.com/en/gb/default.aspx
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/Home/
http://www.petri.co.il/index.htm

PCHF Rules Scan Computer for Driver Updates Pre-Work

An added note

Before you perform a repair installation of Windows XP, you must uninstall Internet Explorer 7. If you do not uninstall Internet Explorer 7 in this situation, Internet Explorer will no longer work after the repair installation is completed. Specifically, the repair installation does not restore earlier versions of the files in the Program Files\Internet Explorer folder. Therefore, the Internet Explorer 7 files will be incompatible with the Internet Explorer 6 files that are installed in the Windows\System32 folder.


How to perform a repair installation of Windows XP if Internet Explorer 7 is installed

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TJ

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista
How to back up and restore the registry in Windows 98/ ME / NT 4.0 / 2000


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