Today I ran into a problem while repairing a computer that had a partially cleaned up virus. I completed the cleanup that my client attempted, ran all my antivirus tools, and thought I had everything working. That is, until I noticed the little red shield for Windows Security Center. It said, “We’re Sorry. The Security Center could not change your Automatic Updates settings.”

I then tried to turn the updates on in the Automatic Updates settings, but they were already turned on and enabled.

Next, I wanted to see if I could just run Windows Update. It, however, fails immediately if you try to run Express, and gives me Error number: 0×80070424. (below)

So… we have this problem. We can’t run or enable updates in Windows XP. They show enabled, but Security Center think otherwise.

Ok, so let’s fix this. First, make sure you’ve cleaned up any viruses. Once you are sure you are working on a clean system, then try the fixes below.

We need to create at least one batch file (below) and re-register all the components.

Step 1:

Let’s try this one first. Create a file called reg-wu1.bat. (call it whatever you want though, it doesn’t matter.) Copy the text below and paste it into the file. NOTE: you may need to enable file extensions in Windows Explorer so you can rename it to a “.bat” file.

regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\vbscript.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\mshtml.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msjava.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\jscript.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msxml.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\shdocvw.dll

It should look like this:

Save the file and double click to run it. A DOS box will pop up and execute all the commands. You’ll get several “Succeeded” messages that you need to click “OK” on. Shown below, I received 1 or 2 that didn’t succeed:

I ran the above, attempted to run Windows Update again, but still received the error. Maybe it will work for you though. If not, try Step 2.

Step 2:

Then I created another batch file and called it reg-wu2.bat and pasted the text below into it:

regsvr32 /s Softpub.dll 
regsvr32 /s Mssip32.dll 
regsvr32 /s Initpki.dll
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 Urlmon.dll
regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll 
regsvr32 Msjava.dll 
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll 
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll 
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll 
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 msxml2.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 Browseui.dll
regsvr32 shell32.dll
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 atl.dll 
regsvr32 Mssip32.dll

Should look like the image below:

Again, as you did in step 1 above, save the file and double click to run it. A DOS box will pop up and execute all the commands. You’ll get several “Succeeded” messages that you need to click “OK” on. I receive 1 or 2 that didn’t succeed:

Here are one of the messages that did not succeed on this system:

Once this operation was complete, I went to Windows Update again and attempted to run the Express setup. EVERYTHING WORKED!!! YAY!! Even the Security Center showed updates were enabled and turned on again!

If you need further help, I found some of these repairs on the Microsoft Knowledge base article link below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555989

Good luck!

First, let me say the Kin TWOm is a pretty good messaging phone that’s really a dumbed-down smart phone. Also, since I got these for my wife and kids, I don’t want them to utilize any data services. Call Verizon and have them disable all data services on the phone. This will leave text messaging turned on still, same with the Wifi. They just won’t be able to use the 3G data, which I don’t want them to. (its too expensive)

Also, on the data plan issue. Some people online have suggested that you can enable the “Airplane mode” to disable the data. Yes, well, that’s not exactly a solution, because it DISABLES YOUR PHONE USE as well! That’s not going to work. So… do as I suggested, just call and disable the data services. That is, of course, unless you want to use the 3G data. (but why get this phone with the data and issues, when you could have an Android phone?)

I like the phone, but there’s a couple big things I don’t like.

1. It’s got a terrible speaker phone. I mean, really bad. Its very quiet and sounds terrible.

2. Ringer is quiet and sounds terrible. And none of us liked the ring tones available. (although, that part is easy to remedy)

3. NO CONTACTS RESTORE! Verizon Backup Assistant is not available on this device. I called Verizon, and sure enough, they don’t support contact backup or restore on these phones! My family had to manually re-enter all their contacts on the phone. Not a huge deal for them, but if I had to do it, I have hundreds of contacts, I can’t imagine having to deal with that.

4. It is a capacitive touch screen, which works reasonably. However, if you are used to the touch screen on an iPod or iPhone, there’s no comparison in my opinion. (in my daughter’s as well, who has an iPod Touch and complains a little that this screen isn’t *that* good.) It doesn’t respond well enough to my touches, and sometimes takes several tries. This is the case on all three of the phone I got, so it’s not just “a bad phone.”

5. There’s no apps, except shortcuts to web sites. That’s ok, we didn’t get the Kin TWOm to be a full blown smart phone. But again, my daughter thought it was stupid.

6. It feels cheap and light, but not like it would break.

7. The keyboard is spaced weird. The EnV Touch and EnV 3 are way better QWERTY keyboards. But its not so bad you can’t use it.

I know, lots of complaints. Of few really annoying ones, but overall, if you get the Kin TWOm as a Messaging phone with the data disabled, its not a bad phone and my family likes them overall. We’ve only had them for a few days, and I’ll update if I hear more complaints or praise.