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Quick guide on how to fix the svchost.exe

Did you run Windows update and thereafter began to face the svchost.exe error, then read through the article to learn how to fix svchost.exe error. If you have already tried, you would be knowing that even the Safe Mode produces the same error. While the event log in Windows XP indicates the faulting application is truly svchost.exe, the problem is with the updates.

If you want to know how to fix the svchost.exe, just read the following steps carefully:

Go to Start > Run, and enter CMD. Type the following command and press Enter: REGSVR32 WUAPI.DLL, in the command window. Now wait till you see the “DllRegisterServer in WUAPI.DLL succeeded” message. Repeat the above steps for each of the following commands:

REGSVR32 WUAUENG.DLL

REGSVR32 WUAUENG1.DLL

REGSVR32 ATL.DLL

REGSVR32 WUCLTUI.DLL

REGSVR32 WUPS.DLL

REGSVR32 WUPS2.DLL

REGSVR32 WUWEB.DLL

Following this, enter the following command: net stop WuAuServ. Then type cd %windir% and press Enter. In the opened folder, enter the following command: ren SoftwareDistribution SD_OLD.

Restart the Windows Update Service by typing the following the command: net start WuAuServ.

Close the command prompt and reboot the system.

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