You receive a "0x8007041D" error when you visit the Windows Update Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;902322
Posted by: Mila -
<snip> In my case it was wups.dll in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SoftwareDistribution\Setup\ServiceStartup\wups.dll\5.8.0.2469 folder.
After removing this file, windowsupdate works great.
Mila <snip>
Some additional information on this error from Torgeir, Microsoft MVP
<snip>
..................... it is most likely a COM+ issue.
First, verify that the "COM+ Event System" service is not disabled or not functioning:
Press Start and Run, and then run this command:
services.msc
Locate the "COM+ Event System" entry, and double click on it. Startup type should be set
to "Manual", and if the service is not already running, press the Start button to see if
it starts successfully.
If the steps above where ok, see if the steps in this previous post fixes the problem
(applies to WinXP as well):
From: DBQ <DBQ@discussions.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: 0x8007041D W2K Server Try All
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:30:03 -0700
Message-ID: <B7B2BCF2-44EB-46AA-95B1-00A42DCB35E1@microsoft.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsupdate
<quote>
We with a little help from MS It is fixed.
Two issued needed repairing.
1. COM+,
This required cleaning up a damaged COM+ catalog details at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315296
2. Replacement of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft
\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Svchost for another working machine.
</quote>
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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
<snip>
Added by Frank: Torgeir's instructions seem to have fixed me up, but I needed a reboot.
Then COM+ would start.
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