Hello hippo9600,
Beside the sugestion by Dave M.,
Try this
Suggest cleaning up the system (clearing out all the Temp/Tmp folders, and
included all offline content, clearing the browser TIF, Delete Cookies , do a
Disk CleanUp.
Please confirm your system clock and Time Zone also the Date set properly,
Having it set incorrectly can cause this type of behavior.
If the Windows Update DLL is corrupt
Re-register the Windows Update DLL with the commands below:
1. Click on 'Start', choose 'Run'. In the open box, type cmd, and then click
'OK'.
2. Type the following commands. Press 'ENTER' after each command:
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wups2.dll
regsvr32 wuweb.dll
Reboot
Try Updating Windows Defender.
-OR-
Dial ª- Fix
http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix
Run this program with all the functions activated. --it may look as if the
scan has frozen. DAF is actually doing lots of shoveling and shuffling, so
don't interrupt it.
Scroll down about 2/3 of the way to Download Dial-a-fix
Reboot
Try Updating Windows Defender.
I hope this post is helpful.
Let us know how it works ºut.
Еиçеl
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