It stops at "Registering" or at ActiveX control
Start > Run and type in these lines, and hit ENTER key after each one:
net stop wuauserv
regsvr32 wuapi.dll
regsvr32 wups.dll
regsvr32 wuaueng.dll
regsvr32 wucltui.dll
regsvr32 MSXML3.dll
net start wuauserv
Reboot Windows and go to Windows Update.
FOOTNOTE: the lines above can be executed at once by downloading and
click twice on this file.


