Microsoft KB Archive/836986

= You receive a &quot;C:\WINDOWS\System32\iuctl.dll is not a valid windows image&quot; error message when you scan for updates on the Windows Update Web site =

PSS ID Number: 836986

Article Last Modified on 4/2/2004

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Windows Update, when used with:  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 

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SYMPTOMS
When you click Scan for updates at the Windows Update Web site, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:

C:\WINDOWS\System32\iuctl.dll is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, download and install the Windows Update controls. To do this, follow these steps:  Create a folder on your desktop to temporarily store the controls.</li> Click the following Microsoft Web site link to download the Windows Update controls file:

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/cab/x86/unicode/iuctl.cab

</li> Save the Iuctl.cab file to the folder that you created on your desktop.</li> Double-click the Iuctl.cab file, and then copy all of the files in the Iuctl.cab file to the folder that you created on your desktop.</li> Open the folder that you created on your desktop, right-click the Iuctl.inf file, and then click Install.</li> Delete the folder that you created on your desktop.</li></ol>

Keywords: kbprb KB836986

Technology: kbWinUpdate kbWinUpdateSearch kbWinXPHome kbWinXPHomeSearch kbWinXPPro kbWinXPProSearch kbWinXPSearch

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